St Ives has drawn artists for generations with its clear light and turquoise bays, and drawn seagulls for exactly as long with its pasties. Paint the view, guard the lunch.
Every “Greetings from St Ives” 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: Tate St Ives, Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden and Porthmeor Beach, artists and its famous clear light, or the thing that happened on day two that nobody is allowed to mention.
Between Tate St Ives and Barbara Hepworth's garden, a day here is a gallery crawl with sea views. Share it with the friend who'd love it most.
Sandcastles, rock pools and ice cream on the harbour make every day full. A playable postcard keeps the stay-at-home relatives in the picture.
Porthmeor's waves are a big draw. Send a postcard to the mate who said they'd come and then didn't.
Idea 1
St Ives gulls have a fearsome reputation, so the postcard look's chip-thieving seagulls make this a very honest holiday souvenir.
Put this in
“Rule one of St Ives: the gull always wants your lunch more than you do.”
Idea 2
Icicles and hot chocolate suit a quiet off-season break, when the harbour belongs to the locals and the gulls.
Put this in
“Off-season St Ives: no queues, all gulls.”
Idea 3
A climber through the milestones of a working life suits a well-earned seaside escape with an easel at the top.
Put this in
“Retired, took up painting. The gull in this picture is a self-portrait.”
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 St Ives” and ends with a postcard showing the place name in big retro letters and your message, but it doesn’t draw Tate St Ives. The Postcard look has far-off landmark silhouettes, but they’re generic, not St Ives’s. That’s what your jokes and message are for: mention Tate St Ives in a line and they’ll picture it.
Keep it short and specific: one place, one moment, one sign-off. For example: “Tate St Ives in the morning, Porthmeor in the afternoon, a pasty eaten under my coat. Perfect.”
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.
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.