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PlotPals
A garden game for ages 6–8: breed pretty flowers (cross two blooms and predict the baby colours — sometimes two red parents make a white surprise!), then grow a garden on a real clock where nothing ever wilts, even while you’re away. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 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.
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Meet the cast
PlotPals has a tiny friendly crew who make a whole flower garden something a six-year-old can hold: Rootle the earthworm tends a garden that grows on real time and never wilts; Buzzle the bee crosses two blooms so the baby takes a bit from both parents; Nectar the butterfly guesses a new bloom's colour before it opens, then watches the reveal; and Hidey the ladybird shows how a red flower can carry a hidden white inside - so two red parents can surprise you with a white baby. Each friend shows ONE gentle idea about the garden; everything is spoken, and there is no way to lose.
Rootle
It grows and never wilts - Rootle the earthworm, the calm garden helper whose garden grows slowly on real time, even while you are away, and never dries up, dies, or wilts (the Timer Rule)
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Buzzle
A baby takes from both parents - Buzzle the bee, who crosses two blooms by carrying pollen from one to the other, so the baby bloom gets a little colour from EACH parent (a brand-new flower, never a copy)
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Nectar
Guess first, then reveal - Nectar the butterfly, who guesses a new bud's colour before it opens, then watches it bloom: sometimes right, sometimes a happy surprise, and guessing first makes the reveal exciting
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Hidey
A flower can hide a colour inside - Hidey the ladybird, who shows the honest surprise: a red flower can secretly carry a hidden white, so two red parents can make a white baby
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What's inside
Learning goal
A garden game for ages 6–8: breed pretty flowers (cross two blooms and predict the baby colours — sometimes two red parents make a white surprise!), then grow a garden on a real clock where nothing ever wilts, even while you’re away. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
Mentored by Rootle — no data leaves the device.
How PlotPals 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