Cool-Down Volcano 🌋

A calm-down volcano game online: a cute little volcano is feeling very hot. Breathe with the ring, in for 4 and out for 6, and every slow breath cools the lava a step: red, orange, purple, blue. Smoke turns to clouds, snow starts to fall, and the volcano ends up a happy snowy mountain ☃️

How to play

1. Press & hold while the ring grows: breathe in.
2. Let go while it shrinks: breathe out slowly.
3. Each slow breath cools the volcano. 8 to make it snow ❄️

Touch: Press & hold while the ring grows, let go as it shrinks · Mouse: Hold the mouse button while the ring grows · Keyboard: Hold Space (or Enter) while the ring grows

Why we made it this way

We wanted an anger game that calms instead of smashing. There is no hitting or exploding in Cool-Down Volcano: a breathing ring paces 4 seconds in and 6 seconds out, and each slow breath cools the lava one step, from red to orange to purple to blue. Smoke turns into clouds, snow starts falling, and after 8 steps the volcano is a smiling snowy mountain.

It can't be failed. A loose breath still cools half a step, and after 16 breaths every breath counts, so a round always finishes, in about 80 seconds when you're in sync. If you do nothing it just waits with a kind hint. Phase text and a countdown sit inside the ring, so it works with the sound off.

Hold the screen, the mouse button or Space. The lava stays hot-to-cool while the hills and ring follow your mood. It is one of the few anger management games for kids online that works just as well for adults, and teachers can run it as a whole-class calm-down.

Good for these moods

• 😠 Angry: Hot feelings come with fast breathing. Many people find a slow, longer breath out helps the heat settle, and watching the lava cool makes each breath visible.

Questions people ask

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