Candy Overdose: Trick-Or-Treating On The Internet 🎃🍬

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Halloween has always been about wandering through neighborhoods, knocking on doors, and collecting way too much candy.
But this year, I wanted to steal Halloween.

Not the costumes. Not the decorations.
The whole holiday.

So I made a web game called Candy Overdose. https://absurd.website/candy-overdose/

How It Works

Instead of knocking on doors, you knock on profiles.

You upload your real costume photo.
You visit other players, one by one.
Each visit gives you candy (1–3 pieces).
But every time someone visits you, they automatically steal some candy from your stash.
There’s also a basic candy income — +3 candy daily, so your house never looks completely empty.

The whole point is simple: trick-or-treating… but happening online.

Why I Built It

In recent years, Halloween has been swallowed by the internet anyway.
People post costumes on Instagram, scroll TikTok for spooky memes, and buy candy in bulk online.

I thought: why not take it to the next step?

Make a space where Halloween actually lives online, not just as decoration, but as a mechanic.

That’s where Candy Overdose came from. It’s part game, part social experiment, part absurd joke.

What Makes It Fun

The fun comes from real costumes. No AI images, no stolen photos.
You upload yourself — weird, silly, scary, whatever.

And then you get to sneak around, see others’ costumes, collect their candy, and leave footprints in their profile.
They’ll see you too, which makes it a little spooky.