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Ghost Town’s Pumpkin Festival returns, plus other fun pumpkin games
As has been tradition for many a year now (three), Mayor Bones Proudly Presents: Ghost Town’s 1001st Annual Pumpkin Festival is back! I first reported on this free pumpkin carving game from Adamgryu (ofA Short Hikefame)way back in 2020, when it was only the 999th festival, and Alice0 took a stroll around itlast year, too.
This year the pumpkins are back, and better than ever. Download the Pumpkin Fest for pay-what-you-can onItch, carve your very own pump with the tools provided, and place it among the efforts of others in a peaceful spooky scene. You can take a walk around and vote for your favourite pumps. But this isn’t the only pumpkin game to enjoy! I’ve found a couple of others, too. It’s the reason for the spooky season.
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I’m a fan of a pumpkin, as well. In the UK we don’t eat them in pie or coffee form, and basically just carve them and throw them away over halloween, but there’s something very magnetic about them. Big orange-y hollow things. It’s sort of magic opening one up and seeing that, somehow, there’s a big gap in the middle. Imagine my delight when I discovered there areloadsof pumpkin games to enjoy.
Boo!, a spooky puzzle game that Brendy (RPS In Peace)wrote about in 2017, is now finished and out. The goal is to use paint dips in the right order, combined with things like eye patches and hats, to make a pumpkin decorated in the same pattern as your exemplar. You’ll recognise the work if you playedFactory Balls, cos it’s the same dev. It is both difficult and charming, and I’m a big fan. Currently stuck on pumpkin number 12.
My favourite, however, isPumpkin Party. You stand at a conveyor belt and press a key to either carve, light or destroy a pumpkin depending on their current status, keeping in time to the beat if possible. If you get up a good streak then disco lights come on. It’s very difficult, but also very fun.
So why not get your pumpkin on this year? Or, if you’re in the mood for something actually quite scary, check out ourbest horror gameslist (which I recently updated, just for you). Meanwhile, I’m going to take another few turns around the Pumpkin Festival.
