A game starring your grandpa
Grandpa's boss is the modern world: the self-checkout, the television, the phone he did not ask for. The weapon is newspapers. He will say it is nonsense and then play it four times. The win message is the fishing story, retold by you, with the fish the size he says it was.
Example: Grandpa vs The Modern World, playing itself. Tap to take over.
Bosses that work for a grandpa
- The Modern World · all of it, at once
- The Television · it has too many inputs
- The Fish · the one that gets bigger every year
Jokes that land
Three inside jokes become the taunts. For a grandpa, think the fishing story that grows every year, the route he insists on, or the war with the squirrels. You can rewrite every line.
Start with a photoFree to make and play. $9.99 only when you send the link.
The photo
A straight-on photo, ideally recent. Hats are fine. The cut-out can handle a lot of eyebrow.
What the win screen could say
“You beat the modern world, Grandpa. Now you can tell everyone. Happy birthday from all of us.”
Pick the occasion
- Birthday
Grandpa versus the modern world.
- Christmas
Grandpa vs the television with too many inputs.
- Father's Day
The fishing story, retold with a boss fight.
Questions people ask
- Does he need a smartphone?
- He needs anything with a web browser: a phone, a tablet, or the family laptop. If he has none of those, the postcard has a QR code that someone can scan for him at the table.
- What photo works best?
- A clear head-and-shoulders shot on a plain background. Selfies are fine. Group photos are not, since we cut out one person.
- Can I change it after publishing?
- You can edit the lines and message from the same device you made it on. Sprites are fixed once published.