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Pumpkin's Halloween Fright
Pumpkin's Halloween Fright
Play as Pumpkin, a little character from an old children's cartoon, and go on a quest for freedom by breaking from the inside the VHS tape that keeps you trapped inside an old, forgotten TV.
GAME JAM HALLOWEEN
GAME JAM HALLOWEEN
This game was created during the GameDevJam.tv's Halloween Game Jam, in october 2025.
Ranked 98th out of 281 participants, this little project santed out by its atmosphere, its theme and the story it tells.
The Challenge
The Challenge
10 days to create a playable prototype
A spooky theme with the use of a television is required
Only few ways to tell the story
The Group Vision
The Group Vision
A spooky game but not horror or scary
A short understandable story
A cartoon's universe
Creative Choices
Creative Choices
Dialogs tells parts of the story at each beginning of a level, to separate them and create a bond with Pumpkin along his energic monolog.
There are no other talkable character to reinforce Pumpkin's loneliness in his world.
The imperative in dialogs help players to understand quickly their objectives and Pumpkin's will.
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
"Less is More" ! There no need such longs texts and dialogs to tell a story
The form is as important as the message it present. The player see it as a whole, not seperately
The communication between the story and the gameplay is fundamental during the production, to be sure to carry the project in the good way and obtain the right result !
My others roles
My others roles
Game Writer
Game Designer
UI/UX Designer
Production Manager
Useful Informations
Useful Informations
Playable on PC
Playable with keyboard or controller
Created on Unreal Engine 5
The team
The team
CASTAING-MOLIN Julie
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