Halloween is the one night a year it’s acceptable to be chased by zombies. Let your grandparents enjoy it from the sofa. Grandparents love seeing the family. They’ll love it even more as wobbly cartoons in a game they can play on the tablet.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Halloween theme. Your grandparents dodge haunted trees and zombies and bats, grab pumpkins and sweets, and the game finishes with a dance party 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 grandparents can pick it up in seconds and then spend an hour trying to beat it.
Sample lines
Idea 2
Turns memories into levels. Add years and captions for the big moments (cartoon memory scenes coming soon).
Sample lines
Idea 3
Best for settling scores: put the rest of the cast in as the final boss and let your grandparents have revenge.
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 Halloween 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.
No. Family mode keeps it silly rather than scary: cartoon zombies, wobbly bats and pumpkins. No gore, no jump scares, just giggles.
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, you can pick the Halloween theme any time. In October the app picks it for you automatically.
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.