Make a penalty game in three taps
- Pick the keeper. Use one of the three cartoon keepers or press + Photo and choose a picture of your mate. A face filling most of the picture works best; we crop it to a circle for the keeper's head.
- Name on the shirt. Up to 18 characters. It shows on the keeper's jersey, in the taunts after every goal and on the share card.
- Make and share. Copy the link and drop it in the group chat. The game opens straight away on phone or computer, no app and no account.
Why it works as a wind-up
The keeper gets roasted after every goal (“Top bins. Dave is in shambles.”) and gloats after every save, so each friend who plays is really playing against the person in goal. The streak and best score per keeper make it a contest: send the challenge link back with your number and the next player has a target to beat.
Tips to score more penalties
- Go for the corners, not the frame. The keeper can't reach the top corners at full stretch, but your aim wobbles more out there, so a shot right on the post line often clips the woodwork.
- Don't blast it down the middle. A wrong-footed keeper sometimes stays big in the centre and the lazy middle shot is saved more than any other.
- Expect him to get better. Every goal makes the keeper read you a little better and adds pressure to your aim. Ten in a row is a very good run.
Your photo stays private
Most “make a game with your friend's face” sites upload the picture to their server. This one doesn't: the photo is shrunk in your browser and stored inside the link after the #, the part browsers keep to themselves. That is also why a photo link is a few kilobytes long. It still pastes fine into WhatsApp, X, Discord and iMessage.
More quick games
Into football? Try Guess the Player from a career path or the Football Grid. Want something to play every day? Daily golf and Dartle are a new round each morning.