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AweForge
Become a science magician — watch "impossible" demonstrations, form hypotheses, reveal the physics and chemistry behind each trick, then perform your own science shows.
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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.
Mentored by Marvel
#FFA726 AweForge is a science magic lab where you watch "impossible" demonstrations, figure out the science behind each trick, and then perform your own science shows! Every trick has real physics or chemistry behind it. First you wonder how it works, then you discover why, and then you do it yourself.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
AweForge's characters each teach one step from surprise to understanding. Gasp notices when something doesn't do what you expected, Mull guesses what might be happening, Spy looks for how it works, Crack has the moment it clicks, and Encore performs the trick for someone else. Fiddle, Liken, Poke, Query, and Zoom cover tinkering, comparing to something familiar, nudging things to see what happens, asking sharp questions, and looking closer. Marvel is the mentor who guides them.
Gasp
Discrepant-event noticing — expectation-violation as the wonder-moment that opens inquiry
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Mull
Hypothesis-from-surprise — sit with the puzzle, then say what you think MIGHT be happening
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Spy
Mechanism detection — every wonder has a HOW; look for the hidden variables
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Crack
Explanatory click — the wonder doesn't die when you understand; it GROWS
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Encore
Perform it yourself — if you can DO the trick knowing how it works, you've understood
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Fiddle
Playful tinkering / learning by messing around
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Liken
Analogy / "it's like something I already know"
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Poke
Learn from how things respond / nudge it and watch
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Query
Question-craft / turning a vague "huh" into a sharp, answerable question
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Zoom
Scale-shifting / look closer, and the hidden appears
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What's inside
Watch the Trick
Each activity starts with a surprising demonstration. Water flows uphill? An egg squeezes into a bottle? Watch carefully and try to figure out what is happening
Form a Hypothesis
Before the answer is revealed, make your best guess about what is causing the "magic." Is it air pressure? Chemical reactions? Light? This is how real scientist
Discover the Science
The reveal shows you exactly what physics or chemistry makes the trick work. Learn the real science behind the wonder, with clear explanations and diagrams.
Perform Your Own Show
Once you understand the science, practice performing the trick yourself in the virtual practice stage. Then create a full science show by combining multiple tri
Mentored by Marvel — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How AweForge 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
AweForge 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
AweForge 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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