How to Make a Personalised Video Game Gift
Make a personalised video game for someone in about five minutes: pick a game, put them in it, write your messages and send it as a link.
A Minigamegift is a short video game made just for one person. You pick the game, design their character, write the messages they’ll find, and send it to them as a link. It takes about five minutes, and there’s nothing to download: it plays in the browser on a phone or computer.
Here’s how to make one.
1. Choose a game
Every game is short and sweet, and fits one of three kinds:
- Message games: they explore and find the messages you’ve hidden. Love Notes hides them around a house, Magic Crystals inside crystals, and Puddles under puddles.
- Quiz games: your partner answers questions you’ve written about the two of you. In Rescue they face an evil wizard; in Moonlight, a mysterious genie.
- Adventure: in Ghost Whisperer, your two characters deal with a haunted house, and your messages play out in the final scene.
Tap a game on our games page to see what it’s about, with screenshots, then tap Personalise when you’ve found the one.
2. Make it theirs
Names. Add their first name, which appears in the game’s intro, and yours, so they know who it’s from.
Characters. Use the arrows to change hair, skin, clothes and more until the character looks like them. In two-player games like Rescue, Moonlight and Ghost Whisperer, you’ll make one for yourself too.
Messages or questions. In message games, write up to three messages for them to find. In quiz games, write at least three questions, each with one right and two wrong answers. We shuffle the answers in the game.
Preview as you go. Tap Preview next to any message to see exactly how it will look in the game.
Final message. Most games end by fading to black on one last message from you. It’s optional; leave it blank and it says “Thanks For Playing!”.
Check everything before you buy. Once your game is bought we can’t change it, so give it one last read and preview.
3. Check out
Add the game to your cart. You can make more games for other people and buy them together. When you’re ready, check out, add your name and email, and pay securely with Stripe.
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4. Get it instantly
Your game is ready the moment you pay. We’ll email you a secret link to it straight away. If it’s not in your inbox, check your spam folder.
5. Share it
Play it yourself first, so you know what they’re in for. Then send the link however you like: by text, in a chat or by email. They just tap it and play.
Good to know
- Play it as often as you like. The link never expires.
- It’s private. Only people with the link can play it.
- It works anywhere. Phones, tablets and computers, in Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge.
- It can’t be changed after you buy it, so preview before you check out.
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