Idea 1
City of Discovery Dash
- Game style
- 🎁 Platformer
- Look
- 🎓 Graduation
A run, jump and stomp game fits a student city with a proud video game history.
Put this in
“Dodged three exam papers and a pigeon. Lecture attendance: questionable.”
Tayside and Perthshire · Scotland
Postcard from Dundee? Make it one they can play
Dundee built the ship that took Scott to the Antarctic, gave the world the Beano and a fruit cake with almonds on top. Not bad for a city on the Tay.
Every “Greetings from Dundee” game ends with a postcard flying in: the place in big retro letters, your message on the back, a stamp and your signature. What goes in the jokes is up to you: V&A Dundee, RRS Discovery and the Tay Road Bridge, Dundee cake, or the thing that happened on day two that nobody is allowed to mention.
Who sends a postcard from Dundee?
Design fans visiting V&A Dundee
Scotland's design museum is reason enough for a day trip, and a postcard game is a playful souvenir that won't fit in the gift shop bag.
Comic fans of all ages
Desperate Dan and Minnie the Minx have statues in the city centre, so a cheeky game postcard is very much in the spirit.
Students at the University of Dundee and Abertay
Dundee is famous for making video games, so sending a game home as a postcard is practically homework.
3 ideas for a Dundee postcard game
Idea 2
Over the Tay
- Game style
- 🐦 Flappy flyer
- Look
- ❄️ Winter
Icicles and a chilly breeze suit a bright, cold crossing of the Tay.
Put this in
“Flew over the Tay. The wind tried to send me back to Fife.”
Idea 3
Up Dundee Law
- Game style
- 🧗 Story climber
- Look
- 🎂 Birthday
A climb with someone waiting at the top makes a lovely birthday message from a city with a hill in the middle.
Put this in
“Climbed Dundee Law for the view. Thought of you at the top.”
What to write on a Dundee postcard
- Name-drop a landmark. “Wish you were here at V&A Dundee” works because it’s specific.
- Mention what Dundee is known for: Dundee cake, or The Beano and The Dandy, published by DC Thomson. One specific detail beats “lovely views” every time.
- Use the nickname. Signing off “love from the City of Discovery” is the postcard equivalent of a wink.
- Keep the ending message short: one detail, one feeling, one sign-off. It reads better on a phone screen.
Ending messages to steal
- “Saw the Discovery, ate Dundee cake, waved at Desperate Dan. Proper day out.”
- “V&A Dundee is stunning, inside and out. You'd love it. Next time you're coming.”
- “Sunny day on the Tay. Bringing you a Dundee cake if I don't eat it on the train.”
Dundee at a glance
- Where
- Dundee City, Scotland
- Nickname
- the City of Discovery
- Famous for
- Dundee cake · The Beano and The Dandy, published by DC Thomson
Landmarks to name-drop
The game shows the place name and your message, not these landmarks: the Postcard look’s far-off silhouettes are generic. Your words do the sightseeing.
How to send it, step by step
- Pick the Postcard occasion. Open become.games and choose Postcard. You can try it free with our demo characters straight away, no sign-up needed. To send it, you put your own people in it (drawn from a photo, which needs a plan); publishing and the link are free.
- Choose a game style and a look. Any style and any look work. The Postcard look (pastel houses, bunting, chip-thieving seagulls and runaway suitcases) is the natural pick, and for Dundee we’d also try platformer with the Graduation look.
- Type “Dundee” as where it’s from. The “Where’s it from?” field takes up to 24 characters. Your game is titled “Greetings from Dundee”; rename it if you like, e.g. “City of Discovery Dash”.
- Make the jokes yours. The pre-written lines are postcard and holiday flavoured. Swap one for something only Dundee would explain, like a line about the Tay Road Bridge.
- Write the message on the back and send it. The ending is a postcard flying in with the place in big retro letters, your message on the back, a stamp and your signature. Publish it (free, with its own permanent link) and share it on WhatsApp, as a QR code or by copying the link. It plays in the browser on any device.
Free to build and play with our demo characters. To send it, star your own people (drawn from a photo with a plan); publishing and the link are free. See pricing or read how it works.
Dundee postcard: questions
Will the game show V&A Dundee?
No. The game is titled “Greetings from Dundee” and ends with a postcard showing the place name in big retro letters and your message, but it doesn’t draw V&A Dundee. The Postcard look has far-off landmark silhouettes, but they’re generic, not Dundee’s. That’s what your jokes and message are for: mention V&A Dundee in a line and they’ll picture it.
What should I write on a postcard from Dundee?
Keep it short and specific: one place, one moment, one sign-off. For example: “Saw the Discovery, ate Dundee cake, waved at Desperate Dan. Proper day out.”
Can I send a Dundee postcard to someone abroad?
Yes. It’s a link, so it plays in the browser on any phone or computer, anywhere in the world, with no download or app store. Send it on WhatsApp, by text or email, or as a QR code.
How much does a digital postcard game cost?
Making, playing and publishing it is free, and every published game gets its own permanent link. To turn your own photos into cartoon characters, or to give the game a custom link like yourname.become.games, you need a plan: £3.49 a month or £19.99 a year. Cancel any time.
Send your Dundee postcard
Pick the Postcard occasion, type where it’s from, write the message on the back and share the link. It plays on any device, no download.