Personalized video game

A personalized video game is a video game made for specific people, usually as a luxury gift. It can contain personal information of who the game is for. They are usually made for birthdays, anniversaries and engagement proposals.

History

A short time after the video game industry started, personalized video games were first given as luxury gifts. In a well-known example, Kevin Smith gave a game to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez where Lopez must find and rescue Affleck from a kidnapping.[1]

Amuse Me, one of the first professional services, was started by Abdel Bounane in 2011.[2] Games were made manually and cost up to $67,000.[3] Florent Deloison, one of Amuze Me's game artists, said “Amuse Me makes personalized games in one’s image, like having your portrait made by a painter,”.

TinglyGames, a developer based in the Netherlands, started Greeting Games in 2014. Users were able to customize and send casual games as e-cards themselves.[4]

Amelus Digital, an Australian game studio, started HEART2GAME Archived 2018-03-22 at the Wayback Machine in 2017. It manually makes games for multiple types of event. They only made games for romantic events until 2018.[5][6]

Petr Hudecek started Bday Game in 2018. It manually makes pixel-art RPG games.[7]

Freelance game developers offer cheap personalized video game services at places such as Fiverr.

References

  1. ↑ "Hollywood couple get personalized video game - Geek.com". Geek.com. 2002-12-03. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. ↑ Pfeiffer, Alice (2011-11-21). "Inspired by Your Life, a Custom-Designed Video Game". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. ↑ Hamilton, Kirk. "For Just $67,000, These Guys Will Make a Custom Video Game About Your Life". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  4. ↑ "This will let you say 'Happy Birthday,' 'Get Well Soon' with a video game". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  5. ↑ "Best Present Ever: An Aussie Studio Is Making Custom Romantic Games". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  6. ↑ "Heart2Game: Custom Built Games as Gifts". goto.game. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  7. ↑ "Give your loved one a personalized video game | Bday Game". bdaygame.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.