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BasketPals
A push-your-luck dice game for ages 6-8: Pika the beaver stacks hay for winter! Roll the two dice and gather hay into your basket - but a 7 tips it over. Bank when you feel lucky enough; the biggest haypile wins. Spilled hay never wastes - it lands in the meadow for the next friend to scoop. Discover, by playing, that 7 comes up most.
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Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Pika
#A16207 Characters who teach
Meet the cast
BasketPals's cast is Pika the beaver, the two dice, and the meadow. Pika gathers hay, watches for the 7, and banks a little early - a good model of careful play. Illustrated chapters are on the way.
Pika
The busy beaver who stacks hay for winter - she gathers, watches for the 7 that tips the basket, and banks when she feels lucky enough
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The two dice
Count the dots and add them up - and discover, by playing, that 7 comes up most (it has the most ways to be made)
The meadow
Where spilled hay lands - never wasted, always waiting for the next friend to scoop it up (share, don't destroy)
Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
A push-your-luck dice game for ages 6-8: Pika the beaver stacks hay for winter! Roll the two dice and gather hay into your basket - but a 7 tips it over. Bank when you feel lucky enough; the biggest haypile wins. Spilled hay never wastes - it lands in the meadow for the next friend to scoop. Discover, by playing, that 7 comes up most.
Mentored by Pika — no data leaves the device.
How BasketPals 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