A personalized game gift for your girlfriend for Christmas: a video game starring her

What the game looks like

A video game starring her is the one title she cannot buy. It is short, runs in a browser on a phone or a laptop, and carries your letters and a quiz that only the two of you can pass.

Under the hood it is a short pixel game with levels, a quiz and a final level in Almaty, Kazakhstan. You supply the photo, the letters, the questions and, if you like, two NPCs; New York and Tokyo final levels are coming soon.

What to write in the two letters

Use the first letter as the quest intro and the second as the ending cutscene. Keep both short, the way good game dialogue is.

Five quiz questions to start from

Make the five questions the lore: the games you have played together, the nickname from a lobby, the match you still argue about.

• What is the nickname only I use?
• What did I get wrong on our first anniversary?
• What did I cook on our first night in?
• Which song is ours?
• What do you always order when we eat out?

If you are shopping at the last minute

Shipping deadlines matter in December, but digital gifts do not. Gift cards, flowers and a personalized game arrive fast, and an oin game is usually emailed within an hour of payment.

Wrap something small to open on the day itself. A game or letter can sit under the tree as a card even though it is a digital gift.

Why it suits your girlfriend

A girlfriend tends to keep a gift like this: the link stays, the letters can be reread, and the quiz becomes a story she tells her friends. Give her a photo she likes of herself, not just a flattering one.

She will notice the small details first, so spend your quiz questions on those: a nickname, a date, an order she always gets.

How to make it, step by step

• Upload an authorized photo of her; the main character is generated from it.
• Write two letters, the first for the opening room and the second for the end of the final level.
• Write five quiz questions with their answers; every correct answer gives flowers.
• Add up to two custom NPCs, friends or family, as long as everyone who appears agrees.
• Pay once, $29.90, with no subscription; the game is usually emailed within an hour.

Price, delivery and refunds

You see the price for your region before you pay: $29.90, once, with nothing to renew. The checkout is run by Polar, the Merchant of Record, and the game is generated automatically and usually emailed within an hour, with a private link that works for a year and a copy to keep. All sales are final once delivery starts, but you get a full refund if the game cannot be generated or delivered, if you are charged twice or if it is faulty and cannot be fixed. See the refund policy.