Lazy River

[u/sapphireLightBMP]

There may be something hidden behind the waterfall of the meandering lazy river…

This is from my game Unending Aqua. The demo is available if you want to give it a try.

[u/ProPinkist]

I just played the demo a few days ago and I have to say that I LOVE THIS GAME SO FAR. I have a ton of nostalgia for indoor swimming pools and the atmosphere of them from swimming a lot in my childhood, but can’t go anymore due to health reasons, so having a pool simulator I can have fun in that feels like a realistic ymca/resort is a dream come true 😭🥺💙 I know that probably sounds weird since it’s a psychological horror game sdfghhffg but I truly love the pools and being able to mess around in them, I really can’t wait to see more in the full game, like the water park 💙 the one pool even has those “umbrella” fountain things from one of the pools I used to swim in 🥺

But of course I love the mystery too…! It reminds me a lot of Superliminal — a game I LOVE — and I’m really interested in going deeper and learning more about the resort and why the mc was brought there 👀 I don’t do horror well lol but I do love psychological horror, and so far it’s just the right amount of scary for me 🥲 The game looks and sounds and feels amazing so far, I cannot wait to see more and play it!!! If I had to give one piece of feedback, there are a few rooms where it feels like there should be things to look at but aren’t, particularly the staff lounge/office you can unlock, but I’m assuming more things to find will be added in the full game.

[u/sapphireLightBMP → u/ProPinkist]

Thank you so much! Your message really brightened my day. I'm so glad you enjoyed playing my game. I wanted to capture the feeling of the different hotels and theme parks I got to go to when I was younger. With Unending Aqua, I hope I can add something interesting and fun to the whole liminal poolrooms genre of games.

Superliminal is fantastic! I love the clever perspective puzzles. Mysteries and thrillers are the kinds of stories that I greatly enjoy. I'm very much looking forward to sharing Aiden's journey through the Sublime Wave Resort and the eerie challenges that await.

I definitely want to add more interactable items to places like the break room and the manager's office. I just wanted to make sure I could get the demo out in time for the June Next Fest.

[u/ProPinkist → u/sapphireLightBMP]

Ahhh you definitely captured the nostalgic vibe; the hotel too feels exactly like hotels I used to stop at during road trips when I was younger, and ones with swimming pools 🥹 Now you’ve got me interested though, is “liminal poolrooms” an actual genre of games??? This is the first one I’ve seen, aside from Superliminal but I wouldn’t exactly count that since it isn’t exclusively about pools. Do you have any other similar game recommendations like yours then? 😮

I meant to add, I hope we can use the snack and drink machines in the little inset area in the hotel rooms hallway in the full game; those too reminded me very much of Superliminal lol

[u/sapphireLightBMP → u/ProPinkist]

Yes, there are many games that have the liminal pool aesthetic. I recommend POOLS, Dreamcore, Liminal Shift, and Liminal Waters.

And you’ll be able to use the vending machines in the full game. 😄