The Halloween 2023 Hardcore Jam
The Halloween 2023 Hardcore Jam is a contest hosted in the NormalBoots Hardcore Discord server on September 29th, 2023 by Soda, and is a sequel to The Summer 2023 Hardcore Jam. Contestants had until November 3rd, 2023 to record and create a one-episode Hardcore project that met the following conditions:
-It must be under 30 minutes in length.
-The host must say "Spooky kabooky halloween special, GO!" at the start of the intro. (Not strictly enforced, though)
Unlike the previous jam, there are no prizes for anybody who places in the Top 3.
A poll for the winner of the contest was started on November 8th. The top three five voted jams were announced on November 17th, and can be seen down below.
Top 5
1. Yives Oddysey: The Creeps (by Yives)
2*. hcjamentry.mp4 (by Hammy & JackP)
2*. Hardcore: Investigators (by Sylvette)
4. Crooked HC - The Witching Hour (by Crookedhw)
5. LIGHTS OUT (by Nyeck)
*These two entries tied for second place.
Player names like this denote an unfriendly element that they play as in the jam.
Submissions
Season | Cast | Goal | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Phen's Halloween Special (by Phen) | Phen, Nyeck, Puffin, Paon, Silver, Reggie | Complete the Monument | Failure |
Black Ops DS Trick or Treat Gameplay! (by Superbop) | Superbop, Shroomish | Survive to Round 11 | Failure |
Scary Block HC Jam - The Nightmare (by May/FBIrb) | May, Galaxies, Splat, Wisely, Squiddy, Khana, Orca, Gorbachev | Survive a full night of Epic Siege | Success |
Quickdraw: The DOOM Mini (by Skyfire) | Skyfire, Kashino, Kleppy, Gavin | Beat Doom | [REDACTED] |
Crooked HC - The Witching Hour (by Crooked) | Crooked, Johnny, Rosebuddy, Trig, Soda, Gavino, Worse, Trent, Genesis, Zapow | Kill the other team | Purple team wins |
Amethyst Escape The Backrooms HC (by Amethyst) | Amethyst, JackP, JacobSC, Raven | Escape the Backrooms (?) | Failure |
As Twilight Falls (by Elly/Studkid) | Frog the Jam, Nullifi, Sylvette, Aurelia, Kashino | Defeat the Ur-Ghast | Success |
hcjamentry.mp4 (by Hammy & JackP) | Hammy, JackP, Audio, Crooked, Zapow, Snail, Gavin, Dile, Jam | Gather the six pig heads | Failure (Jam wins) |
d MineZ (Corrupted) (by OrcaHedron) | Orca, Wisely, Pixelup, Poyo, Short, FBIrb | Reach the top of Insomnia Tower | Success |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (by Genesis) | Genesis, Worse, Trent, Green | Escape the Sawyer Family | Round 1: Worse and Trent win
Round 2: Green wins |
Yives Oddysey: The Creeps (by Yives) | Pupzel, ImJustJR, Bread, Whisk, Piggy, Torin, Cri, Mikey, Ethan,, Drew, Alec, Soda, Wack | Innocents: Hunt the Ghosts in the mansion
Killers: Kill all Innocents |
Innocents: Failure
Killers: Success |
Last Minute Heroes 2 (by Waluigi, Dawn 💜, Eggert, Ontari, Winter & Jack Xiao Long)
(Ineligible for voting: More than two editors) |
Quintt, Winter, Waluigi, Jack Xiao Long, Dawn, Ontari, JT Money, Eggert, Lynn | Build Freddy's Fazbear's Pizza | Failure |
STARBOUND SPOOKS (by BlueLego) | Lego, Aidan, Fletch, Kieran, Skyfire, Velvet, Squiddy, April, Kashino, Pepe | Defeat Asra Nox in the Grand Pagoda Library | Success |
Halloween Shortcore (by Cratetma) | Cratetma, Jervy, Orca, Ian, Squiddy, Thoomas, Lego, JT, Crooked, Ontari, Velvet | Defeat the Wither | Failure |
Sapling Separation (by TJ) | TJ, Quote, ConfusedSoul, Kyoger, Lusyelia, Nyaanachi, Lorelai, Tahmis | Find Ceres Fauna | Failure (Tahmis lives) |
LIGHTS OUT (by Nyeck) | Nyeck, Sketch, April, Fletch, Nappy, Lego, Reggie, Zeke | Defeat the Eye of Terror | Success |
The Expedition Halloween Jam: Slender (by Kyoden) | Kyoden, Moonie, Aubrey, Koopa, Brendon, Ori | Collect the 8 Pages | Rounds 1 and 2: Failure |
MURDER MYSTERY! - Elkcore: Jam Edition! (by Pupzel)
(Ineligible for voting: Length) |
Pupzel, Yives, Mikey, Drew, Matt, Soda, Jacket, Torin, Yives, Kleppy | Defeat the Wither | Failure |
Aubrey's PUMPKIN PANIC HC (by Aubrey) | Aubrey, Kylie, Pandora, Koopa, Neptune, shroomish | ??? | Failure? |
Horror Show: Rickey Rat's Halloweed Special! (by Jamie) | Jamie, Basil, Robyn, Tosh | Complete "Rickey Rat chapter 1" | Success |
Ennui HC: The Mercenaries (by Ennui) | Jum, Hammy, Soda, Yhouse, Logan, Penguin, Strato, Null, Ennui | Get to the Helicopter and escape | Failure |
Autumn's Bone Golf HC Jam! (by Autumn) | Autumn, Pinecone, Crooked, Trent, Gavino, Genesis, Worse | ??? | Pinecone wins? |
FALL GUYS MINECRAFT HARDCORE NIGHTS!!! - GETTING SCARY (feat. fall guys) (by Khana) | Khana, Soda, Alec, Lilli, Goose, Zodile, Mario, Bootlick67, Rukir, Don | Get the crown | Goose wins |
Kashino55's Spooky Kabooky Halloween Special Go! (by Kashino) | Aesker, Lego, JackP, Kashino, Pepe, Satire, Sailor, Veocc | Retrieve the 5 items | Success |
ScaryCraft Ep 1 (by LilliB) | Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Lilli, Great King of Evil Ganondorf | ??? | ??? |
Shellshocked Jam (by Koopa Enray) | Koopa, Riley, NotImmortal, Skullkid, shroomish, Kylie, Pandora | Complete the Adventure Map and defeat the Wither | Failure |
HC Spooky jam Final draft (by Aidan) | Aidan, Aubrey, Kylie, Skullkid, Pandora, Trig, Cody | Complete the Adventure Map and defeat Herobrine | Failure |
The Outlast Trials - BobblyBob HC Lite (by BobblyBob) | Sam, Logan, Rhu, Luke, Kieran, Tom, Chimii, Sani | Complete the Trial with more alive players than the other team | Team 1 wins (4 alive to 0) |
Our Cemetery | Halloween Jam (by Pandora) | Pandora, Soda, Paddy, Nappy, Skyfire, Neverbacon, Snail, Laozi, Orca | Kill three Mutant bosses | Success |
Hardcore: Investigators (by Sylvette) | Auto, Dawn, Aurelia, Thoomas, Lego, Robert, Vix, Sylvette, Kashino, Elly, Kleppy, Lucca | Explorers: Find the artifact and escape
Detectives: Investigate the Explorers' deaths |
Explorers: Failure
Detectives: Success |