Greeting Games by Tingly Games: Charity Mini-Game Cards
Greeting Games was a service from Tingly Games BV that turned casual games into greeting cards, with a share of each charity card going to a good cause. The company's official site showed an access-denied message in November 2026.
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What Greeting Games were
Greeting Games was built by Tingly Games BV, a company founded in late 2012 by game industry veterans Ard Bonewald and Mark Overmars. The founders describe games as a new form of communication, one people use to socialize and even to find friends and partners. A sender picked a casual game, added personal comments to appear at the end of each level and set the difficulty. The games on offer included Bubble Shooter, Mahjong, Jigsaw Puzzle and Sudoku.
In late March 2014 Tingly Games added a set of charity cards. One supported Just a Drop and was tied to World Water Day. The other supported SOS Children's Villages and was tied to Mother's Day. Of all revenue from a charity card, 60 percent was to be donated to the charity. Tingly Games also spelled out what a card bought: a Just a Drop card meant one child would have safe drinking water for up to six years, and a Mother's Day card meant SOS Children's Villages would provide one child with a home cooked meal.
Both campaigns were announced to run from the end of March through April 2014, and new users could send up to two greeting games for free after signing up. Ard Bonewald, the CEO of Tingly Games, presented the two charities as the first of many. Give8-Bit, an initiative that looks for ways for gamers to give while gaming, backed the campaign together with its parent company Playmob, a London-based tech company that specializes in charitable fundraising through games.
Greeting Games at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | Tingly Games BV |
| Founders | Ard Bonewald and Mark Overmars, company founded late 2012 |
| Charities in 2014 | Just a Drop (World Water Day) and SOS Children's Villages (Mother's Day) |
| Share to charity | 60 percent of revenue from charity cards |
| Games offered | Bubble Shooter, Mahjong, Jigsaw Puzzle, Sudoku |
| Campaign window | End of March through April 2014 |
| Official site, November 2026 | Site shows a Forbidden message |
What is true today
In November 2026 the home page of tinglygames.com shows only a Forbidden message, and so does the www address. The message does not show that the service is running, and it does not show that it has ended.
No page opened that day describes Greeting Games as available, and none describes it as closed. The games directory therefore lists it as unconfirmed. The charity campaigns of 2014 were time-limited by design, so the cards that raised money for Just a Drop and SOS Children's Villages belong to that spring and not to any current offer.
Where it sits among serious games
Greeting Games sits at the edge of the serious-games field. It teaches nothing; its purpose is giving. The same idea runs through Playmob and Give8-Bit, which tie play to donations. Projects that train or educate are collected in the games directory, and public money behind such projects is covered in the funding overview.
Questions about Greeting Games
What were Greeting Games?
Greeting Games were casual mini-games sent as greeting cards, made by Tingly Games BV. The sender chose a game such as Bubble Shooter, Mahjong, Jigsaw Puzzle or Sudoku, added comments at the end of each level and set the difficulty.
How much of a charity card went to charity?
Sixty percent of all revenue from a charity card was to go to the charity. This was the figure given when the Just a Drop and SOS Children's Villages cards launched in March 2014.
Can Greeting Games still be used?
That is not confirmed. The official site, tinglygames.com, shows only a Forbidden message in November 2026, so no page showing the service is available.