Developmental (FEDC-informed)
MendMates
Misattunement → Repair Cycle as the Curriculum — two-player relational-craft scaffolding the 5-step repair protocol (Mend). Trauma-informed; no scoring; off-ramps every scenario.
▶ 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.
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Meet the cast
MendMates' characters each show one step of making things right after a friendship gets hurt. See-It notices something went wrong, Sorry says it happened and it mattered, Felt asks how it felt and listens, Offer gently offers to make it right, and Together comes back to the friendship when both are ready. Eddy, Lee, Ease, Grace, and Levee cover calming down first, receiving an apology at your own pace, giving the other person time, staying worthy while sorry, and forgiving while keeping a clear limit. Mend is the mentor who watches over each step.
See-It
Notices when something's gone wrong, and doesn't pretend it didn't happen
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Sorry
Says 'that happened, and it mattered' without deciding anyone is bad
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Felt
Asks how it felt, then listens before saying anything else
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Offer
Offers to make it right, gently, without pushing
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Together
Comes back to the friendship, side by side, once both are ready
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Eddy
Helps you steady yourself first, because you cannot mend anything while a big feeling is still rushing through you.
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Lee
Shows that you can receive an apology from a safe place, at your own pace, without rushing to say it is okay.
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Ease
Once you have made a real mend, helps you let the other person come back in their own time, with no pushing.
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Grace
Reminds you that you can be truly sorry and still be worthy, so shame never stops you from repairing.
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Levee
Shows that you can forgive someone and still keep a kind, clear limit that makes it safe to stay close.
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What's inside
Learning goal
Misattunement → Repair Cycle as the Curriculum — two-player relational-craft scaffolding the 5-step repair protocol (Mend). Trauma-informed; no scoring; off-ramps every scenario.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned question kits, 400 questions in all, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Mend — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How MendMates 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
MendMates 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
MendMates 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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