Dreaming spires, bikes chained to every railing and a punt that wobbles the second you stand up. Oxford has been producing clever people for centuries, and now it can send a postcard you can play.
It’s a link, so it works on any device, anywhere, with no download. Choose a game style and a look (the Postcard look has chip-thieving seagulls and runaway suitcases), type “Oxford”, write a line about the Radcliffe Camera or the University of Oxford, and it’s ready to send before your tea goes cold.
Formal dinners, essay crises and more libraries than days of the week. A game starring you tells your family you're thriving, even if you're mostly running on toast.
Gowns, photos outside the college and a celebratory lunch. Turn the big day into a game everyone can play, with your proudest message at the end.
About an hour on the train for a day of colleges, museums and an afternoon punt. Send a playable postcard to whoever stayed home.
Idea 1
A climber with milestones suits a degree, from freshers' week to finals, with your family waiting at the top.
Put this in
“Three years, forty essays, one gown. Mum, I did it.”
Idea 2
One tap flying suits a wobbly summer punt, with seagulls and sunburn as the usual river hazards.
Put this in
“Punting tip: the pole stays with you. I learnt this the hard way.”
Idea 3
Waves of snowmen and icicles suit a frosty Oxford winter, with hot chocolate as your reward between essays.
Put this in
“Snowballs I can handle. A Monday morning tutorial, I cannot.”
Ending messages to steal
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.
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.
No. The game is titled “Greetings from Oxford” and ends with a postcard showing the place name in big retro letters and your message, but it doesn’t draw the Radcliffe Camera. The Postcard look has far-off landmark silhouettes, but they’re generic, not Oxford’s. That’s what your jokes and message are for: mention the Radcliffe Camera in a line and they’ll picture it.
Keep it short and specific: one place, one moment, one sign-off. For example: “Saw the Radcliffe Camera, punted the Cherwell and got lost in a library. Oxford is magic. Love you.”
Yes. Build and try it free with demo characters, then upload a photo to turn yourself (and whoever you’re with) into cartoon characters, which needs a plan. Everyone in the photo must agree, and the photo is deleted once the characters are made.
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.
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.