Academics
SeminarQuest
Run a real Socratic seminar with 2–4 people and one device (ages 15–18): a text, an opening question, rotating roles (Opener · Tracker · Steel-manner · Closer), a talk-balance bar and a text-evidence tally. The device moderates the table — it never teaches, never grades, and there is no AI. On-device — names are ephemeral, nothing is saved to a server.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 25 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#4A5D8F Characters who teach
Meet the cast
SeminarQuest's adapted-DN cast (ages 15–18, TEXT personas / a UI motif — NO mascots, NO illustrated chapters/portraits/audio): "The Table", four chair characters each embodying one discussion move; moderator Lumen the lamp sets the question and keeps time.
Ask
the Opener chair — pose a real question, invite a new voice
Track
the Tracker chair — notice who has spoken, make room for quiet voices
Steel
the Steel-manner chair — state the strongest opposing view before you reply
Close
the Closer chair — name the strongest point and the question still open
What's inside
Learning goal
Run a real Socratic seminar with 2–4 people and one device (ages 15–18): a text, an opening question, rotating roles (Opener · Tracker · Steel-manner · Closer), a talk-balance bar and a text-evidence tally. The device moderates the table — it never teaches, never grades, and there is no AI. On-device — names are ephemeral, nothing is saved to a server.
How SeminarQuest 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
For you, the grown-up
Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups, tells what SeminarQuest teaches in a short course of its own.
