A unique gift for grandparents: their life story, played with the grandkids

How a gift for grandparents works

1. Tell us who they are

   Our guide asks the right questions, about 10 minutes: where they grew up, their sayings, their hobbies and who's who among children and grandchildren. 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, at Christmas or at the next family lunch

   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

• Their hometown in pixel art

  The square, the local, the allotment: the map can be the place they always talk about.

• Their sayings and stories

  Characters repeat the lines they've said for fifty years, and the game tells the stories the family knows by heart.

• Grandkids as characters

  Every grandchild appears in the game. Let them play it with grandpa sitting right next to them.

• The family quiz

  After lunch, questions only the family can answer: what year did they marry? What was their first car?

How to give it

At the family lunch, on the big TV with the grandkids at the controls. Want to see how it looks first? Play the demo: it's the game of Grandad Ray, a made-up grandad turning 70.

Scenes their game could have

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  The family meal

  Grandma's paella is a puzzle: rice, beans… and the crispy bottom has to be earned. After lunch, the family quiz.

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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.

See every scene →

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.

Give it as a group: a 179 € Special commission split between six friends is under 30 € each. One person pays and you split it however you like.

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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