A unique gift for someone who has everything: something that didn't exist yesterday

How it works

1. Tell us who they are

   Our guide asks the right questions, about 10 minutes: what they're like, what they love, their stories and who can't be left out. 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 the day, or for no reason at all

   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

• What money can't buy

  Their story told with humour: the flight they missed, the obsession with their car, the recipe nobody else can make.

• Everyone in one place

  Friends, family and colleagues as characters, each with their own line. People who have everything rarely get to hear it all at once.

• A boss made for them

  Their best-known quirk turned into a final boss. It's the moment the whole room laughs.

• An ending that lands

  Messages from the people who love them, on screen. The expensive gift is forgotten in a month; this isn't.

Why it works for the person who has it all

Because it doesn't compete with what they own. It isn't a better gadget or a pricier bottle; it's a different kind of gift, like a letter or a photo album, except it's playable and you can share it in front of the TV.

And the effort shows: a guided questionnaire about their life, a script you approve and a small studio in Valencia, Spain, that writes and draws it by hand.

How to give it

Give it when people are around: at the birthday dinner or after the holiday meal, with the game on the TV. Watching everyone recognise themselves is part of the gift.

Scenes their game could have

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  Work

  The printer that always jams, turned into the final boss. And the meeting that could have been an email, as a choice to laugh at.

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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.

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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