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Currently I have been at work in my game (Haddock Tech computer core - Roblox), and have decided to make a halloween meltdown event. I would like to personally know what you guys have to say for this?

(skip to 3:38 for event start)

Known bugs:

  • Zombpocalypse screen disappears/goes nil when player dies/possibly if new players spawn in. (:white_check_mark: Patched)
  • Guns are not automatically given if you respawned/die, and possibly might be the same issue if a new player spawns in. (:white_check_mark: Patched)
  • Bit of some music issues going on, haven’t implemented a cutoff yet which likely means the event runs infinitely, which will be implemented.

Thanks guys!

Homage to Innovation Labs’ 2015 Zombpocalypse, a favorite thing I greatly miss. Inspired mainly off of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OimHbz8ksZw

Edits:

  • Corrected 2 known bugs: gun and screen.
  • Changed and added time for precision on the start and end day.
local manualOverride = false

-- Date range for Halloween decorations (UTC)
local START_MONTH = 10
local START_DAY = 24
local END_MONTH = 10
local END_DAY = 31

-- Helper function to check if current UTC date/time is within the Halloween range
local function isHalloween()
    if manualOverride then
        return true
    end
    local now = os.date("!*t") -- UTC time
    local year = now.year

    -- Start: Oct 24, 00:00:00 UTC
    local startTime = os.time({
        year = year,
        month = START_MONTH,
        day = START_DAY,
        hour = 0,
        min = 0,
        sec = 0,
        isdst = false
    })

    -- End: Oct 31, 23:59:59 UTC
    local endTime = os.time({
        year = year,
        month = END_MONTH,
        day = END_DAY,
        hour = 23,
        min = 59,
        sec = 59,
        isdst = false
    })

    local nowTime = os.time(now)
    return nowTime >= startTime and nowTime <= endTime
end

-- Debug print to show current Halloween status and UTC date/time
do
    local now = os.date("!*t")
    print("Halloween override:", manualOverride)
    print(string.format("Current UTC date/time: %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.min, now.sec))
    print("Is Halloween:", isHalloween())
end
2

the only thing i wanna ask is, was the dated look a design choice?

3

Im sorry what. Can you elaborate?

The start and end time is an automated function where from a week before halloween, it will automatically move things from serverstorage that are for halloween decoration, and check off a boolvalue in workspace which in turn will make a call during meltdown for a halloween-event. As seen above.

   if not HalloweenDecor then
       -- Try to find it again in case it was moved
       HalloweenDecor = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("HalloweenDecor") or Workspace:FindFirstChild("HalloweenDecor")
       if not HalloweenDecor then
           warn("HalloweenDecor not found in ServerStorage or Workspace.")
           return
       end
   end

   if isHalloween() then
       script.EventMusic.Parent = workspace.CoreSystem
       if HalloweenDecor.Parent ~= Workspace then
           HalloweenDecor.Parent = Workspace
           workspace.Halloween.Value = true
       end
   else
       if HalloweenDecor.Parent ~= ServerStorage then
           HalloweenDecor.Parent = ServerStorage
       end
   end
end

Basically, it is a unpacking script.

4

im not talking about a script, im talking about how the overall game looks very old but not in a classic way idk

5

It’s cause it is mothballed. That is why it is like that.