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WorldFeels
The feeling map is the same everywhere - but the WORDS are not. Meet emotion words other languages have that English can only reach with a whole phrase (Portuguese saudade, Vietnamese thuong, French retrouvailles) and the false friends that look like an English feeling but mean something else (Spanish ilusion is happy hope, not illusion). Predict where each sits on the map, then collect the word. A science of feelings, not therapy - nothing is saved. Ages 15-18.
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Meet the cast
WorldFeels is text-forward (R-OLDER-TEEN-DN-ADAPTED, ages 15-18) - no illustrated cast; the 'crew' are the ways a feeling and its word line up (or don't) across languages, and each part IS one thing that happens when a feeling meets a tongue. Babel is the polyglot who holds the whole atlas and asks of every feeling, 'the map is shared - but does your language have a WORD for this spot?' - because everyone feels across the same map, they have just named different places on it. Cognate is the false friend: a word that looks like an English feeling but means something else (Spanish 'ilusion' is happy anticipation, not a deceptive illusion); Cognate's act IS the warning that words never line up one-to-one. Loanword is the borrowed feeling - a single word one language has that English needs a whole phrase for (Portuguese 'saudade', a bittersweet longing); Loanword's act IS handing you a label for a spot you already knew. Untranslate is the feeling with no English word at all (Spanish 'sobremesa', the contented lingering after a meal); Untranslate's act IS the reminder that a missing word is not a missing feeling. Register is the tone - the same word can be tender in one mouth and formal in another; Register's act IS holding the words lightly, as seeds pending native review, never the final authority. Illustrated portraits/chapters/audio are N/A for the older-teen band, not a follow-on.
Babel
(Mentor) - the polyglot who holds the whole atlas. Babel asks of every feeling, 'the map is shared - but does your language have a WORD for this spot?' - everyone feels across the same map, they have just named different places on it.
Cognate
The false friend - a word that looks like an English feeling but means something else (Spanish 'ilusion' is happy anticipation, not a deceptive illusion). Cognate's act IS the warning that emotion words never line up one-to-one across languages.
Loanword
The borrowed feeling - a single word one language has that English needs a whole phrase for (Portuguese 'saudade'). Loanword's act IS handing you a label for a spot on the map you already knew but could not name.
Untranslate
The feeling with no English word at all (Spanish 'sobremesa', the contented lingering after a meal). Untranslate's act IS the reminder that a missing word is not a missing feeling - the map has the spot, English just left it blank.
Register
The tone - the same word can be tender in one mouth and formal in another. Register's act IS holding every word lightly, as an honest seed pending native review, never the final authority on another language's heart.
What's inside
Learning goal
The feeling map is the same everywhere - but the WORDS are not. Meet emotion words other languages have that English can only reach with a whole phrase (Portuguese saudade, Vietnamese thuong, French retrouvailles) and the false friends that look like an English feeling but mean something else (Spanish ilusion is happy hope, not illusion). Predict where each sits on the map, then collect the word. A science of feelings, not therapy - nothing is saved. Ages 15-18.
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 Babel — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How WorldFeels 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
WorldFeels 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
WorldFeels 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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