Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge
Anamik Majumdar · 2018 · Platformer, 2D Platformer, Retro, Zombies, Action
PC
7 user reviews43% · 7 📈 Making a comeback 53%
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About Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge
Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge is a 2D Old School Action Platformer in which the mission of the player is to smash as many pumpkins as possible within a limited time period. Do you love smashing pumpkins? This is the game for you!Pumpkins have turned into Zombies and started eating on the human beings to avenge the death of their Pumpkin Brothers. So, the Leader of all the pumpkins commanded all of them to attack the human race with an ambition to rule over the world.
But one man stands against the Pumpkins to eliminate all of them in a Stormy Halloween Night. Will he be able to accomplish his mission?
You need to eliminate a certain number of Pumpkins within a limited time period and unlock the door to go to the next level. If you can kill extra pumpkins, it will also count. Be the best at exploding Pumpkins!
Key Features:
- 15 Levels to Play!
- Lots of enemies and traps.
- Two types of firing modes like shotgun and Rocket Launcher.
- Kill as many Pumpkins as you can within a limited time.
- 3 Boss Battles!
- Challenging situations and hard to master.
- Unlock the door by killing the Pumpkin enemies.
Note from the Developer: I have done all the graphics, pixel artwork, level design, programming myself except for the music. I hope you will enjoy the game.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's cute aesthetic and note that it offers variable playtime depending on skill level, though opinions on quality diverge sharply. While some enjoyed it as a gift, most criticisms center on cheap deaths, poor hit detection, uninspired level design, and locked resolution/controls that feel substandard for a PC game, with reviewers comparing it unfavorably to classic platformers.
I clicked “Start Game” thinking I’d just smash pumpkins for a few minutes. That was the whole plan. Instead I got dropped into what feels like a full-time pumpkin demolition job where everything is either exploding, chasing me, or trying to ruin my high score. You move, you shoot, you try to survive… and then suddenly there’s 15 pumpkins on screen and your brain just says “good luck bro.” It’s very simple, almost too simple, but somehow still manages to get stressful once everything starts speeding up. One mistake and it’s basically over, so you end up playing like your life depends on digital pumpkins. The loop is addictive though. You fail, you restart, you say “last try,” and then somehow it becomes 2AM. It’s not deep, it’s not complicated, it’s literally just smashing pumpkins—but it works in that weird arcade way where your brain refuses to quit. Recommended if you enjoy simple arcade games that turn “one quick run” into an hour-long regret session.14 found this helpful
Cute game, Can be short or long depending on how long it takes you to complete each level. Never smash a pumpkin on Halloween! you've been warned. oooOOOoooo1 found this helpful
best freaking gift ever... thanks keegan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was hoping this would be like an old Apogee game. It was not. Bare bones with lots of cheap deaths. ONE MINUTE REVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaE9P5d1Mo
cant sex the pumpkins
There's some effort put into creating a story, and it has more options than the lowest rung of kit-based platformers on Steam. However, it suffers from the same issues. Lousy hit detection, poor level design, uninspired tasks, lack of appropriate balancing, etc. Rumor has it that it was this game that killed off ANNOYING CROW.
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