Christmas is for family, food and arguing over board games. Here’s a new one to argue over, and your grandparents are in it. Your grandparents have photo albums older than the internet. Give them something new to show off at bridge club: a game starring themselves.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Christmas theme. Your grandparents dodge naughty elves and snowballs, grab presents and mince pies, 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
The soppy one. Milestones from their story appear as they climb, with someone special waiting at the top.
Sample lines
Idea 3
For when your grandparents deserve a full hero’s journey: coins, power-ups and a boss fight.
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 Christmas 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. It takes a few minutes to build and a minute or two for the characters, so it’s the ultimate last-minute present. No delivery slots required.
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.
Yes. Every game has a QR code. Print it on a card or gift tag and they can scan it with a phone camera to play.
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.