Developmental (FEDC-informed)
SteadyRealm
Co-Regulation Role-Reversal RPG — kid co-regulates a smaller creature companion through dysregulation cycles, learning the regulation primitive through the teacher role (Cyan).
▶ 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, asks, 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.
Mentored by Cyan
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Meet the cast
Each character in SteadyRealm is one way to help someone calm down: matching how they feel, a soft voice, a slow rhythm, staying close, naming the feeling, and patience. More friends show how calm can be lent, remembered, found on your own, and passed on to someone else. Cyan keeps your child company.
Match
Affect-matching — meet the dysregulation where it is; 'I see you. Right where you are.'
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Hum
Vocal co-regulation — gentle vocal-tone modulation; 'Hmm. I'm here.'
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Sway
Rhythmic co-regulation — gentle bounce + breath rhythm; 'Slow in. Slow out.'
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Beside
Containment — bounded presence without overwhelm; 'Right next to you. Not in front.'
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Word
Naming — gently labeling the feeling; 'Maybe it's ___? Or maybe something else.'
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Patient
Patience — giving time without rushing; 'Take all the time you need.'
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Lend
Lends you their calm when yours runs out, because borrowing steadiness is how your own slowly grows.
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Murmur
Helps you hear the steady voice of someone who has soothed you, tucked inside, for when they are not there.
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Anew
Celebrates the wobbly first time you steady yourself all alone, because wobbly still counts.
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Reprise
Shows that once you can steady yourself, you can become the calm for someone else, completing the circle.
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What's inside
Learning goal
Co-Regulation Role-Reversal RPG — kid co-regulates a smaller creature companion through dysregulation cycles, learning the regulation primitive through the teacher role (Cyan).
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned question kits, 400 questions in all, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Cyan — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How SteadyRealm 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
SteadyRealm 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
SteadyRealm 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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