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HaggleQuest
The negotiation coach for ages 9-14: read the board, then predict the smartest deal - take a neighbour, use the cove (your safe fallback), or walk away. Zara grades every move on Gains, Fairness, and Manner, and teaches the two traps: never take a deal worse than the cove, and don't feed the player who's winning. On-device, no accounts, no clock.
#7E22CE Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
HaggleQuest's cast are Zara the envoy and the Gullwick islanders. Zara never hands over the answer - she asks whether a deal helps you, is fair, and helps them too - and each islander shows one negotiation idea (a warm win-win, a neutral ask, or the leader you shouldn't feed). Illustrated portraits & chapters are a paid-gen follow-on (STORY-PEND).
Zara
The envoy who runs the trading post - she asks 'does it help you? is the rate fair? does it help them?' and shows why a move works (the answer-withholding coach)
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Bo
The keen builder, always short of wood - trading Bo a good they need is the warmest win-win
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Juno
The wanderer who needs little - a trade with Juno is fine for you but doesn't help them much (a neutral ask)
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Vero
The front-runner - handing the leader the good they need only speeds their win; Vero teaches 'don't feed the leader'
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What's inside
Learning goal
The negotiation coach for ages 9-14: read the board, then predict the smartest deal - take a neighbour, use the cove (your safe fallback), or walk away. Zara grades every move on Gains, Fairness, and Manner, and teaches the two traps: never take a deal worse than the cove, and don't feed the player who's winning. On-device, no accounts, no clock.
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 Zara — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How HaggleQuest 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
HaggleQuest 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
HaggleQuest 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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