【ｄｉｖｉｎｇ　ｄｅｅｐ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｏｏｌｒｏｏｍｓ】𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 | 𝕝𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠 𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕪

imagine stepping into a dimly lit room, the air thick with the scent of chlorine and damp grout. the sound of echoing footsteps reverberates off the tiled walls, while the soft glow of natural light pours into the environment from a mysterious and unseeable source. this is the poolrooms—a space suspended in time, where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur, and the past mingles with the present.

join me as we take a deep dive into the poolrooms, the 37th level of the backrooms.

poolrooms wiki page: https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Lev...

video essay is a mixture of information sourced from the wiki and my own thoughts on this liminal space.

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games played during video

dreamcore (demo): https://store.steampowered.com/app/24...

pools (demo): https://store.steampowered.com/app/26...

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poolrooms themed games (working list)

anemoiapolis: https://q-andrew.itch.io/anemoiapolis
dreamcore: https://store.steampowered.com/app/24...
pools: pools (demo): https://store.steampowered.com/app/26...
the poolrooms: https://bezbro.itch.io/the-poolrooms
the poolrooms experience: https://lunareffectdigital.itch.io/po...

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