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RiffQuest
Audiation + transcription as a game (ages 9–14): HEAR a riff, PLAY IT BACK on your voice or your instrument, then WRITE DOWN its shape (contour → pitches → rhythm). Grading is TRANSPOSE-INVARIANT — it grades the tune, not the key — so it works in whatever key feels right for you. The produce-don't-name inverse of note-ID drills. On-device — nothing recorded.
#7B52C9 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
RiffQuest's audiation cast (ages 9–14): each member embodies one step of the hear→play-back→write-it-down loop (R-DN-PARITY). Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Aud
plays a riff and asks you to hear it inside your head first (audiation, embodied)
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Echo
listens as you play it back — in any key that feels right (transpose-invariant)
Read chapter →
Quill
helps you write down the shape: up, down, or the same (transcription)
Read chapter →
Ladder
the climb: contour → pitches → rhythm
Read chapter →
Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
Audiation + transcription as a game (ages 9–14): HEAR a riff, PLAY IT BACK on your voice or your instrument, then WRITE DOWN its shape (contour → pitches → rhythm). Grading is TRANSPOSE-INVARIANT — it grades the tune, not the key — so it works in whatever key feels right for you. The produce-don't-name inverse of note-ID drills. On-device — nothing recorded.
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 Aud — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How RiffQuest 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
RiffQuest 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
RiffQuest 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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