Can you name a game with an ending?

Do you quietly hate the games your young kids play on your phone?

You know the ones. The ones they never want to stop playing. Most of them, in fact.

Can you name a game your kid plays that has an ending?

Go on, have a think.

No. Probably not. Neither could I.

And that's why every time they play, it ends in a negotiation. A negotiation none of us really want, and nine times out of ten it ends in a meltdown.

Everything on that phone is built to keep you and your kids there. Another level, another round, something new to collect. "You're so close, little one. Don't stop now."

That's not by accident, by the way. Somebody is getting paid a lot of money to make sure they never turn it off.

And adults with fully formed brains struggle with it. Never mind young children.

So when you say to them, right, that's enough, you're not ending a game. You're simply interrupting one. And your kid knows the difference. That's where "just one more go" and "five more minutes" come from, and that's why it turns into a row.

Which means you can't win, however you approach getting them to stop. The thing they're playing was built so there's never a good time to stop.

We see it in our house often. Bright colours, flashing lights, rewards. The behaviour when the phone gets taken away is never ever good, and it drives me crazy.

Now compare that to my two sitting on the floor playing with the fridge magnets. I had to end that one too. But nobody minded.

"One more word," I said, "and then we have to go."

Same kids. Very different responses.

So the thing I'm building is designed to stop. Everyone in the games world will tell you that's crazy. Stopping is mad. But for me, it's the entire point.

You get your games for the day, and then they're done. There's nothing else to click.

It's a small feature. But of the whole idea, it's probably the one I'm most proud of.

Tell me, is this something you relate to?