Another birthday, another card that says “you’re not old, you’re vintage”. Let’s do better. Kids love games. Kids love themselves. A game starring your kids is basically the perfect present, and there’s no batteries or plastic involved.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Birthday theme. Your kids 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 kids can pick it up in seconds and then spend an hour trying to beat it.
Sample lines
Idea 2
For when your kids deserve a full hero’s journey: coins, power-ups and a boss fight.
Sample lines
Idea 3
A gentle, heartfelt climb through the years. Bring tissues for the ending.
Sample lines
Let each child be a playable character (they’ll pick on the select screen) and put the grown-ups in as friendly cameos.
Pick a game style and the Birthday theme in the app, play it free with demo characters, then upload a photo of your kids 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.
Only a parent or guardian (or someone with their consent) should upload photos of children. The original photo is deleted as soon as the cartoon characters are made, games are unlisted and untracked, and family mode is always on. You can delete the game whenever you like.
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.