Ghost in the pool

A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.

Ghost in the pool is a adventure, interactive fiction and visual novel game developed and published by CASCHA GAMES.
Released on January 27th 2021 is available on Windows and Linux in 8 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Italian and French.

It has received 322 reviews of which 245 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 2.79€ on Steam and has a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified Ghost in the pool into these genres:

Adventure Interactive Fiction Visual Novel 2D Anime Beautiful Hand-drawn Text-Based Comic Book Stylized Noir Drama Story Rich Dynamic Narration Psychological Horror Horror Thriller Lore-Rich Supernatural Modern

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Microsoft Window 10
Processor: Core2Duo 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256M
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: PCM，WAVE

Linux

OS: Ubuntu, CentOS 7 and SteamOS 3.3 - (64 bit)
Processor: 64-bit processor with 2,4 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 1G
Storage: 4 GB available space
Sound Card: Any stereo integrated card

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

It's a fun, albeit janky, little horror visual novel. It's a Chinese visual novel that has obvious Junji Ito inspirations. Overall, the game is short, with the first route being around 45 minutes to an hour, and the other routes being shorter because you can jump to decision points. The story is pretty fun and the art is nice, but the whole thing is kind of janky. Given the jankyness and length, you might want to wait for a sale, but I did enjoy it enough to want to check out the sequel. Pros: [*]Great art and decent short horror story. [*]After clearing the game, there's a route chart to help you see the other scenes. [*]I found it hilarious that one of the routes is just saying "nope" and walking away every time you see something supernatural. Cons: [*]The game's systems are surprisingly lacking. No manual saves. No control over message speed. No skipping. Given the length of the game, it's minor, but it's weird to play a VN that has less features than something built in Ren'py. [*]The game absolutely needs LQA. The script is understandable, but formatting is weird or ugly in places. There are typos. There are inconsistencies. It's kind of distracting and adds to the amateur feel of the game.

Nov. 2024

This game is so cheap, there's no reason to not play it. Ghost in the Pool is a short horror visual novel based on a comic book. It follows Yaru, the swimming champion for the previous school year, who wants to protect her title. She wants to practice swimming but just can't seem to get in any time give how busy the pool is. So she's stolen a key to go to the pool at night and swim. Unfortunately, at their school, there are rumours that the pool is dangerous at night and people who swim their die. Are the rumours true or not? This game has just phenomenal art with a strong identity and stellar composition. The backgrounds are all quite interesting and the character designs are distinct from one-another. There are small changes over the game that you notice as exploring a scene and that Yaru comments on, and the game becomes creepier as the story progresses. The one thing this game is missing is a skip button / skip settings. You can jump around the story via a flow-chart once you get an ending and just load when you hit a new part to choose a new response, but without a skip it's hard to know when there's new lines / unread lines. I liked the audio cues but found the shock soundbite used way too often just for plain dialogue - to indicate when Yaru was annoyed. The exploration moments were great, with a few lines about the area and some extra close ups of objects like the keys Yaru stole. I loved the creepy CGs - especially the ones along the bad ending and in the school garden. The game isn't voiced at all, but that doesn't mean you're missing out. Yaru has a well-defined personality for such a short story - she's competitive and obsessive about swimming and as you follow each route you learn more about the different sides of her. I thought this game was really great and, whilst not underrated, could do with more plays. One line at the end of the bad ending was not translated into english at all, which was a silly bug, and the game crashes if you try to skip the opening animation too quickly, but otherwise it was quite good quality.

Nov. 2024

I just finished the game, which is short, but definitely recommend it if you like interactive stories and Junji Ito art style.

July 2024

Well told and thrilling Visual Novel with an interactive storytelling. If you like soft-horror Mangas/Manhuas which will slightly give you Junji Itō vibes, i highly recommend you this hidden gem with it's atmospheric Soundtrack & lovely drawn Nightmares.

Feb. 2024

Ghost in the Pool is alright but nothing amazing. GinP is a visual novel and while the "visual" part is good, the "novel" part is mixed. The story is very Junji Ito meets R. L. Stine and is pretty cheesy, your enjoyment of the plot will vary of your level of cheese tolerance. I enjoyed plot but felt the ending I got (Good Ending) felt rushed and wished they took the time to make one fulfilling ending rather than making the three they made. There is also a few bits of weird localisation but this also a smaller game and the translation is decent. Check it out if it looks interesting but do not expect anything amazing.

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7.2

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Developer

CASCHA GAMES

Publisher

CASCHA GAMES

Release 27 Jan 2021

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