Developmental (FEDC-informed)
MindForge
Adventure RPG where players navigate social scenarios, manage stress through mini-games, and build emotional intelligence by helping NPCs resolve conflicts. Combines CASEL's 5 core competencies with SHAPE America's National Health Education Standards in a quest-based format. AI-driven NPCs respond to player choices with realistic emotional reactions.
▶ 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 Sage
#81C784 MindForge is an adventure RPG that helps you build emotional superpowers! Navigate social situations at school and in your neighborhood, help NPC characters resolve conflicts, manage stress through fun mini-games, and grow your emotional intelligence. It is a safe place to practice handling tricky feelings and situations.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
MindForge's characters each practice one social and emotional skill as a strength to build, never a problem to fix. Inside notices feelings without rushing to fix them, Settle takes a breath before choosing, Open sees the world from someone else's side, Touch says things simply and listens fully, and Choose thinks about what matters before acting. Vane, Ballast, Vantage, Darn, and Forecast cover naming exact feelings, staying steady, seeing what others see, mending small hurts early, and thinking ahead. Sage is the mentor who guides them.
Inside
Self-awareness — emotion + thought + body awareness; 'Notice. Don't fix.'
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Settle
Self-management — regulation + impulse + stress; 'One breath. Then I choose.'
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Open
Social awareness — perspective + empathy + context; 'Their world. Then ours.'
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Touch
Relationship skills — communication + boundaries + repair; 'Say it small. Listen big.'
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Choose
Responsible decision-making — values + consequences + action; 'What matters? Then I act.'
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Vane
Names the exact feeling, not just good or bad, because the precise word points the way to what actually helps.
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Ballast
Helps you stay steady inside a big feeling, like the weight that keeps a boat from tipping while the wave passes.
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Vantage
Climbs to where someone else is standing, so you can see what they see instead of guessing.
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Darn
Mends a small everyday rift early, before a little tear becomes a big hole.
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Forecast
Looks down the road of a choice to see where it leads, so your future self gets a vote too.
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What's inside
Social Quests
Walk through your school and neighborhood and encounter real-life social situations. A friend is upset, a group is arguing, or someone feels left out. Choose ho
Coping Mini-Games
When your character feels stressed, use coping tools to calm down. Try deep breathing exercises, guided relaxation, or problem-solving activities. These are rea
Emotion Dashboard
Track how your character feels throughout each quest. Learn to name emotions with specific words -- not just "happy" or "sad" but "frustrated," "proud," "anxiou
Relationship Map
See how your choices affect your relationships with NPC characters. Building trust takes time and good decisions. Your relationship map shows who trusts you and
Mentored by Sage — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How MindForge 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
MindForge 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
MindForge 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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