Another birthday, another card that says “you’re not old, you’re vintage”. Let’s do better. Grandparents love seeing the family. They’ll love it even more as wobbly cartoons in a game they can play on the tablet.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Birthday theme. Your grandparents dodge balloons and rogue candles, grab cake and presents, and the game finishes with a cake smash ending carrying your own message. Every line is pre-written and funny out of the box, and you can change any of it.
Idea 1
One tap to play, so your grandparents can pick it up in seconds and then spend an hour trying to beat it.
Sample lines
Idea 2
Turns memories into levels. Add years and captions for the big moments (cartoon memory scenes coming soon).
Sample lines
Idea 3
A classic run-and-jump with a twist: the final boss is someone they know very well.
Sample lines
Put both grandparents in as playable characters and the grandchildren as the family waiting at the top.
Pick a game style and the Birthday theme in the app, play it free with demo characters, then upload a photo of your grandparents to turn them into cartoon characters. Name the game, pick a link like yourname.become.games and send it. It takes about five minutes.
Yes. Use the {age} placeholder in any line, or set the win level to their age so they have to score that many points to reach the cake-smash ending.
Usually, yes. It opens straight from a link or QR code, the flappy game is a single tap and the story climber just needs holding one side of the screen or the other (it jumps by itself). There’s nothing to install and no sign-up for players.
Absolutely. Building takes a couple of minutes and characters are ready in one or two more, so you can make it on the morning of the birthday. We won’t tell.
Making, playing and publishing games is free. To turn your own photos into characters you need a plan: £3.49 a month (2 characters in month one) or £19.99 a year (10 characters up front). Plans also unlock custom game links. Cancel any time.
Free to build and play. Turn your people into characters when you’re happy with it.