Retirement means golf, lie-ins and finally fixing the shed. Send your dad off with a game in his honour. Skip the novelty BBQ apron. Turn your dad into a cartoon legend and watch him pretend he isn’t trying really hard to win.
Our pick: platformer with the Retirement theme. Your dad dodges alarm clocks and emails, grabs golf balls and pints, and the game finishes with a high five 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
For when your dad deserves a full hero’s journey: coins, power-ups and a boss fight.
Sample lines
Idea 2
Perfect for the group chat: easy to play, easy to share, impossible to stop.
Sample lines
Idea 3
The soppy one. Milestones from his story appear as he climbs, with someone special waiting at the top.
Sample lines
Cast Dad as the hero, the kids as cameos and the lawnmower as… well, it’s in his heart already.
Pick a game style and the Retirement theme in the app, play it free with demo characters, then upload a photo of your dad to turn him into a cartoon character. Name the game, pick a link like yourname.become.games and send it. It takes about five minutes.
Yes. Put the QR code on a screen or card and everyone can play from their phones. The leaderboard keeps the competition going.
Yes, as long as an adult (13+) creates the account. Under 13s can choose the jokes and endings with a grown-up, and anyone in the photo needs to have agreed to be turned into a character.
Yes. The story climber has up to 12 milestones, each with a year and caption.
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.