Remember, remember the fifth of November, and the year your kids became the hero of a firework-dodging video game. 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 Bonfire Night theme. Your kids dodge stray rockets, grab sparklers and toffee apples, and the game finishes with a fireworks 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
Best for settling scores: put the rest of the cast in as the final boss and let your kids have revenge.
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 Bonfire Night 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. The ending message is fully editable, so the finale can say “Happy Bonfire Night, love from all of us” or anything else you like.
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.
Bonfire Night is very British, but the game plays anywhere in the world in any modern browser.
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.