Four-leaf clovers are rare. A St Patrick’s Day game starring your grandparents is rarer. 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: platformer with the St Patrick’s Day theme. Your grandparents dodge snakes and rain, grab gold coins and clovers, and the game finishes with a slow dance 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
A classic run-and-jump with a twist: the final boss is someone they know very well.
Sample lines
Idea 2
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 3
Turns memories into levels. Add years and captions for the big moments (cartoon memory scenes coming soon).
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 St Patrick’s Day 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. Family mode keeps the jokes clean. The “pints” are cartoon props and the party is a dance-off.
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.
The app suggests it from 10 to 17 March, but you can pick it any time of year.
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.