Marigolds, sugar skulls and a skeleton mariachi band that just won’t stop: it’s a celebration, and your grandparents are the guest of honour. Nan and Grandad say they don’t “do” games. They have never been offered one about themselves.
Our pick: story climber with the Day of the Dead theme. Your grandparents dodge skeleton mariachis, grab marigolds and sugar skulls, 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
Turns memories into levels. Add years and captions for the big moments (cartoon memory scenes coming soon).
Sample lines
Idea 2
Perfect for the group chat: easy to play, easy to share, impossible to stop.
Sample lines
Idea 3
Proper retro adventure energy, with your grandparents stomping baddies on the way to the boss.
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 Day of the Dead 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.
We designed it as a bright celebration: marigolds, sugar skulls, music and dancing, with no horror. You control every line of text, so you can make it as heartfelt as you like.
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. The story climber lets you add milestones with a year and a caption, and (coming soon) optional cartoon memory scenes made from photos you have permission to use.
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.