{"id":4579,"date":"2021-10-21T22:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:22:15","slug":"20211021-4579","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211021-4579\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Festival game available now: Carve pumpkins &#038; share your creations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211021-179749\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-10-21 14:36 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Indie game developer Adam Robinson-Yu launched <strong><em>Mayor Bones Proudly Presents: Ghost Town&#8217;s 1000th Annual Pumpkin Festival<\/em><\/strong> on itch.io. It is available as a name-your-own-price title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can carve pumpkins to create your own jack-o-lanterns, share your creations, and experience a virtual exhibition online. The servers will be available for a limited time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s back! \u2728<br><br>\ud83d\udc80 Mayor Bones Proudly Presents <br>\ud83d\udc7b Ghost Town&#39;s 1000th Annual <br>\ud83c\udf83 Pumpkin Festival<br><br>I added a few new things to find this year, and I&#39;m really excited to share this with everyone! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMYKdyKeAQ\">pic.twitter.com\/GMYKdyKeAQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; adamgryu (@adamgryu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamgryu\/status\/1450480608505860097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Players can choose a pumpkin of their liking and start carving out using a knife and a scraper. When you\u2019re satisfied with your design, give it a name and save your creation. Then, head out to the ghost town and find a place to display it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can explore the town in first-person view and check out the jack-o-lanterns created by other players. You don\u2019t necessarily have to make a lantern yourself. It\u2019s still fun just to look around and see what others have created. At the time of this writing, there are already over 800 lanterns submitted online. Other players are visible as ghosts, but there are no communication tools such as voice\/text chat or emote wheel available in the game. You can try to greet other ghosts using body language, though.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-001-746x420.jpg 746w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The creator of this game, Adam Robinson-Yu, is known as the developer of <em>A Short Hike<\/em>, and I did see some pumpkins carved with an image of Claire, the main character of that game. It seems like fans of <em>A Short Hike<\/em> are enjoying the festival as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first annual Pumpkin Festival was held last year, and this time around, new locations were added, and UI got polished. Similar to last year\u2019s event, the multiplayer servers will only be available for a limited time. According to the itch.io page, \u201cthe servers will probably go down a few weeks after Halloween.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211021-179749-002-746x420.jpg 746w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You can check out <em>Mayor Bones Proudly Presents: Ghost Town\u2019s 1000th Annual Pumpkin Festival<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/adamgryu.itch.io\/pumpkin-carver\">it<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/adamgryu.itch.io\/pumpkin-carver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">c<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/adamgryu.itch.io\/pumpkin-carver\">h.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Bones Proudly Presents: Ghost Town&#8217;s 1000th Annual Pumpkin Festival  is available now on itch.io. 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