Boo Bumpin'

Spooky bumper-car hockey for up to four on one couch, and your friends online.

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Coming November 2026 for Big Bumpin's 20th anniversary

A haunted homage to Big Bumpin'

Remember Big Bumpin'? The bumper-car party game Burger King put out for the Xbox and Xbox 360 on November 19, 2006, alongside Sneak King and PocketBike Racer. Its Bumpin' Hockey mode, two teams of bumper cars shoving a giant puck into goals, was couch chaos at its finest.

Boo Bumpin' is our love letter to that mode, rebuilt from scratch with a Halloween twist. Ghosts drive the bumper carts, a jack-o'-lantern is the puck, and the rink sits in a moonlit graveyard. We're aiming to launch in November 2026, right on the game's 20th anniversary.

Watch it in action

A bots-only match from the current build, with ghostly CPU drivers filling every seat.

Couch chaos

Four players, one screen. Xbox controllers, or two friends sharing one keyboard. Press BOOST to jump in.

Bump to win

Hits send carts skating across the ice. Ram hard enough and your rival spins out, stunned, while you steal the pumpkin.

Pumpkin puck, crypt goals

2v2 hockey: Pumpkins against Phantoms. Tie at the horn? The bell tolls for sudden death, and the next goal wins.

Online rooms

Host a private room and share the four-letter code. Couch players on each machine join the same match.

Pick your ghost

Nine ghost drivers, from haloed Halo to axe-headed Hatchet, spinning in live 3D previews in the lobby. Empty seats fill with ghostly CPU drivers.

Replays from inputs

The whole simulation is deterministic, so a match can be replayed from its input log. Instant replays of goals are on the way.

Screens

Title menu floating over a live match in the moonlit graveyard rinkMenus float over a live match GOAL! banner as the Pumpkins scoreGOAL! Countdown to a faceoff: four ghost drivers in their carts, with name tags3… 2… 1… BOO! Couch lobby: four players pick ghost drivers in live 3D previews, and teamsPick your ghost Results screen: Pumpkins win 2-1Pumpkins take it 2-1

Play the playtest

In your browser

  1. Open the web build in desktop Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
  2. Pair an Xbox controller over Bluetooth (or plug it in), click the game, and press A.
  3. Pick Couch Match. Everyone presses BOOST to join, flicks left or right to pick a team, then presses START.

Keep the tab in front. Browsers pause background tabs, and online matches will drop.

With friends online

  1. One person picks Online Match → Host Private Room and shares the four-letter code on the lobby screen.
  2. Everyone else picks Online Match, types the code, and chooses Join Room Code.
  3. Couch players on each machine join as usual. Bots fill the rest.

Browsers talk over WebSockets, so a flaky connection hurts more than it would in a downloaded build.

Controls

GamepadKeyboard (left)Keyboard (right)
Join / BoostASpaceRight Shift
DrivePoint the stick where to goW gas · S brake · AD turn↑ gas · ↓ brake · ←→ turn
Leave seatBQBackspace
Start / PauseStartEnter to start · Esc to pause

Rising from the grave