ASTA-POOL: The Future of Pool

Really enjoyed the game, and especially the variety of minigames it offered! I am someone who enjoys challenge so the harder minigames were really enjoyable for me. Another thing i really enjoyed was the art style. It stood out to me and each character's design was also really nice! I also liked the visual novel-esque story telling approach as well as its pacing, I think its fair to say that I enjoyed the story a lot. Now, for the improvements, first thing I have to mention is the instructions of each game. I think they could be made more presentable, visually engaging and especially concise (especially concise, they are huge texts that some people find it hard to read, it is a huge point accessibility wise too, for dyslexic people). I think it would be helpful to have a tooltip or info/help button during gameplay in case a player forgets or wants to revise. In addition to that, I am also someone who plays games mainly with a controller, so controller support would definitely be welcome addition (though it might require some heavy rework maybe as this game is mainly mouse operated). Overall I enjoyed the game's structure and minigames design, and i was positively surprised…

Sorry this review is a little scuffed/rough because I just wanted to go ahead and leave [i]a[/i] positive review. I played this game at MomoCon and bought it right there. There was a lot to see in the build they had at the con that falls short of explaining the full-depth of game that you get to experience in the full game. An example is that I was unaware of the story and voice-acting which was a nice surprise. I haven't gotten much into it yet, but I am expecting much more.

very great game but 1 problem is the music is copyright bur game is solid a MUST HAVE.

I'm posting this review strictly from the gameplay perspective as I skipped through the cutscenes. Every level has a different minigame with completely different mechanics which is the allure of this game but it lead to incoherent gameplay. As all minigames have different mechancis, every player will have different experience with every level. Some levels are very easy for me to play and easy to get through, but others are very very dragged out. As soon as you start to enjoy one of the levels, it's over and never seen again. Maybe I'd enjoy it a lot more, if I had gone through the story bits as well. It is clear how much effort has been put into the game though, and its definitely unique and it wasn't insanely painful to play through, but definitely needs polish.

The game, or well the actual minigames are varying and overall very fun, especially the live gameplay ones (like the raceball). However, I found the story to be a bit bland for my taste, but I really loved the art style. It is full of life. The online play was buggy and kept kicking me out, I would've loved to keep playing this game for rounds with my friends, but in its current state, the online play is too annoying. The game also gave me an error: "Win32 function failed: HRESULT: Ox887a0005" anytime i minimized the game from fullscreen. Overall, I would say it's a good game for its charm and the varying minigames inside it, but it needs quite a bit of polish still!

Enjoyed the game! Even on lvl 3 Serious Mode, it felt challenging and fair. (eventually i'll finish the story on Hustler mode). I played the store twice, first time choosing "turn based" and second time choosing "action based". Definitely prefer turn based games, tho the levels are set up fairly for each. Right now, (and I know production is indie), the only ding is I cannot find the music anywhere publicly. I would love if eventually an Asta-Pool soundtrack album can get released online for streaming (i.e YTMusic). Edit: Checked Credits. I can see now, a soundtrack album would be quite difficult to Impossible based on how they've selected their music. Disclaimer: Demo-ed and purchased game at Momocon 2026, receiving game on discount.