Developmental (FEDC-informed)
ReframeQuest
Behavior is a clue. When someone seems lazy, mean or uninterested, look for the hidden stress in five areas — body, feelings, thinking, friends, and doing what’s right. Then REFRAME it (“not lazy — overloaded”), REDUCE one stressor, and RESTORE with something that refills the tank. Three real cases, plus one of your own. On-device, nothing saved.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
#047857 Characters who teach
Meet the cast
ReframeQuest's Clue Club meets on Wednesdays in the back room behind the school library. Inez started it with one card: a behavior is a clue, not a verdict. Bramley checks the body, Thea the feeling underneath, Orrin the thinking, Pella the friends and Ashby doing what's right. Ressa finds a fairer word, Lessing finds one stress that can shrink and Imogen finds what refills the tank. Sefton turns the questions on himself, and Hamish knows when a load is too heavy for kids to carry alone.
Inez
a behavior is a clue, not a verdict
Read chapter →
Bramley
The Body detective - checks sleep, food and noise first
Read chapter →
Thea
The Feelings detective - finds the worry under the behavior
Read chapter →
Orrin
The Thinking detective - spots too many steps and all-or-nothing thinking
Read chapter →
Pella
The Friends detective - checks who is in, who is out, and the group chat
Read chapter →
Ashby
The Doing-what's-right detective - notices guilt, secrets and promises
Read chapter →
Ressa
The Reframe move - swaps a judgment word for a load word
Read chapter →
Lessing
The Reduce move - finds one stress that can really get smaller
Read chapter →
Imogen
The Restore move - knows what refills the tank
Read chapter →
Sefton
A case of my own - turns the clue-finding on himself, privately and kindly
Read chapter →
Hamish
Too heavy to carry alone - knows when a load needs a grown-up
Read chapter →
Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
Behavior is a clue. When someone seems lazy, mean or uninterested, look for the hidden stress in five areas — body, feelings, thinking, friends, and doing what’s right. Then REFRAME it (“not lazy — overloaded”), REDUCE one stressor, and RESTORE with something that refills the tank. Three real cases, plus one of your own. On-device, nothing saved.
How ReframeQuest 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
ReframeQuest 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
ReframeQuest is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
Email me at launch