Paddy’s Day is about luck, music and a good time. Give your husband all three in one silly game. Forget the aftershave gift set. Your husband will be showing this to everyone at work by lunchtime, mostly to complain about the difficulty.
Our pick: platformer with the St Patrick’s Day theme. Your husband dodges snakes and rain, grabs 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
For when your husband 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
Chaotic, colourful and great for competitive types. Waves of baddies, then a boss who looks suspiciously familiar.
Sample lines
Cast him as the hero, you as the partner waiting at the top, and his mum as the final boss (only if you’re brave).
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 husband 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. Family mode keeps the jokes clean. The “pints” are cartoon props and the party is a dance-off.
Yes. Upload a photo with both of you in it and we will turn each of you into a character. Make him the player and yourself the partner he’s racing to reach, or let him pick who to play on the character select screen.
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.