STEM
HorizonQuest
The real-sky companion that gets the family OUTSIDE (ages 9–14): see tonight's real Moon phase, pick your part of the world on a map, and learn the naked-eye stars, planets, and asterisms to look for — with five little sky guides. On-device — no location, no camera, no account, no AI.
#4b5bd6 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
HorizonQuest's little sky-guide crew (ages 9–14): 5 guides, each EMBODYING one observational idea (R-DN-PARITY — the character IS the idea). Mentor = Vega, the night-sky guide who looks up with you. Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Polaris the Patient
the North Star — the one star that never moves
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Jupiter the Wanderer
planets wander — bright, steady, and slowly drifting against the stars
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Luna the Shape-shifter
the Moon's phases — new, quarter, gibbous, full, and back
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Sirius the Twinkler
why stars twinkle — their light dances through our air
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the Belt trio
asterisms — little star patterns like Orion's Belt
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What's inside
Learning goal
The real-sky companion that gets the family OUTSIDE (ages 9–14): see tonight's real Moon phase, pick your part of the world on a map, and learn the naked-eye stars, planets, and asterisms to look for — with five little sky guides. On-device — no location, no camera, no account, no AI.
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 Vega — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How HorizonQuest 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
HorizonQuest 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
HorizonQuest 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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