A personalized game gift for your mom for Christmas: a pixel trip that ends in Almaty

What the game is, in one page

Every oin game finishes on a final level set in Almaty. It is the part that makes the story feel like a trip: she climbs through your memories and arrives somewhere real, where your second letter is waiting.

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

Write the first letter as the departure and the second as the arrival. If there is a trip you have been planning, say so there.

Five quiz questions to start from

Choose quiz questions about places: where you met, where you got lost, where you want to go.

• Which holiday do we still talk about?
• What was the family pet called?
• Who always loses at the board game?
• What did we get wrong about the road trip?
• Which song played in the car?

Why it suits your mom

A mom will read every word, so write for that. Choose a photo she loves, tell the story of something she did for you, and make the quiz about family memories she will recognise.

Keep the controls simple: it opens from a link in a browser, so she does not need to install anything.

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.

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 $29.90 once; the game is generated automatically and 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.