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
- ↑ "Hollywood couple get personalized video game - Geek.com" (in en-US). Geek.com. 2002-12-03. https://www.geek.com/games/hollywood-couple-get-personalized-video-game-550068/. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ↑ Pfeiffer, Alice (2011-11-21). "Inspired by Your Life, a Custom-Designed Video Game" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/arts/inspired-by-your-life-a-custom-designed-video-game.html. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ↑ Hamilton, Kirk. "For Just $67,000, These Guys Will Make a Custom Video Game About Your Life" (in en-US). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/5861673/for-just-67000-these-guys-will-make-a-custom-video-game-about-your-life. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ↑ "This will let you say 'Happy Birthday,' 'Get Well Soon' with a video game". Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/22/5333982/this-will-let-you-say-happy-birthday-get-well-soon-with-a-video-game. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ↑ "Best Present Ever: An Aussie Studio Is Making Custom Romantic Games". Kotaku. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/best-present-ever-an-aussie-studio-is-making-custom-romantic-games/. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- ↑ "Heart2Game: Custom Built Games as Gifts". goto.game. http://www.goto.game/heart2game-custom-built-games-as-gifts/. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Give your loved one a personalized video game | Bday Game". bdaygame.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.