Practice the moments that feel hard.
Tumio is an AI-powered social-skills practice game. Kids step into real-life scenes — a restaurant, a classroom, a friend's birthday — answer in their own words, and get a kind, in-character reply from a friendly character.
"Hi there! Welcome to the restaurant. It's so nice to see you! How can I help you today?"
A real conversation, in a safe place.
Three small things that, together, make a big difference.
Real conversations
Kids answer in their own words — typed or spoken. An AI character grades politeness and replies in character, so the conversation actually moves.
Hearts, not strikes
A gentle 3-heart system. Rude or adverse answers are met with coaching, never shaming. Lose all three and the character kindly invites a break.
A scrapbook of wins
Earn coins for kind answers, stars for the run, and illustrated treasures from a chest. Every trophy run unlocks something new.
Step into a story.
Browse all stories →Every story is a graph of scenes interpreted by one generic engine — new stories are just new data files, so the library grows fast.
Four little steps.
Pick a story
Restaurant, school, party, grocery — whichever scene fits this week's goal.
Answer
Type or speak in your own words. The character listens, doesn't interrupt.
Get a reply
The character grades the answer kindly and replies in character. Strikes coach, never shame.
Earn stars
Coins, an end-of-story star rating, and a chest with collectibles on a great run.
Tools for the people guiding the practice.
Parents
- Register your child and run a short, non-invasive ability questionnaire.
- Pick which stories they practice. Adjust audio, input mode, difficulty.
- Watch progress build — best stars, coins, scrapbook.
- Customize their avatar — safely, never re-generated mid-scene.
Educators
- Manage a classroom of students from one dashboard.
- Assign different stories to different students based on goals.
- Premium: build custom social stories targeted at specific behaviors.
- Designed for COPPA-aware, parent-mediated registration.
"Token economies are among the most studied and evidence-based reinforcement tools in autism education."
Tumio's coin / star / chest loop is built around exactly this — tiered rewards for the right shape of behavior, immediate in-scene reinforcement, and a calm "let's take a break" response to strikes.
Ready to try a story?
No download. No setup. Pick a story and start practicing right now — or sign up to track progress across stories and students.