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TrickPals
A play-together card game for ages 6–8: help Otto the otter deliver the moonlit mail before the Storm rolls in. Lead a card, Pip the owl follows — the higher card of the led suit wins the trick (a night 🌙 card beats any suit). Win the tricks that carry your parcels ⭐ to deliver them. Pip flies at night to fight the Storm but never grabs your parcels — you win together. No chat, no losing to a friend. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
#4338ca Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
TrickPals has a tiny friendly crew who make cooperative trick-taking something a six-year-old can hold: Otto the otter is the courier who wins the led suit to deliver his parcels; Pip the owl flies at NIGHT (trump beats any suit) to push the Storm back, and never grabs your parcels (the Team Rule — the helper can't carry you); the Storm is the shared threat that creeps closer each round; and Mabel the postmaster is the shared goal every parcel reaches (their illustrated storybooks are on the way).
Otto
(Hero) the courier — wins the trick in the LED suit to deliver his parcels (highest-of-the-led-suit wins; lead your parcel high)
Pip
The owl — flies at NIGHT (trump beats any suit) to push the Storm back, and never grabs your parcels; if forced to catch one it only helps up to what you delivered (the non-carry Team Rule)
the Storm
The shared threat — creeps closer at the end of each round; a night flight pushes it back (deliver your mail promptly)
Mabel
The postmaster — the shared goal; every delivered parcel reaches her mailbag (win together)
What's inside
Learning goal
A play-together card game for ages 6–8: help Otto the otter deliver the moonlit mail before the Storm rolls in. Lead a card, Pip the owl follows — the higher card of the led suit wins the trick (a night 🌙 card beats any suit). Win the tricks that carry your parcels ⭐ to deliver them. Pip flies at night to fight the Storm but never grabs your parcels — you win together. No chat, no losing to a friend. On-device; nothing 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 Otto — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How TrickPals 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
TrickPals 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
TrickPals 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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