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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.
#C2410C Distributed-narrative cast
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 portraits & chapters are a paid-gen follow-on (STORY-PEND).
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
A snug barnacle who fits tiles together with no gaps - he shows how tiles tessellate
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Pearl
A happy oyster who loves being in the middle - she shows the cozy tile with all six friends around it
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Lulu
A little fish, always the newest friend to come home - she shows the island growing one tile at a time
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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.
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 Coral — on-device AI, 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
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
IsleTots 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
IsleTots 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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