Mia and Mio

Two frogs and a backpack full of letters

They don’t explain things or hold your hand. They’re simply there: on the home screen, at a milestone, and on the evening when your little flame is about to go out.

Mia, the mascot

Mia

The flower on her leafy hat gives her away. She doesn’t point or hurry you along. She sits beside you and watches. When she’s impressed by what you’ve done, you can see it on her face.

Mio, the mascot

Mio

Her brother, and the mascot of Mio Path, the game this world grew from. He drops by at milestones, with gifts, or simply to cheer you on.

The illustrations

Whenever something happens, she’s there

Beside a completed booklet, a new stamp, or the screen that welcomes you. Never as a pop-up you have to dismiss, always as an illustration that appears for a moment before stepping aside.

  • Welcome, with the first tiles

    Welcome, with the first tiles

  • From letter to letter

    From letter to letter

  • Super Sleuth, for the Trail Forest

    Super Sleuth, for the Trail Forest

  • Mia and Mio, after a milestone

    Mia and Mio, after a milestone

  • Magic Letters

    Magic Letters

  • A new stamp in the passport

    A new stamp in the passport

The style

Warm paper, hand-drawn ink

  • Drawn entirely by hand

    Every doodle on this site also appears in the app: the lily pads, the suitcase, the ice crystal, the beehive. They’re not icons pulled from a library, but drawings with a character all their own.

  • Paper as a material

    Perforated-edge stamps, cream-coloured boards, and one-and-a-half-pixel shadows. Everything feels as though it’s resting on a table instead of displayed on a screen.

  • You earn your look, you don’t buy it

    Your profile frames and portraits reflect what you’ve played. You won’t find them in a shop, and money can’t buy them.

Mia and Mio with letter blocks

Made in the same workshop

Words with Mia is the sister game to Mio Path, with the same creators, the same frogs, and the same warm pastels. Mio Path is about jumping and paths, while this game is about letters and words, but the family resemblance is unmistakable.