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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.
#A16207 Distributed-narrative cast
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 portraits & chapters are a paid-gen follow-on (STORY-PEND).
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)
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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.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Pika — on-device AI, 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
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
BasketPals 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
BasketPals 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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