Dad Quest: The Backyard Legend
A dad, a grill spatula, a lawn to defend. One legendary backyard, rendered level by level.
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Personalized video games, one of one
Turn someone you love into a video game.
Send us their hobbies, photos, stories, and inside jokes. We build a custom browser game where they star as the main character, delivered as a link in 48 hours.
Spec no. 0048
Rev A
Subject: your person
Scale 800%
their actual cap, obviously
See it before you buy it
Three real builds.
These are actual games we shipped to actual people. Play the full builds in your browser, no download, no signup.
Lisa's Garden of Memories
A gentle puzzle garden grown from thirty years of family photos and one very specific casserole joke.
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Four years of campus lore, side quests included. One final boss: the diploma.
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The build process
From your stories to their game, in three steps.
Step 01 · 5 minutes
Tell us about them
Fill out the build spec below: who it's for, the occasion, their hobbies, the jokes only your family gets, and a few photos.
Step 02 · We work
We build the game
Custom scenes, sprites, and chiptune audio, written for one specific person. No templates, no reskins, no filler levels.
Step 03 · 48 hours later
They get a link
The game plays instantly in any browser, phone or laptop, nothing to install. It's theirs to keep, and one revision is on us.
What personalized actually means
Same engine. Their story.
Most "custom" gifts swap a name into a template. We start from the person and build outward.
- Their face on the character, drawn from your photos into pixel art
- Their name in the title screen, the level names, the dialogue
- Places they love rebuilt as levels: the backyard, the campus, the garden
- Inside jokes as items and easter eggs only your family will catch
- A soundtrack tuned to them, composed as original chiptune
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One price, everything in it
Fifteen dollars. The whole game.
No tiers, no upsells, no "premium sprite pack." Every build gets everything we know how to do.
Start my custom gameMain CharacterOrder ticket
Custom story and scriptIncluded
Their photos as pixel artIncluded
Inside jokes and easter eggsIncluded
Original chiptune soundtrackIncluded
Shareable link, no installIncluded
Delivery in 48 hoursIncluded
One free revisionIncluded
Total$15
No fake reviews here
We're new. Here's our promise instead.
Main Character is young, and we won't invent glowing testimonials to look bigger than we are. What we'll do instead:
Try before you buyThe three sample builds above are real, complete games. Play them as long as you like before spending a dollar.
One free revisionIf something in the game misses the mark, tell us what's off and we'll rework it, included in the $15.
You talk to the builderNo support queue, no ticket numbers. You email the person who is actually making the game.
Questions, answered
The fine print, minus the fine print.
You get a private link within 48 hours of confirming your order. The game runs in any modern browser on a phone, tablet, or laptop. Nothing to install, and the link is theirs to keep.
About five minutes with the form below: who the game is for, the occasion, their hobbies and stories, and a few photos. The more specific the jokes, the better the game.
Platformers, cozy puzzle games, RPG-style quests, and arcade high-score chasers. Pick a style in the form, or choose "builder's choice" and we'll match the genre to the person.
Yes. One free revision is included with every game. Tell us what to adjust after you play it and we'll ship an updated link.
Yes. One flat price with everything included. Checkout happens right after you submit the form, and we email you to confirm the details before we start building.
Yes. Every game is built mobile-first with touch controls, and tested on small screens before it ships.
Have a question we didn't cover? Email support@maincharacter.shop and you'll hear back from the person actually building your game.
Start your build
Ready when you are.
Five minutes of your stories becomes the most personal gift they'll get all year.
- Takes about five minutes to fill out
- Secure $15 card checkout right after the form
- Your game link arrives within 48 hours of confirmation