See in the new year with a game where your grandparents race the countdown, grabbing champagne and dodging hangover clouds. Nan and Grandad say they don’t “do” games. They have never been offered one about themselves.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the New Year theme. Your grandparents dodge hangover clouds, grab champagne and clock pieces, 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
The quickest way to get your grandparents hooked. Simple, silly and dangerously “just one more go”.
Sample lines
Idea 2
A gentle, heartfelt climb through the years. Bring tissues for the ending.
Sample lines
Idea 3
Chaotic, colourful and great for competitive types. Waves of baddies, then a boss who looks suspiciously familiar.
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 New Year 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. In the story climber each milestone has a year and a caption (cartoon memory scenes are coming soon), so you can turn the year into a game.
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. Games stay live while your plan is active, so it’s a keepsake rather than a one-night thing.
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.