Custom games for kids

We build browser games that star a real kid, a real team or a real class. Their look, their number, their sport, their rules, their dog. Every project starts from games that already work, so your budget goes into the parts that make it theirs.

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Rosie

Sam

Soccer. Takes every throw-in.

Jada

Packages

Four starting points. Every project gets a fixed quote after a free 20-minute call, and it only changes if you change what you're asking for.

Player Edition

Your kid in one of our sports games.

Your kid drawn as a paper kid: hair, skin, glasses, cleats and number
Added to Soccer Kids, Hockey Kids or Pickle Kids as the player you control
Friends or siblings on the roster, in your team colors
Your pet on the sideline
Their name on the title card and called by the announcer
A private link that works on any tablet, phone or laptop

Best for:: A birthday or holiday gift, one kid or a set of siblings
When:: We plan for 1 to 2 weeks
Price:: Quoted after a free call. It grows with the number of kids and pets we draw.

Start with your player

Team Edition

Your roster in one of our finished games.

Every player drawn as a paper kid, from first names or nicknames
Soccer Kids, Hockey Kids or Pickle Kids in your colors, with your mascot
Your format, like four or five a side, and your league's rules
Learn mode lessons for your rules, starting from Soccer Kids' 13
One link every family on the roster can open

Best for:: A team, league, class or camp that plays soccer, floor hockey or pickleball
When:: We plan for 2 to 4 weeks
Price:: Quoted after a free call. It grows with the size of the roster we draw.

Plan your team's game

Custom Sport

A new sport, for one kid or a whole team.

A sport we haven't built yet, for one kid or a whole roster
Your format and rules: four a side, no goalies, a build-out line, whatever your program plays
Your colors, your mascot and your players' nicknames
Learn mode lessons for your rules, with a coach voice
Easy, Medium and Hard computer teams
One link every family on the roster can open

Best for:: A kid or a team whose sport we haven't built yet
When:: We plan for 3 to 6 weeks
Price:: Quoted after a free call. It grows with the rules we teach and the size of the roster.

Plan a new sport

Arcade World

A whole hub of games around one kid.

A hub with its own logo and look, like the Ziggy Games arcade
Several games built around one kid's world, added over time
Their pets, their places, their teams and their own drawings inside
Their favorite game, rebuilt around their rules
Your own web address, if you want one

Best for:: A family that wants a whole world for one kid, or a program that wants a home for its games
When:: We plan for 6 weeks or more, built in stages
Price:: Quoted per stage after a free call. It grows with each game and place we add.

Plan an arcade

Every game we build includes

Runs in a browser on iPads, Chromebooks, phones and laptops
Touch controls built for small hands, plus a keyboard
No ads, no in-app purchases, no chat, no accounts
Rounds of play-testing with your kid or your team
Hosting on an unlisted link, or your own web address
Everything drawn, never a photo of your kid

What we can make theirs: their look, name and number, team and colors, friends and siblings, the family pet, places they know, their rules, voices, inside jokes and their own art.

Every package starts from a game that already plays

This is Hockey Kids, recorded straight from the screen. A Player Edition or a Team Edition puts your players into a match like this one, and a Custom Sport builds a new sport on the same engine.

Play Hockey Kids free

Why we build games for kids

Paper Kid Games started at home. Everything we believe about kids and games, we learned building for one kid first.

A rule makes sense once you have played it

New players freeze on a goal kick because nobody has shown them where to go. A game that marks the spot and waits until they get there makes it stick. That's Learn mode in Soccer Kids.

Kids care about what is theirs

A kid will play a game about somebody else for a while. A game where they're the player, in their number and colors with their dog on the sideline, is a different thing. Our games start with the kid who will play them.

Screen time should give something back

No ads, nothing to buy and nobody to chat with, and every kid in the game is drawn, never photographed. What's left is the sport your kid plays on Saturday, by the real rules.

Playing it is the only real test

Every game here went through rounds of play-testing. Medium played like Hard. The restarts took too long. Each note changed the game, and your kid gets the same loop.

From a few sentences to a player in the game

An example, with a made-up player called Sam. Every custom game starts this way.

1. What you tell us

“Sam is seven and plays for the Gold team, number 23. Curly dark hair, black cleats. He takes every throw-in and won't stop talking about it.”

Typed into the Player Builder, or said on a call.
2. Their player card

23

Sam

Soccer. Takes every throw-in.

Drawn by the game's own code, then sent to you for a thumbs-up.
3. In the game

The same kid on the field, in a game you can play.

What each of our games is for

Each of our games has a job beyond being fun. These are the jobs our current games do, and what a custom one can do for your kid.

Soccer Kids Gets a new player ready for their first season: throw-ins, corners, goal kicks and where to stand, coached in Learn mode.

Hockey Kids Teaches the rule every floor hockey kid learns the hard way, staying out of the crease, and that a pass beats carrying the puck alone.

Pickle Kids Makes pickleball's scoring make sense by playing it, so a kid can call the score in a game with their grandparents.

Ziggy & Pam Sports Arena Settles the question every kid with a dog has asked, who would win, while teaching them to keep the ball close and tackle from the front.

What we can make theirs

A sample of what goes into a custom game. Ziggy Games has nearly all of it.

Their look: Hair, skin, glasses, freckles, headbands and favorite cleats
Name and number: On the jersey, the title card and the scoreboard
Team and colors: Their real team colors, or their favorite
Friends and siblings: On the roster as teammates or rivals
The family pet: As a sidekick, a fan on the sideline or an opponent
Places they know: Their field, their park or their school campus, never with an address
Their rules: The format and rules their league really plays
Voices: An announcer who calls their name, and a coach who teaches
Inside jokes: Favorite teams' colors, secret codes and easter eggs
Their own art: Drawings they make, framed on the walls of the game

How it works

Five steps, with your kid in the loop the whole way.

1

Draft

Day one

Build your player online, then a free 20-minute call about the sport, the rules, the pet and the inside jokes.
2

Sketch

First few days

We draw your kid, or your whole roster, as paper kids and send the cards for a thumbs-up.
3

Build

About a week in

A playable link, early, on whatever screen your kid plays on.
4

Play-test

As often as it takes

Your kid plays it and tells us what they love and what they want next, and we build it in. Then they play it again.
5

Launch

Your date

Live on an unlisted link or your own web address. More levels or another sport can follow.

Questions about custom games

Straight answers. If yours isn't here, ask us.

How much does a custom game cost?

Every project gets a fixed quote after a free 20-minute call, and it only changes if you change what you're asking for. The quote comes in writing, and nothing is owed unless you say yes to it. Putting your kid into one of our sports games is the smallest job; a new sport, or a whole arcade like Ziggy Games, takes more.

How long does it take?

We plan a Player Edition for one to two weeks from our call to your kid's link, a Team Edition for two to four weeks, a new sport for three to six weeks, and an arcade world for six weeks or more, built in stages. You get a playable link early and see it change after every round of feedback.

How does payment work?

A deposit to start and the balance at launch. The exact split is in the quote you sign, so there are no surprises about when money is due.

Who owns the game?

You own everything we make just for you: your kid's character, your places, your team's names and colors, and any art drawn for your game. Our game engine and our cast of paper kids stay ours, and your written agreement licenses them to you for your game. It spells all of this out before you pay anything.

How many rounds of changes are included?

Play-testing is built into every project, so the changes your kid asks for during the build are part of the job, not extras. Anything that grows the game past the quote, like another sport or more levels, we price before we build it.

Pick a starting point

Build your player and the plan names the package that fits. It takes about two minutes.

Build your player Talk to us first