The Feelings Game

The Feelings Game walks the child through everyday situations that tend to cause frustration — the video game turned off mid-match, losing a game, waiting your turn at the playground — and helps them name what they're feeling and try out a way to calm down. HOW IT WORKS The game has six themes. The first one, about frustration, is free forever. In the frustration, family and friends themes, the child walks through their own emotion: meets the situation, picks how they would feel, notices where the body signals it, shows how big the volcano's "lava" is, chooses a strategy and practises it step by step. In the respect, inclusion and society themes, the question is a different one: how did the other person feel, and what could be done for them. CALM CORNER AND GUIDED BREATHING In a tough moment — frustration, anger or worry — your child doesn't need to start a game: the Calm corner goes straight to four ways to calm down: breathing, counting slowly, asking for a little break and calling someone they trust. In guided breathing, a circle grows as they breathe in and shrinks as they breathe out, in step with the instructions. Every feeling has its own face, easy to recognize, and the backpack keeps the strategies your child has already discovered, from one game to the next. NO RIGHT OR WRONG There's no scoring, ranking, timer, or failed level. No feeling is treated as wrong — feeling something strongly isn't a mistake. The game welcomes first and only then suggests a path forward. MADE TO BE HEARD AND TO LISTEN Every screen can be read aloud, with recorded narration, and the card being read lights up — so a child who can't read yet can follow along. They can also answer by speaking, if they want to. None of this is required: everything works with taps alone. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. REAL PRIVACY This app does not collect or send any data. On the device itself it only keeps the language, the settings and what has been explored — never what the child felt. The only internet connection happens when a grown-up decides to buy the theme pack, and the payment is processed by the store — not by us. Speech recognition runs entirely on the device: the audio never leaves it and is never recorded. No sign-up. No login. No ads. No tracking. No child profile. FOR GROWN-UPS The game was designed to be played together with a trusted adult, especially with younger children. This app is an educational and supportive resource. It is not a diagnostic, assessment, or psychological treatment tool, and it does not replace the care of qualified professionals.