Welcome to the Pool Hall
Development Focus
To note this project will be continued by me as a hobby project and not as a full time project. updates will still come out regularly.
About the GamePurchasing this game allows you to help us make improvements as we start at an early proof of concept and move to a full fledged user driven experience.
Welcome to the pool hall is a Community driven pool project for all ages. The game currently has 3 game modes which are a basic training mode, a pool mode and a arcade pvp tanks mode. The current version of the project is #006 and from here on forward we want to directly involve the community. The best place to leave ideas or bug reports is either the Steam forum or our Dualgm discord find able when clicking the website link on this store page.
In the screenshots you will be able to find the plans for the Future of the Project.
Steam User 3
I'm giving a thumbs up because of how the developer listens to the community feedback when somebody has an issue with the game and works fast to resolve the issue, so if you're looking for a game that the developer will take your ideas on this is the game for you as he's very interactive and easy to get hold off.
Negatives - Some of the mechanics are still rough with a few bugs in the game.
Positives - This game has potential to be something big and for a game just under 3 pound is good, you can have a good laugh with the lads on this for a cheap price xD
Overall the game has some work to do, to get to a high quality standard but in my eyes it is well on its way.
Its worth a buy make sure you give it a go with a few friends.
Steam User 3
I am only giving this thumbs up because this has potential. I love the concept and what it has already achieved for being so early
good - Pool Mechanic's are working well and the set out is cool, even including a game of tank's is a little bonus. I can also see what the dev has in mind, with rough stuff around the room in the game but not functioning as it should be.
bad - The mechanic's for the game are rough and need alot of work, but i see what is in the mind of the dev.
The game is in early access and is not even 3 pounds. So there isn't really nothing to except but a game that is still being built. Personally the game should of been more constructed before release but the dev is doing constant update's and listening to people feedback.
Steam User 4
what you see is what you get not a game you will put 100+hours in too but good to just messy around with get a few friends together and have fun for a hour or two with pool or tanks and get updated regler
Steam User 2
Fun little pool/biliards game where you can play solo or with friends with ease.
The game is in constant development and keeps improving with community feedback.
Not the most super realistic pool game out there but good enough for it to be fun and its early game state adds to its quirky charm and difficulty.
This developer does listen to the player feedback and works hard to make this game even better, every day.
I play pool quite regularly IRL and i like this game, not a perfect replica of the real deal but its own physics adds to the challange in a good way.
Steam User 3
EDIT: I changed my "not recommended" review to "recommended" after the developer responded very quickly to my feedback. I left my old review in place along with his comments so you can see what the issues were. For the $3.49 price as of this writing, I think it is worth giving it a try.
The first thing is you can't change the screen resolution to more than 1920x1080. That's not a game changer for me, but it would be nice to have better graphics settings.
The second thing is the controls just do not make sense. Press "F" to interact with table - this doesn't let you hit the ball, it just let's you set the colors and number of players. I finally figured out to set it to 1 player so I could test it out. Then I had to hit F again to get behind the cue (took me several times of hitting the F button before it did put me there). The instructions say use Q to move the cue stick back and E to go forward, well the controls worked exactly opposite of that. What is the point of those two keys, why not W and S (that is kind of a standard)?
Thirdly, why can't we use the mouse to point and control the drawback and speed of the cue stick?
And last but not least, when you do draw back the stick you only get a number for how far you've drawn it back. You can't even see where the stick is in relation to the ball so you have no idea of how far back you are. I assume with time, you would get used to using the numbers and could figure it out, but it's not user friendly. On the second shot, the cue stick was in the same position I used for the first shot and I didn't know what that was, so could not adjust accordingly.
It could be a good game if the controls and setup were more intuitive. I would like to be able to play it with friends, but as it stands now it is a no-go for me. I wasn't expecting too much for $4, but it is really not user-friendly, so I will be returning the game. I hope to look at it again when it matures a bit.
Steam User 2
Welcome to the Pool Hall has been an interesting game to help test. The developer updates the game regularly, and always does his best to listen to the players.
Game mechanics are good, and with the frequent updates, i believe the game can only become better.
Steam User 1
I'm changing my review because I was too dense to realize this is an online multiplayer with no single player mode. Duh, no wonder I couldn't get it to work! Although I haven't tried it yet in multi player, I'm giving it a thumbs up because the Dev was very quick to contact me after my negative review and attempt to solve the problem. To the Dev - my apologies and my thanks.