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ImprovQuest
Play improv comedy games with friends and AI scene partners — say "yes, and..." to adventure
▶ 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 Riff
#E91E63 ImprovQuest is a digital improv comedy adventure! Learn the rules of improv comedy like "Yes, and..." and then practice performing scenes with AI partners or real friends. Start by learning the basics, then work your way up to performing in full shows. It is like drama class meets a comedy video game.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
Each character in ImprovQuest is one improv skill: accepting your partner's offer, listening, playing a character with your body, building the scene, and committing to your choice, plus real feeling, giving choices a reason, miming objects, status, and raising the stakes. Riff, the mentor, frames each one.
Give
Yes-and / offer-acceptance — make-your-partner-look-good cooperative posture (the gift-orb metaphor)
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Hark
Listening — receiving-before-responding discipline (the answer is in what your partner just said)
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Don
Character work + physicality — body-finds-voice, find-ONE-thing approach
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Lay
Scene-building + narrative — patient platform-before-plot foundation-laying (who/where/what/why)
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Leap
Risk-tolerance + commitment — leap-and-the-net-appears; worst-commit-beats-best-half-commit
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Ache
Emotional truth (playing a real feeling so the scene lands)
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Ground
Justification (giving every choice a reason the audience believes)
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Mime
Object and space work (making an invisible object real through consistent handling)
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Poise
Status (how high or low a character carries themselves shapes the scene)
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Steep
Heightening (raising the stakes of the one unusual thing, step by step)
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What's inside
Improv Academy
Learn the core rules of improv comedy through short lessons. "Yes, and..." means you always agree with your scene partner and add something new. You will also l
Scene Games
Play classic improv games with an AI scene partner. Try scenes with different characters -- a silly chef, a dramatic detective, or an energetic superhero. You c
Multiplayer Shows
Join friends for a live improv show. Take turns performing scenes while the audience votes on their favorites. The best performers earn standing ovations!
Comedy Troupe
Build your own comedy troupe with friends. Practice together, develop inside jokes, and level up your troupe's reputation by performing great shows.
Mentored by Riff — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How ImprovQuest 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
ImprovQuest 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
ImprovQuest 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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