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Make a cast.Direct their next scene.

Turn the things around you into characters, then send them into stories together.

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A child holds a phone over their painted-clay figure at the kitchen table; on screen the same figure is alive and moving.
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Sparky, the character made from the clay figure.
The phone camera passes over the clay figure and captures it.
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It starts with something they already made.

A clay blob, a plush rabbit, a pinecone from the garden. Photograph it once and it turns up again in the next scene.

  • Sparky, the character made from painted clay.

    Sparky

    Keeps its paint and the thumbprints in the clay.

  • Bobo, the character made from a much-loved plush rabbit.

    Bobo

    Keeps the stitching across its belly.

  • Pricky, the character made from a pinecone from the garden.

    Pricky

    Keeps every scale of the cone.

The same cast

A new episode every time.

Pick who is in it, where it happens, and what they do. The characters do not reset.

  1. CastSparky + Bobo
    WorldRing
    ActionFriendly showdown

    Sparky and Bobo bounce and dodge around the ring, then help each other up.

    Sparky and Bobo bounce and dodge around a soft toy ring of padded fabric and rope, bunting overhead, then help each other up.
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  2. CastSparky + Pricky
    WorldForest
    ActionRescue

    Sparky reaches down from the log and pulls Pricky safely across the stream.

    Sparky reaches down from a felt log and pulls Pricky across a stitched fabric stream, lantern light on the moss.
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  3. CastBobo + Tinbox
    WorldSpace
    ActionMoon dance

    Bobo and Tinbox bounce high off the moon dust, ears and arms floating.

    Bobo and Tinbox bounce high off a felt moon surface under cut-paper stars, ears and arms floating in low gravity.
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A troupe, not a folder.

Characters return. What your child made last month is still there, ready for the next scene.

  • Sparky, standing.
  • Bobo, standing.
  • Pricky, standing.
  • Mossy, standing.
  • Tinbox, standing.
  • Sparky
  • Bobo
  • Pricky
  • Mossy
  • Tinbox
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Four steps. No typing required.

  1. 01

    Make

    Photograph something you made.

  2. 02

    Add

    It joins your cast.

  3. 03

    Direct

    Choose cast, world and action.

  4. 04

    Watch

    Save it, or ask a parent to share.

Phone screen: a camera viewfinder over the clay figure, a capture ring pulses once, shutter fires, the frame freezes.
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Showing Make. Photograph something you made.

Worlds to drop them into.

Open one and make your own version, or start from an empty stage. No profiles, no likes, nothing to scroll.

  • A soft toy wrestling ring of padded fabric and rope, bunting swaying, two characters cheering on the mat.
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    Ring
  • A felt moon surface with a stitched dome tent under a deep blue sky of cut-paper stars, dust drifting slowly.
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    Moon Camp
  • Layered felt waves and fabric kelp swaying, small stitched fish drifting past in a slow parade.
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    Underwater Parade
  • A woodland set of felt trees and a log bridge over a stitched fabric stream, lantern light moving on the water.
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    Forest Rescue
  • A little theatre stage with purple felt curtains parting and a cut-paper beam of light sweeping the boards.
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    Dance Stage

  • An empty stage. Your child picks the ground, the light and who walks on.

    Start from nothing
For parents

Your child makes it. You decide who sees it.

Four things you control, each a real screen in the app.

  1. 01

    It stays with you

    New characters and episodes sit in your family’s space and go nowhere on their own.

  2. 02

    You say yes first

    Anything leaving that space waits for an adult to approve it.

  3. 03

    You can take it back

    See everything that was shared, and remove any of it.

  4. 04

    Someone checks it

    Scenes are reviewed before they reach the shared library.

Phone screen: a family space listing this child’s characters, each marked as staying in the family space.

Showing It stays with you. New characters and episodes sit in your family’s space and go nowhere on their own.

What we are testing with families.

We have not run the pilot yet. These are the questions it has to answer. We will publish what we learn, including the parts that do not work.

  1. 01Does a child ask for the same character again a week later?
  2. 02Does putting two characters in one scene change what a child makes next?
  3. 03Can a parent find, review and remove something shared, without help?

Questions parents ask first.

See what your child makes first.

Join the early-access list for the family pilot. Adult email only.

A few emails while we build. Unsubscribe any time.

Sparky and Bobo step forward together and take a bow, curtains behind them, warm stage light.
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