“Thanks” is nice. A game starring your grandparents that ends with a big thank-you message is much nicer. Grandparents love seeing the family. They’ll love it even more as wobbly cartoons in a game they can play on the tablet.
Our pick: story climber with the Birthday theme. Your grandparents dodge balloons and rogue candles, grab cake and presents, 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 soppy one. Milestones from their story appear as they climb, with someone special waiting at the top.
Sample lines
Idea 2
The quickest way to get your grandparents hooked. Simple, silly and dangerously “just one more go”.
Sample lines
Idea 3
A classic run-and-jump with a twist: the final boss is someone they know very well.
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 Birthday 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.
The ending message holds up to 160 characters, and you can add more lines through story milestones and dialogue.
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.
Not at all. A thank-you game on a random Tuesday is the best kind.
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.