Goodtown Halloween Run

About Goodtown Halloween Run

Goodtown Halloween Run is a first-person horror game made in seven days for Scream Jam 2025 by Marianne's Itch games, with code by Marianne Letourneau and assets by Jonathan Sevigny. It placed 70th for aesthetics and 92nd for enjoyment of the jam's ranked entries, and it is a pay-what-you-want download for Windows on itch.io.

It is Halloween in Goodtown, a suburb that looks like a model town, with a welcome sign, carved jack-o'-lanterns on every lawn and red autumn trees. You set out with your candy bucket, but the old folks who live here do not want you around. To fill your bucket you have to go into their homes and collect candy against their will.

The houses are dark and dangerous. Deadly traps wait in the rooms, and you have to spot and disable them while staying out of the residents' way. A candy counter keeps track of your haul, and the goal is to survive long enough to escape with it.

It is drawn in a low-poly, retro style with a warm Halloween palette of oranges and reds. A post-jam update made puddles less damaging. It suits players who want a quick, tense trick-or-treat game for Halloween night.

How to play Goodtown Halloween Run

1. Download Goodtown Halloween Run from its itch.io page for Windows (pay what you want).
2. Walk the streets of Goodtown and find houses to raid for candy.
3. Sneak into the homes and keep out of the old residents' way.
4. Spot and disable the deadly traps before they catch you.
5. Collect as much candy as you can and survive long enough to escape.

Tips

• Move slowly in dark rooms; traps are easy to miss.
• Watch the residents before you enter a room they are in.
• Keep an eye on the candy counter and leave before you push your luck too far.

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