Chase the pot of gold with your kids as the hero, dodging snakes and the inevitable drizzle. Kids love games. Kids love themselves. A game starring your kids is basically the perfect present, and there’s no batteries or plastic involved.
Our pick: platformer with the St Patrick’s Day theme. Your kids dodge snakes and rain, grab gold coins and clovers, 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
Proper retro adventure energy, with your kids stomping baddies on the way to the boss.
Sample lines
Idea 2
The quickest way to get your kids hooked. Simple, silly and dangerously “just one more go”.
Sample lines
Idea 3
Best for settling scores: put the rest of the cast in as the final boss and let your kids have revenge.
Sample lines
Let each child be a playable character (they’ll pick on the select screen) and put the grown-ups in as friendly cameos.
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 kids 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.
Only a parent or guardian (or someone with their consent) should upload photos of children. The original photo is deleted as soon as the cartoon characters are made, games are unlisted and untracked, and family mode is always on. You can delete the game whenever you like.
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.