It’s time for our annual Halloween Spooktacular! We’re looking forward to featuring your spooky animation, games, art and music this month.
To participate, make something scary / creepy / horror-themed (funny or serious) and release it any time between now and October 31st. Include the halloween2023 tag.
As always, any music in your game or animation must be used with permission or from a source that has granted an open license / no copyright status. Here are some music resources! If you’re a musician who has made spooky music, you can post it in this thread and let people know it’s ok to use in their games and animation.
There are PRIZES and they increase with help from the community!
If you have the means and love Halloween, donate on our Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards the Spooktacular. You can also specify which category. Our prize totals will grow and you’ll be added to the sponsor list below and to the winner announcement post. Be a part of history!
Animation
1st - $300
2nd - $200
3rd - $140
Game
1st - $300
2nd - $200
3rd - $140
Music
1st- $200
2nd - $150
3rd - $130
4th - $100
Art
1st - $150
2nd - $125
3rd - $100
More Halloween Events
@DrSevenSeizeMD is hosting a Pumpkin Carving Contest!
@deathink is hosting an art contest where you mash up NG characters with your favorite horror video game. Entries in this are also eligible for Spooktacular Art prizes!
@Thetageist is hosting an additional Halloween-themed game jam! Costume Jam 2023 tasks you with making a dress-up game that has a novel twist of your own design. Deadline is October 31st, read the post for more details! Entries in this jam are also eligible for Spooktacular game prizes.
@Remi-le-Oduen is organizing a Spooktacular writing contest! See their post to get involved.
@DieterTheuns is organizing a Halloworm Art Collab!
@DoctorGrambo posted a GRAMTOBER Challenge with art prompts for October!
October 15th is the Shrieks and Screams Audio Collab deadline.
October 28th is the Creepypasta Collab 2 deadline.
October 30th is the Boner Collab deadline (skeletons).
Spooktacular Sponsors
@i9incher - $269
@Megacharlie - $250
@Derpixon - $200
@technomantics - $160
@DrSevenSeizeMD - $107.24
@wheezl - $100
@Saminat - $100
@53xy83457 - $80
@GeoKureli - $50
@YendorNG - $50
@zzox - $50
@3xBlastMx - $50
@RaIix - $30
@SketchToPen - $30
@olskoo - $25
@MKMaffo - $25
@GAMMARAGE - $25 towards Writing Contest
@LittleLuckyLink - $25
@LazyPix3l - $20
@TeffyD - $20
@Armadill0h - $20
@butterspam - $20
@GirZiggler - $20
@tonyfinale - $15
@PoultrygeistGame - $7
@Anonymous-Frog - $6
@Wegra - $3
@BubblesMedia - $1
NG - $500
If you’re curious about previous Spooktaculars, here are the 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 winners.
Our promo banner and site art this year is by @VonKreepula!
Other News
We introduced multi-image and multi-author to the Art Portal, with a bunch of other improvements. There are still bugs getting sorted out, read the post for all the details!
Live Action Jam Winners have been announced!
@BrandyBuizel is organizing a New Jersey Meetup on October 13th at Yestercade.
@KittyhawkMontrose is hosting The Sweet Sixteen Comic Contest, where the theme is to create a 16 page comic! There is $1k in prizes and the deadline is December 11th.
October 13th is the NG vs Boyfriend Audio Collab deadline.
October 20th is the Autumn Album application deadline.
October 25th is the Taifau Cafe Art Contest deadline.
November 20th is the Sega Saturn Collab and Sketch Collab 2023 deadline.
November 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab deadline.
January 15th is the Break It Up Collab breakbeat audio deadline.
January 30th is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.
Last Friday was Madness Day.
Read the latest edition of The Tank Tribune!
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