It’s spooky time and you know what that means, time for a spooky contest! This year we will just go back to the spooky basics – making a spooky stickfigure! Read all the spooky details below.

🎃 The Winners!

Well, the hallow has been weened and the decor has been taken down (see you next year, spiderbro), and we’re into Christmas season (I don’t make the rules). With that being the case, it’s time to announce the winner of #SpookNodes2025!

We had some good submissions – some funny, some cute, and one unfortunately late submission which was a high contender for placing in the top three (rip Scott). But in the end (and in no particular order) here are the three winners!

• Pro O6 Skeletron The Pirate Skull Robo Titan Movieclip by TimCBZ
  Bro thought outside the box and then outside the box which the first box was inside of. PS it has roller skates via connectors.
• Lagomorphoid Movieclip by TyroRaptor
  Love the overall uniqueness of some zombie-looking dog hyena rooster looking hyrbid thing with crazy attention to detail.
• Scarlathor Movieclip by KoeKoe
  Overall a well-made complex figure, but the eyeball-face hidden within the closing jaws was the winning addition.

Congratulations to all winners, and thanks to everyone who participated! I’ll contact winners on the Activity section of the website since you all have accounts.

We’ll be doing something through the Christmas season soon, keep checking in!

🎃 The Rules

The basic premise: make a Halloween character! Either realistically-scary, cartoony-spooky, or whatever – as long as it is clearly Halloween-based.

• Only one (1) submission per person, if you submit a new entry only your latest submission will count. The entry itself can consist of a character with multiple angles (front/side) or slight variations if applicable. But generally, it’s still just one character/submission.
• The character can not be an existing IP (aka not Michael Myers, not Dracula, not Freddy Fazbear, not an official SCP, etc).
• The character can be your own existing OC, but Halloween-ified (significant edits required if based off of an existing OC, lack of edits deducts points).
• The character can be inspired from generic themes (like werewolves, vampires, Minecraft (a new horror mob), FNAF (a new animatronic), etc) – or it can be a completely unique concept.
• The character can be a humanoid, a 4-legged beast, a creepy sea-monster, a giant SCP-like creature, etc.
• The character must clearly be Halloween-centric.

🎃 Judging & Prizes

On Halloween, three winners will be chosen based on a combination of the following criteria merged into some sort of total score: idea execution, concept uniqueness, visual aesthetics, actual spookiness, and ease-of-use. Generally speaking, whichever three are considered “the best”.

☝️ Note, ease-of-use is important. The figure should be made well, not overloaded with nodes, easy to control, and if it consists of multiple parts – it should be submitted neatly assembled in a Movieclip file. The naming of limbs/files should be clean as well.

These winners will be awarded $50 each through a method of their choice and live forever in Stick Nodes infamy. Oh and probably get a website badge too (Mansion of Mayhem winners still heated).

🎃 How to Submit & Deadline

The deadline to submit is the end of October 28th, giving me time to gather the final entries and upload to the website. Submissions will be through the standard stickfigure-submission process, just make sure to include the #SpookNodes2025 hashtag. If you do not include that hashtag, your entry will not be considered for the contest.

☝️ It is highly recommended you submit with a custom thumbnail that really visually sells your creation! However, be sure to clearly show what is being downloaded as well (typical thumbnail rules apply). Do not go heavy with any post-editing. Figures will be judged on their actual file, not the thumbnail.

Okay, get to work! Also boo, lol got you.