STEM
SwarmQuest
A whole-room estimation game on one screen. Everyone looks at a picture for a few seconds, then points to their guess on a number line while the host taps it in. Then the truth and the room's middle guess drop together, and you see how close the crowd got. One room score, no names, nothing typed. For middle-school clubs and classes.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#0f2f45 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
A hive of guessers. Every bee has one habit, and every habit changes how close the swarm gets.
Midge
Counts the bees in one small square, then multiplies by how many squares there are
Pebbleton
Holds up something he already knows, a handful is about fifty, and counts in handfuls
Bracket
Never gives one number: always between this and that
Lonehum
Writes her guess down before anyone else speaks, so nobody's number pulls hers
Copycomb
Copies the loudest bee, so the whole swarm drifts the same way
Stickle
Hears one number first and stays stuck close to it
Middling
Lines every guess up from smallest to biggest and picks the one in the middle
Farbuzz
Guesses wildly high every time, and the middle guess barely moves when he does
Sharewell
Pours all the guesses together and shares them out evenly
Fanspread
Looks at how far apart the guesses are, not just where the middle is
What's inside
Learning goal
A whole-room estimation game on one screen. Everyone looks at a picture for a few seconds, then points to their guess on a number line while the host taps it in. Then the truth and the room's middle guess drop together, and you see how close the crowd got. One room score, no names, nothing typed. For middle-school clubs and classes.
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 Comb — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How SwarmQuest 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
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
SwarmQuest 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
SwarmQuest 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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