A gift for a gamer: the one game where they play themselves

How a gamer gift works

1. Tell us who they are

   Our guide asks the right questions, about 10 minutes: what they're like, what they play, their gaming friends and their stories. It saves itself and you can finish another day. Photos if you like, for their pixel portrait.

2. We write and build their game

   We show you the script before building it. It's ready 7 days after we have their full story, or in 72 hours with the rush option.

3. Give it to them on their birthday or at Christmas

   They get a private link. It plays on a phone, a computer or the TV, with nothing to install.

Ideas for what their game could include

• Secrets for completionists

  Hidden items and secret corners across the map, for the player who never stops below 100 %.

• Ranks to argue about

  Runs and minigames give a rank and a time. Their friends will want to beat it.

• Their setup in pixel art

  Their room with the chair, the screens and the console they had as a kid, as the setting of chapter one.

• The real-life final boss

  Wi-fi dropping mid-match, a parent switching off the console without saving: the enemy every gamer knows.

How to give it

Put it on the big screen and hand it over without a word. For their gaming group, the Celebration edition adds party mode: minigames to pass the controller and trash-talk.

Scenes their game could have

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  Their home

  Their living room, their sofa and their dog, who always eats what he shouldn't. Every corner hides a memory.

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  Their races

  Their kilometre 30, turned into a race against the clock with the crowd cheering and water cups to grab.

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Why it's different

Not a template with their name on it

Some “personalised” games swap the hero's name and little else. We write a story with chapters, and what really happens in their life becomes what you play. Three examples from the demo:

1. What we were told“At his niece's wedding in 1998, he took the waiter carrying the four-tier cake for a cha-cha-cha.”

   What you playA rhythm minigame: you dance with the waiter to the beat… and the cake ends up on the floor, just like that day.

2. What we were told“His little dog Biscuit eats whatever she shouldn't.”

   What you playA puzzle: Biscuit has the car key. You have to fill her bowl so she drops it.

3. What we were told“His old Mini hardly ever starts: every Sunday he pushes it down the road with his mate and the neighbours.”

   What you playA race against the clock pushing the Mini down the road, collecting cha-cha records on the way.

Every game is directed by a person in the studio: they write the humour for that person, play it all the way through and nothing ships without their OK. 16-bit pixel art and original music, composed for the studio.

Price

Choose their edition

You get it within 7 days of completing the guide (72 h with Rush).

Rush 72 h · +40 € Adds to any edition: you get it within 72 hours of completing the guide.

You start free: tell us their story with the guide (about 10 minutes) and pay at the end, once you've seen how it looks. Before building it we show you the script: if it doesn't convince you, we refund 100 %.

Your game will stay online for at least 5 years from delivery; if we ever had to take it down, we'll warn you well in advance and give you a way to keep it.

Changes

What changes include

Before building the game we show you the script: you can change anything there. Once the game is built, you get 1 round of changes with Adventure, 2 with Celebration and 3 with the Special commission.

Frequently asked questions

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