October means the video game pumpkins are back, baby!

rockpapershotgun.com:

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 (of A Short Hike fame) way back in 2020, when it was only the 999th festival, and Alice0 took a stroll around it last year, too.

This year the pumpkins are back, and better than ever. Download the Pumpkin Fest for pay-what-you-can on Itch, 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.

As you can see from my jaunt around the festival this year, there aren't many entries yet, but by gum are people pulling the stops out. My favourite was a Nightmare Before Christmas pump, with the curled hill carved on the front and Jack's silhouette on the back. Good for you if that's your pump! This year you can award rosettes to your favourites, and customise your ghost self with a moustache or cat face (to the haunting strains of the Moonlight Sonata). Ghost Town's Pumpkin Festival is fast becoming one of my most favourite halloween traditions.

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 are loads of pumpkin games to enjoy.

Boo!, a spooky puzzle game that Brendy (RPS In Peace)