Special Interest
HarvestForge
Run a farm from seed to shelf — manage soil microbiomes, rotate crops, navigate drought and pest challenges, trace food through the supply chain, and investigate food justice issues that determine who eats and who goes hungry.
▶ 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 Terra
#FFA726 HarvestForge lets you run your own farm from seed to shelf! Plant crops, manage soil health, fight pests with smart strategies, and trace your food through the supply chain to the dinner table. Real weather from your location affects your virtual farm, so a rainy day outside means water for your crops inside the app. Terra -- your farming mentor -- helps you learn the science behind food systems.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
Each character in HarvestForge is one part of how food reaches us: living soil, the seasons, water, growing many crops, natural pest control, the journey from farm to table, storing food, fermenting, cooking, getting food to everyone fairly, and caring for the land for those who come next. Terra, the mentor, frames each one.
Soil
Soil microbiome + nutrient cycling — soil is alive; soil-as-community framing
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Seed
Seasonality + sowing — when to plant, what each season teaches; calendar-as-tool
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Sluice
Water + irrigation in agriculture
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Medley
Crop diversity, polyculture, and rotation
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Ladybird
Managing pests; watch first, invite the helpers that eat pests, and act only as much as you need to
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Chain
Supply chain literacy — every loaf tells a journey; whose-hands framing
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Larder
Food preservation, storage, and reducing waste
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Tang
Fermentation and traditional food-making
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Broth
Cooking; the last step that turns ingredients into a meal
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Share
Food access + food-justice — community-food-network framing; food deserts are systems, NOT moral failings
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Steward
Sustainable practices + intergenerational restoration — field remembers; latest-not-first framing
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What's inside
Farm Management
Tap your farm fields to plant crops, inspect soil, and manage irrigation. Each field plot is a tile you can plant on. Choose from different crop types -- each o
Soil Science Lab
Tap the soil to see a cross-section view. You will see the pH level, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, organic matter, and moisture. Healthy soil grows bigger ha
Crop Rotation
Planting the same crop in the same field season after season depletes the soil and invites pests. The rotation advisor helps you plan which crops to plant where
Pest Management
Pests show up as your farm grows. You can fight them with beneficial insects, physical barriers, or targeted treatments. Each method has trade-offs -- some are
Mentored by Terra — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How HarvestForge 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
HarvestForge 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
HarvestForge 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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