Kinder World: Wellbeing Plants

Kinder World is an emotional wellbeing app designed to help users build resilience and explore their own emotions. Take care of virtual houseplants in a judgment-free environment by completing scientifically-backed wellbeing activities for just a few minutes at a time, twice a day.

Just by noticing and naming the emotions you feel, you gain the power to choose what to do with those emotions. Through tactile gameplay, Kinder World helps you to reveal the beauty in your own emotions. Turn your feelings, from happiness to anger, into something beautiful and meaningful that can be kept for yourself or shared with our like-minded community.

Join our cast of friendly NPCs and our welcoming player community on a comforting journey toward enhanced emotional intelligence. Complete short, daily activities inspired by arts & crafts practices, and slowly unlock compelling stories about Kinder World’s setting and characters.

Self-care and habit-forming can feel frustrating or even punishing at times, especially for neurodivergent, disabled, and chronically ill people. That’s why Kinder World is built upon a judgment-free ethos. We recognize that emotional wellness and mental health are non-linear and deeply personal journeys, so our mechanics, narrative, and community have all been designed to support that.

Proud winner of the Australian Game Developer Awards 2022.

CORE FEATURES:

SHORT SESSION EMOTIONAL WELLBEING EXERCISES
- Acknowledge and accept your emotions. Manage stress & anxiety.
- A good practice alongside professional support.
- Tailor your emotional wellbeing journey.
- Practice self-reflection & build empathy for yourself.
- Emotional Naming: Fill a sand jar with your daily moods & emotions to build self-empathy and stay in touch with your feelings.
- Daily Gratitude: Answer short gratitude prompts to help you savor positive experiences and shift focus from difficult emotions.
- Pause & Breathe: Take a break from the chaos and find calm within yourself using tactical breathing.

GROW EVER-CHANGING HOUSEPLANTS
- Encourage your plant’s growth with soothing self-care exercises.
- Unlock new plants as you build healthy habits.
- In Kinder World, your plants never die, so don’t stress if you miss a session.
- Every plant you grow is unique.
- Learn to manage your emotions & watch yourself flourish.
- Feel the relaxing & stress relieving effects of plant therapy with your own virtual garden.

EXPRESS YOURSELF CREATIVELY
- Turn your emotions into a beautiful sand jar with arts & crafts-inspired activities.
- Decorate your digital home to fit your aesthetic with customization inspired by cozy games like Animal Crossing
- Create personalized, comfy spaces, like a cozy sitting room, an inspirational crafts room, a witch’s atelier, or a tranquil Japanese-style library.

MEET CREATURES ON MINDFULNESS JOURNEYS
- Meet the inhabitants of Kinder World, like Samy the Dog, Quilliam the Hedgehog, and Professor Fern.
- These adorable animal friends will cheer you along your well-being journey, and keep in touch with short letters to brighten your day.

A KINDER WORLD, A KINDER COMMUNITY
- Receive uplifting messages from real community members.
- Be surprised by artist-designed plant pot gifts from kind strangers.
- Send plant pots to random community members to put a smile on someone’s face.

RESEARCH-BASED WELLNESS
- We work with our Wellness Researcher, Dr. Hannah Gunderman, to ensure that our approach develops empathy for the self and others in measurable ways.
- The design of Kinder World is rooted in mindfulness and well-being research, translated into scientifically proven activities to support your well-being journey.

JOIN THE KINDER WORLD COMMUNITY
- Find @kinderworldgame on Tik Tok, Instagram and Twitter!
- Join the community of like-minded kind folks on Discord
- Learn more about us on: playkinderworld.com