Academics
RelicForge
Be the archaeologist (ages 9–14): a real 1,800-year-old Roman game stone survived, but nobody wrote its rules down. Build a rule set from bricks, run the wear simulation, and see how plausibly your reconstruction fits the real worn lines — a hypothesis-under-uncertainty lesson. On-device — no account, no AI, no data leaves your device.
#a56a2e Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
RelicForge's dig crew (ages 9–14): 5 guides, each EMBODYING one step of how archaeologists reason about the past — read the wear, build a rule set, simulate it, score the fit, stay honest (R-DN-PARITY — the character IS the idea). Mentor = Vallis, the museum archaeologist who reads the stone with you. Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Coria the Reader
reads the worn lines — a stone rubs smooth where the pieces travelled, so wear IS the evidence
Brickwright
builds a game from swappable rule-bricks — change one brick, change the game to test
Playra
plays the rules hundreds of times so the board slowly wears, just like the real one did
Plausa
weighs how well the simulated wear matches the real stone — a plausibility score
Cavea
keeps everyone honest: a plausible rule set is never a PROVEN one (the search always finds SOME rules)
What's inside
Learning goal
Be the archaeologist (ages 9–14): a real 1,800-year-old Roman game stone survived, but nobody wrote its rules down. Build a rule set from bricks, run the wear simulation, and see how plausibly your reconstruction fits the real worn lines — a hypothesis-under-uncertainty lesson. On-device — no account, no AI, no data leaves your device.
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 Vallis — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How RelicForge 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
RelicForge 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
RelicForge 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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