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Making & Engineering

9 apps to play — grouped by age.

Ages 3–5 · Pre-K & K

Engineering & Design · Building & Spatial (stack, span & visit)

BrickTots

Ages 3–5 · Gr K–K Level 1

A build-a-place game for ages 3–5: stack big bricks on a grid to make a path — a step up to the flag, or a bridge across a dip — then tap Visit and watch Brick the badger walk your place. Nothing to score, nothing to buy. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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Movement & Design · Course Sequencing (build a move course a friend can do)

HopTots

Ages 3–5 · Gr K–K Level 1

A move-and-make game for ages 3–5: tap hop, spin, freeze and crawl tiles to build a course, then Bounce the grasshopper calls it out and you do it together across the room. Make one Bounce can really do! Nothing to score, no camera, nothing to buy. On-device.

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Invention & Making

OddBitsPals

Ages 3–5 · Gr K–K Level 1

An invent-a-rule toy for ages 3–5: every toy is a little bit broken — a board with a hole, a dice with a blank side — so you and a grown-up make up a rule to fix it, say it out loud, and keep it. Then teach it to a friend who gets it wrong! Calm, no-fail, on-device.

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Ages 6–8 · Grades 1–3

Engineering & Design · Level Design & Fairness (build a course a learner can run)

ObbyPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 2

A make-an-obstacle-course game for ages 6–8: bridge the pits so Nims the goat — who can only climb up one step at a time — can run your course. Send Nims to test it, fix the spots he gets stuck, then share your fair course. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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Ages 9–14 · Grades 4–8

Engineering & Design · Level Design & Pathfinding (build, playtest, publish)

WorldForge

Ages 9–13 · Gr 4–8 Level 3

A maze-and-course builder for ages 9–14: tap to lay walls and floor, send Beam the woodpecker to fly your maze (he finds the path, or tells you there isn’t one), then publish a solvable course as a code a friend can play. See it flat or in 3-D. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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Manga Art & Visual Storytelling

MangaForge

Ages 9–12 · Gr 4–7 Level 2

Build a manga page: give each panel the right shot, order the beats into a four-act story, and practice the craft of composition, paneling, and visual storytelling across 16 kits.

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Create / Tabletop-RPG Adventure Design

QuestForge

Ages 9–12 · Gr 4–7 Level 3

Be the game master. Build a battle-map encounter and watch range and area-of-effect light up the grid, predict the dice before the math reveals the odds, shape a quest into a story that holds together, and practice character math, probability, and adventure design across 16 kits. On-device, no accounts, no ads.

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Engineering & Design

MakerForge

Ages 9–12 · Gr 4–7 Level 3

A maker workshop in your browser — predict how a 3D-printed part will fabricate (clean, needs support, or warps) from its overhangs and bed grip, wire simple circuits and trace the loop, and practise the engineering-design process across 16 kits. On-device: no accounts, no data collection.

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Create / Game Design

LevelForge

Ages 11–13 · Gr 6–8 Level 3

Design real game levels the way pros do: place a platform so every jump is reachable, signpost the path, and tune a fair difficulty curve — then playtest a broken level, spot the blind jump or unfair spike, and fix it. Plus 16 kits of game design. No physics engine needed; you learn the design reasoning.

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