Academics
ArchiveQuest
Read the past like a historian — a historical-thinking & DBQ game for ages 15–18. Tag a document's HIPP, judge reliability, contextualize, corroborate across sources, and build an argument (thesis → evidence → complexity). Selection-based, on-device, no free-text AI grading.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 25 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#9a6b1e Characters who teach
Meet the cast
ArchiveQuest's characters are realistic people, not mascots, and each one stands for a single skill. Verena sets the challenge and helps your teen reflect.
Bartholomew
Sourcing / HIPP
Evadne
Contextualization
Cosimo
Corroboration (cross-document)
Percival
Causation & multicausality
Morwenna
Continuity & change
Torsten
Periodization
Isabeau
Point-of-view & bias
Alaric
Thesis & argument construction
Ferdinand
Evidence beyond the documents
Verena
guides reflect-on-approach
What's inside
Learning goal
Read the past like a historian — a historical-thinking & DBQ game for ages 15–18. Tag a document's HIPP, judge reliability, contextualize, corroborate across sources, and build an argument (thesis → evidence → complexity). Selection-based, on-device, no free-text AI grading.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned question kits, 320 questions in all, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Verena — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How ArchiveQuest handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
ArchiveQuest runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
ArchiveQuest is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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