Beat the winter blues by sending your grandparents a game where they dodge icicles in their best woolly hat. Nan and Grandad say they don’t “do” games. They have never been offered one about themselves.
Our pick: flappy flyer with the Winter theme. Your grandparents dodge icicles and snowmen, grab hot chocolate, 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
The quickest way to get your grandparents hooked. Simple, silly and dangerously “just one more go”.
Sample lines
Idea 2
A gentle, heartfelt climb through the years. Bring tissues for the ending.
Sample lines
Idea 3
Proper retro adventure energy, with your grandparents stomping baddies on the way to the boss.
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 Winter 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.
No reason needed. A silly game in the middle of January is one of the best pick-me-ups going.
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.
Yes. Re-theming a game is free. Change the theme, the jokes and the ending any time.
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.