Academics
BugTales
Every character has one recurring bug. Read the program they submitted, mark the line that is wrong, then reveal the fix and write the bug report — the real debugging loop. A read-to-debug coding lab. Ages 9–14.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
#b91c1c Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
BugTales's ladybug coders each make one bug every time: you read their program, find the line, and write the bug report.
Offby
(A ladybug) - always stops one too soon or goes one too far
Equals
(A ladybug) - says make this equal when it meant is this equal
Andor
(A ladybug) - wants both things but asks for either one
Range
(A ladybug) - reaches for an item that isn't there
Zero
(A ladybug) - tries to share something into zero groups
Hush
(A ladybug) - runs with no error but quietly gets the answer wrong
Forever
(A ladybug) - goes round and round and never stops
What's inside
Learning goal
Every character has one recurring bug. Read the program they submitted, mark the line that is wrong, then reveal the fix and write the bug report — the real debugging loop. A read-to-debug coding lab. Ages 9–14.
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.
How BugTales 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
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
BugTales 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
BugTales 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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