Halloween Contests
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2016[edit]
Gizmog hosted the 2016 contest, announced September 29 (entries started beforehand welcome) and running until October 28. Fenrir immediately had screenshots to show off.
Less Than A Week Terrible Halloween Contest (2015)[edit]
With a surprise annoucement by Spoonweaver on October 27 running until Halloween, this year had a surprisingly good turnout. There were no prizes or voting, instead Spoonweaver ranked the top three.
- Contest thread (with mini-reviews)
2014[edit]
The 2014 Halloween contest, from October 1st to November 2nd, had enough interest, with numerous screenshots posted, but in the end only one game was released before the deadline. The others have vanished mysteriously.
Entries:
- table by Spoonweaver
2013[edit]
Hosted by BMR from October 14 to October 27. This was "more as a 13 day release window" than 13 days to create a game.
2011[edit]
An event with loose rules and no prizes called "Four Days of Halloween" was announced without warning by Pepsi Ranger from October 27th until Nov 1st. Despite several signups, it seems only one game was released (co-entered in the Say It Ain't So Contest).
- Contest thread
- Transylvania Girls by SDHawk and Gizmog1
2009[edit]
Ran by Gizmog from Oct 1 - Nov 1.
Entries and results:
- Sleepover by Charbile (47.3 points)
- Originality: 46
- Fun: 34
- Scariness: 31
- SHiIDA by Baconlabs (39.3 points)
- Originality: 35
- Fun: 27
- Scariness: 28
- Do You Want To Be A Hero by Moogle1 (34.6 points)
- Originality: 35
- Fun: 35
- Scariness: 17
- Spooky Test by Twin Hamster (30 points)
- Originality: 28
- Fun: 20
- Scariness: 16
2008[edit]
Hosted by Gizmog, this was run solely on CastleParadox rather than SlimeSalad. (SS was down at the time?) Ran from Oct 1 - 31. Apparently no winner was declared?
Entries:
- Night of 10,000 Bullets by TwinHamster @ CP, @ SS
- Scare Spree by RMZ and Moogle1 (Update to original released for Halloween contest 2006)
- A preview of Halloween Quest 3 was also available for download for a limited time. RMZ stated it was an entry, but Gizmog doesn't seem to have counted it.
2007[edit]
Ran from October 18 - October 31, hosted by RMZ. There was no theme, but three items (sneak attack, parasites, bloody room) which were worth bonus points. Games were ranked by voters on creativity, scariness, and fun to determine a total score.
Trivia: RMZ accidentally announced it as "Halloween Contest 2008", later explaining "Holy crap! I didn't notice that at all. I work in a calendar company and we're building the 2008 stuff. I musta forgotten what year it is, haha. "
- Pre-contest discussion thread @ CP
- Contest thread @ CP
- Contest thread @ SS
- Voting/reviews thread @ SS
Entries:
- Night by Camdog
- Surlaw Armageddon by Surlaw
- Vampire's Curse by Fenrir Lunaris
2004[edit]
Ran by Gizmog
- Contest thread @ CP
- Results @ CP
Entries and final points:
- Thanksgiving Quest (72 points)
- Pitch Black 2 (47 points)
- Halloween No Ingles (41 points)
- Train The Movie (36 points)
- Halloween Quest 2 (22 points)
- Pet The Pussy (8 points)
- Halloween Intangible (7 points)
- RMSephy's Halloween Game Ov Doom (7 points)
2003[edit]
Ran by Gizmog, from Oct 7 to Nov 1. Inferior Minion offered an Official Hamster Republic Wall Clock as prize to the winner. Fenrir-Lunaris reportedly was so ill from overworking himself on his contest entry that a friend needed to upload the game for him.
Entries: Pitch Black (winner), Run Run Zombie Revolution, FFH2 and Halloween Quest.
Other Years[edit]
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