This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Janis Kauss
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge – Halloween Edition, Perfect Landing
What I Built
I built Candy Overdose, a virtual Halloween experience where you can go trick-or-treating across the internet.
Instead of walking from house to house, you visit other players’ profiles — each one dressed up in their real Halloween costume.
When you visit someone, they give you digital candy… and when others visit you, you give them candy back! 
Every player gets a Basic Candy Income (+3 daily candies), and you can earn even more by being active and creative.
Only real costumes allowed. The goal is to make online Halloween feel authentic.
Live Demo: absurd.website/candy-overdose
Demo
Each profile becomes a tiny haunted house in a shared digital neighborhood.
Journey
This started as part of the ABSURD.website experimental web universe — a network of playful, surreal online experiences.
The idea came from a simple question:
“What if Halloween could exist entirely online — but still feel real?”
I wanted to build something that celebrates people’s real creativity.
That’s why every photo is human-made, every like gives you candy, and every profile feels alive. Game will be active only till Nov 3.
Technically, it’s built with a custom lightweight front-end system + php that powers multiple absurd.website projects under one shared account system.
The landing page focuses on atmosphere — minimal, strange, and immersive.
Created by: JanisK @ absurd.website
Built for: Frontend Challenge – Halloween Edition, Perfect Landing
Theme: Authentic Internet Halloween
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Janis Kauss