Blowing out the candles is fine. Dodging rogue candles in a game about yourself is better. Your mum has kept every wonky drawing you ever made. Time to upgrade: make her the hero of an actual video game.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Birthday theme. Your mum dodges balloons and rogue candles, grabs cake and presents, and the game finishes with a group hug 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
Perfect for the group chat: easy to play, easy to share, impossible to stop.
Sample lines
Idea 2
Proper retro adventure energy, with your mum stomping baddies on the way to the boss.
Sample lines
Idea 3
Turns memories into levels. Add years and captions for the big moments (cartoon memory scenes coming soon).
Sample lines
Make Mum the hero and put the rest of the family along the way as cheering (or chore-dodging) cameos.
Pick a game style and the Birthday theme in the app, play it free with demo characters, then upload a photo of your mum to turn her into a cartoon character. 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 her age so she has to score that many points to reach the cake-smash ending.
Yes. She just taps the link. There’s nothing to install or sign up for, and the flappy game uses a single tap. You can also print the QR code in a card so she can scan it with her phone camera.
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.