Gifts
A Valentine's Day gift for your boyfriend or girlfriend: your story, as a video game
Flowers last a week and chocolates even less. A video game about your relationship stays: your first date, your places, the jokes nobody else gets. It works for a new boyfriend, a long-time girlfriend or a partner of twenty years.
We draw it in 16-bit pixel art and write it to be played in 15 to 25 minutes. At the end, whatever you want to say to them, on screen, like a love letter with a final boss.
From 59 € · You get it within 7 days of completing the guide (72 h with Rush).
The demo is the game of Grandad Ray, a made-up grandad turning 70.
How a Valentine's game works
Tell us who they are
Our guide asks the right questions, about 10 minutes: how you met, what makes you laugh, your places and your plans. It saves itself and you can finish another day. Photos if you like, for their pixel portrait.
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.
Give it to them on 14 February
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
Your first date
Chapter one: where it was, what went wrong and who said what. You probably remember it differently.
Hidden inside jokes
Corners of the map with your private jokes, waiting to be found while they explore.
Your song, as a dance
A rhythm minigame to your song, to play together on the sofa.
A movie ending
The last chapter ends with your message on screen. A declaration of love, in 16 bits.
When to order so it's ready for the 14th
Count backwards: the game is ready 7 days after we have your full story. Finish the questionnaire by 5 February and you're comfortably on time. Left it late? Rush delivery (+40 €) has it ready in 72 hours.
How to give it
Open it together after dinner, on the sofa with a phone or the TV. Or send the link with a note: “Play this before I get home.”
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:
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.
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.
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).
Adventure
59 €
Their personalised game: about 15 minutes to laugh, recognise themselves and be moved.
- 3 chapters with their people and places
- Their stories turned into game mechanics
- A clever moment made only for their game
- Ending with your message
- Private link and digital gift card with a QR code
- 1 round of changes
Recommended
Celebration
89 €
More game, made to share: about 25 minutes.
- Everything in Adventure, plus:
- 4 or 5 chapters
- Party mode on the TV: minigames to pass the controller
- More characters and more secrets
- Soundtrack in their musical style
- 2 rounds of changes
Special commission
from 179 €
For groups and big moments: weddings, retirements with the whole team, farewells.
- Everything in Celebration, plus:
- Several heroes or a longer story
- Custom requests
- 3 rounds of changes
- If your commission needs more, we'll quote it before we start
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.
Included in a round
- Texts and lines
- Names
- Appearance details (hair, glasses, clothes…)
- The chosen music
- Small reorderings
Quoted separately
Adding chapters or new mechanics after the script is approved. If you want that, we'll quote it.
Frequently asked questions
Is it a good gift if we haven't been together long?
Yes, as long as you have a few stories: the first date, the first trip, the first silly argument. With less material we make a shorter game that's still completely yours.
Is it better for a boyfriend or a girlfriend?
Neither: it's about your story, not about gaming. People who never play games love it as much as gamers, because they're the main character.
How much is it and how long does it take?
Adventure is 59 €, Celebration 89 € and the Special commission from 179 €, VAT included, charged in euros. It's ready 7 days after we have their full story, or in 72 hours with rush delivery (+40 €). It's digital, so there's no shipping and nothing to get stuck at customs.
Who would yours be for?
From 59 € · You get it within 7 days of completing the guide (72 h with Rush).
The demo is the game of Grandad Ray, a made-up grandad turning 70.
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