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| Community | Dynamic camera system and help system updates Voidhunters! Set the guns & cues aside for a moment and let’s dive in into the latest updates: Dynamic camera system In order to make things more cinematic, we’ve added a dynamic camera system to Pool of Madness, which we’re currently updating. It gives us better control of the camera at specific times for that extra cinematic feel, e.g. when you’re pocketing the final ball at the end of the ri… | — | |
| Community | Progress update: New powerups, cue parts, dynamic camera system Hail Voidhunters! Let’s dive in straight into the updates: New powerups We’ve been adding new powerups to make things more fun and eye-catching. Our favourites include new gun-related upgrades, like the one allowing you to pull in obstacles such as fish and candles and shoot them out, e.g. to pocket balls with their help, or to get the hindrances out of the way. Here’s a taste: Pulling a fish i… | — | |
| In-game event | Progress update: new tables, new physics, new systems for improving clarity Voidhunters, pause your rituals! We have a quick - but meaty - dispatch from the ship! New physics Check the videoclips below for a much better representation of the changes. We’re in the middle of a new physics upgrade. In short - among other things, we’ve improved things like ball rolling, velocity, wall-bouncing and eliminated the "ice rink sliding" and "sticky carpet" situations. Implementi… | — | |
| Community | Post-demo dev update, new visuals and a peek behind the scenes Hail voidhunters! *grabs a lantern and points forward with his bony fingers* Let me guide you through a quick progress update! Post-demo summary GIF 1: New Unholy Surge visual effects. Thank you to everyone who tried out our Lovecraftian Days demo, wishlisted the game and shared their thoughts! Apart from PoM making its way to thousands of new wishlists, we’ve received over 200 feedback forms,… | — | |
| Major update | New DEMO, Lovecraftian Days Festival feature, charity and plans Lovecraftian Days Festival Demo We're excited to announce that the Lovecraftian Days Festival is LIVE and Pool of Madness is one of the featured titles! To celebrate, we've prepared a DEMO that will be available till the end of the event - so make sure to try it out and share the unholy gospel with your friends, enemies and that annoying AI artist at the office. Get it from our Steam page: Feat… | — | |
| Steam news | Playtest is now LIVE! Hail voidhunters! The Pool of Madness playtest is now LIVE! Features: · new art · procedural rituals · Pop-a-Pill automat where you can buy powerups · and more! How to join: · simply click on Request Access on the game's page · you can also jump in our discord to get a playtest key , as we're letting players in gradually Thank you for participating in the playtest! Your feedback will help us ma… | — | |
| Community | New models, playtests and upgraded fish carcasses Hail voidhunters! Let me be your guide on this quick tour through the underworld of horror pool development. Just follow the sickly lantern light and the distant moans of the dead. I promise I won’t take much of your limited time. Stocking up for rituals and better blood Pop-a-pill - voidhunter’s supplies In our last update we announced an art overhaul and Jarek, our art director, joining the t… | — | |
| Community | New art style, 40,000 wishlists, Turn-Based Thursday Fest feature Hail, void hunters! Friday 13th sounds like the perfect day for a Pool of Madness update. So let's dive right into some new chaos we've brewed: New art style We're thrilled to announce that Pool of Madness is getting a brand new coat of eldritch paint! Originally crafted by a two-person team without a dedicated 3D artist, the core loop came together extremely fast and was very well-received dur… | — | |
| Community | Price change, origins of horror pool, spinning saws A quick November update, voidhunters: Pricing "Cthpoolu" - the first-week prototype. Pool of Madness started as a spontaneous 2-person game jam - an attempt to "combine storytelling with pool". Within a couple of days we had a prototype that turned out very fun and a month later the early playtest hit Steam for Lovecraftian Days to a great reception. Our initial idea was to release the game for… | — | |
| Steam news | New demo, Pool of Madness featured by Yogscast, and... a gun! Pool of Madness has been selected by the Yogscast Team to be featured during the Tiny Teams festival starting tomorrow ! To celebrate, we’re launching an updated demo, featuring a… gun when the festival starts! In fact, if you look closely, you'll notice that it’s already available… just click here and download the demo . The gun will land in your hands shortly after you attempt the first ritua… | — | |
| Major update | The Lovecraftian Days 2025 playtest is live! One year ago, we unveiled the very first playtest of Pool of Madness during Lovecraftian Days - after just a month of development. With LD 2025 upon us, it felt like the perfect opportunity to showcase the latest playtest. So here we are! Simply click on download the demo to play. Some of the features: · a short introductory ritual for new players · initial foundations for a boss fight (early W… | — | |
| Community | Steam Co-op Fest, new demo, future plans for our Lovecraftian roguelite pool🎱🐙 Occultists! We've just released a limited playtest of our roguelite combining pool and cosmic horror. It features single-player and coop modes, made especially for Steam Couch Co-op Fest ! TRY IT OUT, GET THE DEMO HERE: store.steampowered.com/app/2873750/pool_of_madness/ WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION? Think Inscryption meets Diablo/PoE meets a twisted game of pool. A unique experience with lots of m… | — | |
| Sale | Halloween Demo OUT NOW 🎃 - grab a broomstick and play some spooky pool! 🦇 Halloween Demo OUT NOW - grab a broomstick and play some spooky pool! After releasing Dagon: CE on consoles, we couldn't wait to jump back into Pool of Madness and play around with some new things, including new mechanics. Long story short, this resulted in the Halloween Demo of our Lovecraftian roguelite pool . Make sure to give it a spin while it's available - we've had a lot of fun developin… | — | |
| Esports | Pool of Madness - Turn-Based Thursday Fest Stream Turn-Based Thursday Fest Early Demo Broadcast | — | |
| Esports | Watch the new demo broadcast for Endless Replayability Fest We've updated the graphics, physics and more - including adding a new feature allowing you to freeze the white ball, improving the flow of the game - for this exclusive ERF demo, take a peek at the stream! | — | |
| Steam news | New limited-time demo of Pool of Madness out NOW with new graphics and physics! Fellow friends, scholars and abominations! After the previous early demo we disappeared into the depths in order to emerge yet again, with a new limited time version of Pool of Madness for your eldritch pleasure! Give it a spin and let us know what you think! The demo is now LIVE on our Steam page: Pool of Madness Endless Replayability Fest Demo - major updates : · updated graphics, visibility… | — | |
| Game update | Fourth demo update in 24h 🥵 Changes: · bugfixes and little adjustments 🛠️ · some madness added 🐙 | — | |
| Community | Lovecraftian pool game - exclusive 5-days DEMO available NOW! Adepts of forbidden arts! We’ve recently had an internal 2-person game jam that resulted in a prototype of a Lovecraftian pool game with non-linear story and roguelite elements. Yes, you read that right - it’s quite a combination. Early demo teaser: We’ve decided to release an early demo to gather some feedback at the stage where we still have a lot of flexibility regarding its direction, so do… | — |
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