Boo's Candy Dash
Beta 1 · Free · October 30, 2026

Help Boo, a friendly ghost with a sweet tooth, grab every candy and race home to her pumpkin before the clock runs up.

A brand-new platformer for the Game Boy Color, made for kids. Play it in your browser, on an emulator, or on a real Game Boy Color.

Get the game How to play
Gameplay: the title screen, the LEVEL 1 card, then Boo floating through level 1 collecting candy past mummies.
BOO'S CANDY DASH · BETA 1

How a level works

Every candy. Then home.

Every Halloween night Boo floats out of her pumpkin to snag the candy trick-or-treaters drop. Each level is a race: the stopwatch starts the moment you float off.

BooA hard candy

Grab every candy

The counter at the bottom of the screen shows how many are left. Miss one and the pumpkin stays shut.

Plain pumpkinGlowing jack-o'-lantern

Watch it light up

At zero, the plain pumpkin turns into a glowing jack-o'-lantern, and arrows point you the way home.

Boo

Float back inside

Boo zips into her pumpkin and the level is done. Three levels, one run, one score.

★★★Finish the level
★★★Beat the target time
★★★Beat the time with no bumps. Listen for the happy jingle.
Level score = 10,000 + 100 for every second under par − 1,000 for every bump
Run score = every level you clear, added up. Your best ever is kept on the title screen.

Meet the neighborhood

Boo can't fight. Just dodge.

Every bump costs one of Boo's six health points. Run out and the night's over. Each trick-or-treater has a trick of their own.

Pirate
Walks the plank

Pirate

Marches back and forth along a platform. Time your float over the top.

Mummy
All wrapped up

Mummy

A bump wraps Boo in bandages and slows her down for a couple of seconds.

Frankenstein
Big arms

Frankenstein

A bump throws Boo straight up into the air. Out of the way, at least.

Witch
Watch the wiggle

Witch

Waits, wiggles, then charges. The wiggle is your warning.

Zombie
Surprisingly quick

Zombie

Also waits, wiggles and charges. Float up and let it run past.

Watch out for pits too: Boo sinks out of sight and bounces back a point lighter. The first screen of every level is always safe, and a med pac gives back two health.

Controls

Easy to float. Hard to master.

◀ ▶Float left and right
AFloat up. Tap for a little, hold for a lot. Up on the D-pad works too.
BBrake to a near-hover
▼Dive down faster
STARTPause. The clock stops too.

Ghost tips

  • Boo is always gently drifting down. Little taps of A keep her level.
  • She floats right through walls and the sides of platforms, and only lands on top of things.
  • Hold B and Down together and B wins: Boo brakes.
  • The game saves every time you clear a level. Pick CONTINUE on the title screen to pick up where you left off.

Screenshots

Straight off the cartridge

Title screen with NEW GAME, CONTINUE and BEST score
Title screen
Boo floating near a mummy and candy in level 1
Level 1
Boo near a pirate on a high platform
Pirates on the rooftops
LEVEL 1 card with houses and a pumpkin at night
Level card
Boo dodging a zombie at ground level
Zombie on the street
Three gold stars over the lit pumpkin after a clean level
Three stars

Get the game

Free on October 30

Beta 1 has three levels and takes a few minutes a run. It's free. If your family enjoys it, you can leave a tip on the itch.io page.

In your browser

Press Play on the itch.io page. On a phone or tablet, buttons appear right on the screen.

Coming October 30

On an emulator

Download boos_candy_dash_beta.gbc and open it in SameBoy, mGBA or any Game Boy Color emulator. Saves are kept in a .sav file next to it.

On a real Game Boy Color

Copy the ROM to a flash cart and play it on the real thing. It's made for Game Boy Color and won't run on an original Game Boy.