Made from your memories
Your family, chapter by chapter
A Clever Cookie story game is built from the moments you tell us about. Here's what goes in, how we make it, and how we keep it private.
What goes in
Four things make it yours
A grown-up fills in a short guided form. A few sentences about each big moment is plenty.
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Your people
Names, hair, glasses, favourite jumpers, and the pets. Drawn from your descriptions, never from photos of children.
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Your places
The first flat, the caravan, Nan's garden, the beach you always go back to.
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Your moments
How you met, new arrivals, big trips, the time the car broke down.
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Your jokes
The in-jokes only your family will get, hidden through the game for you to find.
Chapter by chapter
Your years along a winding path
Your story becomes up to 14 chapters on a chapter map, in the order things happened. Each chapter has a little animated story scene, then a mini-game set in that part of your story.
A typical game might start with how two people met, move through first homes and new arrivals, and finish with today's family, all together on the last level.
How we make it
Once you've told us your story, we write each chapter, draw everyone in pixel art from your descriptions, and build the mini-games around your names and places. Then we check every scene and every question by hand before we send it to you.
Ideas for chapters
- How you met, and the first date that nearly went wrong
- Moving into your first home
- The day a new baby (or a new puppy) arrived
- The holiday everyone still talks about
- A family tradition: Sunday pancakes, Christmas pyjamas, the annual sandcastle contest
- Today: everyone together, ready for the next adventure
Kept private
Family games only open for people you invite, and they're never listed or searchable. We never need photos of children, and if you'd prefer, we leave out details that are often used as security answers, like exact dates, school names and full pet names.
Questions about your story
What do you need from us?
A few sentences about each big moment (how you met, pets, homes, holidays, new arrivals), what everyone looks like, and any family jokes you'd like included.
How many chapters will our game have?
5 chapters with the Mini, 10 with the Family Story and all 14 with The Full Story.
Can grandparents be in it?
Yes, and they can play it too. Anyone in your story can be in the game, pets included.
Is it safe to put our story online?
Family games are private, open only to people you invite and never listed. We can leave out details often used as security answers, like exact dates and school names.
Find out more
More about story games
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Every mini-game
All eight kinds of challenge, what each one practises and the three game looks.
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The learning inside
How spelling, maths and puzzles are set to each child's age, and ways to play together.
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A game as a gift
A personalised video game for birthdays, anniversaries, grandparents and Christmas.
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All the questions
Ages, devices, privacy, prices and what happens after you pay.
Ready, player one?
Play the sample game now, then make one about your own family. From £99.