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FerryTots
The first board game a three-year-old can play. Lay lily pads across the pond to join the two banks, then Lily the frog hops across and everyone wins. The wind lays a reed now and then, and one warm sun-button dries a reed away. Tap-to-play, read out loud, nothing to get wrong.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
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Meet the cast
FerryTots is a little band of pond friends who help the youngest players feel their very first board game: laying lily pads to join two banks while the wind lays reeds. Lily the frog is the hero; the cast are Lily's friends. Everything is spoken and gentle, and there is no way to lose - a reed in the way is just a friendly 'where else can we go?'
Lily
Connection / the bridge - a frog who hops across only once the banks are joined; joining the two banks IS connection, the one idea behind Hex
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Ferra
Put / extend the chain - an otter who lays the ferry line pad by pad; adding a stone to grow the path IS how a bridge is built
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Reedy
The neutral blocker - a reed-warbler who speaks for the wind's reeds; planning around where a reed lands IS planning around chance without dice
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What's inside
Learning goal
The first board game a three-year-old can play. Lay lily pads across the pond to join the two banks, then Lily the frog hops across and everyone wins. The wind lays a reed now and then, and one warm sun-button dries a reed away. Tap-to-play, read out loud, nothing to get wrong.
How FerryTots 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
FerryTots 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
FerryTots 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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