Tumbledown Grove

A game of big and small feelings for one child and one adult

Go on a fantastic adventure, meet magical creatures, and explore how to talk about feelings.

Tumbledown Grove is a game that will help your child open up about their feelings, and have fun doing it. It's an interactive story that makes your child the main character of their own fantastic tale. It puts them into scenarios that inspire them to talk about their own feelings, as a way of helping the characters they encounter.

Like a story book, it's your job as the adult to read the story to your child, and make it fun and exciting. And when it's time for your child to make a choice, like where to go next on the map or how to respond to a new situation, you will pose questions and encourage them to answer. The game provides the story and structure, but it's the adult's job to bring it to life.

How to Play

When you're ready, begin a new game by clicking the 'Join Session' button below. A new page will appear, starting with an introduction to the story.
Read the introduction aloud to your child. It's story time, so make it fun!
When you get to an orange box, it's time for your child to make decisions. Support them to respond to each prompt, to bring them into the story.
After the introduction, scroll down to the map, and show it to your child. Each map tile contains its own story, and its own questions for your child. Beginning with the first tile, read the text aloud, and help your child answer the orange prompts like before.
Once you've finished a tile, ask your child to choose a new adjacent tile to visit.
The game is over when you reach the final tile at the bottom. Happy exploring!

30 minutes

2 players

Play in person or remote

Whimsical nature setting

Encourages creativity and emotions

Tell a story together

May lead to surprising discoveries

Play Tumbledown Grove now!

Tumbledown Grove is free to play because we believe conversations about feelings are vital, no matter your age.

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Talking about feelings takes practice

It's not always easy to get kids to tell you what's really on their mind, or to share their feelings with you using their words. Our aim with Tumbledown Grove is to provide a fun and exploratory game where children advance the story by sharing memories about different feelings they've experienced. We've found that the more kids practice using feeling language, the more likely they are to keep using it.

Create the next Tumbledown Grove with us

Tumbledown Grove is just one game on our shelf. There are so many more important conversations we want to facilitate through the power of games. Is there a conversation you'd like to have in this way?

If you’d like to hire Amble Studio to customise Tumbledown Grove or another game for you, please contact us via the form below.

If you are a game designer, you’re invited to remix Tumbledown Grove. Get in touch and we can help you set up a version of your own powered by StorySynth. We’d love to see what you create!

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