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IsleTots
The very first building game, for ages 3-5: Coral the little coral is making a cozy island! Tap a glowing spot next to a tile to add a new one - every tile has to touch the island. When a tile ends up with all six friends around it, it goes cozy. No reading needed (tap to hear it), no score, no losing.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 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.
Mentored by Coral
#C2410C Characters who teach
Meet the cast
IsleTots's cast are Coral the coral and the tide-pool friends. Coral models a happy build (a tile has to touch); each friend shows one idea about fitting tiles together into a cozy island. Illustrated chapters are on the way.
Coral
The little coral who builds the cove - she shows that every new tile has to touch the island (adjacency)
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Barnaby
No gaps — a snug barnacle who fits tiles together so they tessellate
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Pearl
Six neighbours — a happy oyster who loves a home with friends on every side
Read chapter →
Lulu
One tile at a time — a little fish, always the newest friend to come home
Read chapter →
Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
The very first building game, for ages 3-5: Coral the little coral is making a cozy island! Tap a glowing spot next to a tile to add a new one - every tile has to touch the island. When a tile ends up with all six friends around it, it goes cozy. No reading needed (tap to hear it), no score, no losing.
Mentored by Coral — no data leaves the device.
How IsleTots 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