I think this is a cute idea for a story (it left me wanting to play Gourd Gnome Bowling - side note: how does that even work? I suspect that gourds down bowl that well, and where are you going to find gnomes willing to be knocked down for a party game? But I digress)! For a Halloween game, it was less scary than I expected, which isn't a bad thing (the scariest thing about the game was how mad Ivory was that the gourds were missing), I appreciate the lack of creepiness.
It's impressive that this was completed in under 4 hours, I hope to see more from this author in the future :)