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Halloween Spooktacular 2024!

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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 halloween2024 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.


Animation

1st - $225

2nd - $100

3rd - $55


Game

1st - $225

2nd - $100

3rd - $60


Music

1st- $150

2nd - $100

3rd - $50


Art

1st - $150

2nd - $100

3rd - $50


Entries will also be eligible for our best of the month prizes!


Voice Acting



Check out the Voice Acting Contest hosted by LuckyDee!


Other Halloween Events


Costume (Game) Jam

Shrieks and Screams Collab - Submission deadline is October 15th

OCs by Night Collab - Join deadline is October 1st

Villaingrounds Art Prompts

Specter the Ghost Collab


Thank you to our Sponsors!


@remalicious - $150

@KittoBitto - $120

@RaIix - $70

@53xy83457 - $66.6

@Shock-Dingo - $60

@GirZiggler - $50

@TheWillyboo - $50

@decafpanda - $50

@NamelessNathan - $50

@GrapheneKid - $50

@Aalasteir - $30

@Unicronicorn - $30

@lazthelazyunderscore - $25

@River - $20

@RigaheaD - $20

@tonyfinale - $15

@ZombieGhost - $10

NG - $500


If you’re curious about previous Spooktaculars, here are the 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 winners.


Our promo banner and site art this year is by @DoctorGrambo!


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Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:37:53


It is the Spooky Month!


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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:42:49


Yikes, always when my birthday is coming everyone is making scary stuff... :O


professional ksp player. also, i have like 5 websites right now, xdd

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:45:17


At 10/1/24 07:37 AM, Aalasteir wrote:It is the Spooky Month!


Let's Play TAG!


PLJerry - Animator/Artist/Voice Actor/TF2 Veteran

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:46:08


At 10/1/24 07:42 AM, EuropeanRat wrote:Yikes, always when my birthday is coming everyone is making scary stuff... :O


Scary stuff is cool.


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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:47:55


oooooooooooooh


Can't wait to post what I made for a collab I participated.


Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen- Heinrich Heine

La religione promette, la scienza mantiene- OsaSapere

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Origin of the signature

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:49:09


After 8 month waiting to this day which is October 1st, I finally published my fanart of Spooky Month,

Worth it.


PLJerry - Animator/Artist/Voice Actor/TF2 Veteran

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:50:18


Shit's about to get spooky as hell up in here, and I'm all for it.


Excellent work from Grambo on the banner and site art - you know how to spook!

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:50:59


absolutley love halloween, really want to see what other folks have in store. Happy Spooky Month, folks!

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 07:57:17


I really really love the really old pulp horror comics design. Kick ass who whomever made it.


"All I know is that I know nothing."

~Commonly attributed (and paraphrased) to Socrates.


The boo robot is coming.


Artist, animator, voice actor, editor and background artist.

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Just to let people know, I also have a collab going on (STG NG HALLOWEEN COLAB 2024), if you would like to know more and join in, more info about it is in the link below...


https://josh2002taylor.newgrounds.com/news/post/1478319


Click here for cool stuff...

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 08:19:46


At 10/1/24 07:42 AM, EuropeanRat wrote:Yikes, always when my birthday is coming everyone is making scary stuff... :O


Ya learn to get used to it. I did. Hell, I embrace it.


Someone please help me revive my clubs

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 08:22:14


I’ve got a game jam going for Halloween as well >:)


Information


Post here if you’re interested


Someone please help me revive my clubs

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 08:28:30


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The Spooktacular is my favourite Newgrounds event and I'm coming out swinging this year with MÆRE II on Friday morning!

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 08:34:13


holyyy cow, time to make drawing

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 09:19:32


"halloween2024"?

Oh dear, seems like I just signed up without even knowing


Sometimes I wanna see a cute girl, but there isn't any so I make one.

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 09:28:14


@srpelo


IT SHOWTIME

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 09:46:52


Animators and gamedevs, check out my royalty-free spooky track, freely available for downloads this month only!

(Please don't use it in anything overtly sexual, if possible. Regardless, have fun with my music!)


wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:17:36


At 10/1/24 07:34 AM, TomFulp wrote: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 halloween2024 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.

Animation
1st - $120
2nd - $80
3rd - $30

Game
1st - $150
2nd - $80
3rd - $30

Music
1st- $100
2nd - $80
3rd - $50

Art
1st - $100
2nd - $80
3rd - $30

Voice Acting

Check out the Voice Acting Contest hosted by LuckyDee!

Other Halloween Events

Costume (Game) Jam
Shrieks and Screams Collab - Join deadline is October 15th
OCs by Night Collab - Join deadline is October 1st
Villaingrounds Art Prompts
Specter the Ghost Collab

Thank you to our Sponsors!

@KittoBitto - $120
@RaIix - $70
@53xy83457 - $66.6
@GirZiggler - $50
@TheWillyboo - $50
@Aalasteir - $30
@River - $20
@RigaheaD - $20
NG - $500

If you’re curious about previous Spooktaculars, here are the 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 winners.

Our promo banner and site art this year is by @DoctorGrambo!


Intreasted ;)

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:17:47


Woohoo!!


Are we allowed to post art and a song? Or are we capped to just either art or audio?


If you read this, you get a virtual cookie

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:23:51


This is going to be a great Spooky Month.

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:26:16


Im not "in this to win this", so to speak.

but I will tag my submission "halloween" (2024) like last year

I am going to try my damnest


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It's Spooky Month!


ElRandomGMD (aka RandomToons)

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:27:51


At 10/1/24 10:17 AM, Tangerine wrote:Woohoo!!

Are we allowed to post art and a song? Or are we capped to just either art or audio?


You're welcome to do both.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:34:34


At 10/1/24 10:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 10/1/24 10:17 AM, Tangerine wrote:Woohoo!!

Are we allowed to post art and a song? Or are we capped to just either art or audio?

You're welcome to do both.


you da man


If you read this, you get a virtual cookie

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Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 10:53:50


hell yeah i love spooky month


CRACKEGGS 2 COMING 2026


If you need a writer for something SPOOKY or FUNNY, shoot me a PM! I'd love to contribute any way I can.


Not working on Nightmare Cops.

Also last post.

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Sooo. You gonna dress up as somthin for hallowween, Tom??

Response to Halloween Spooktacular 2024! 2024-10-01 11:06:47


Uh cool.