STEM
EcoSphere
Interactive climate and earth systems simulator where players manage interconnected ecosystems across geological time scales. Balance atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere while answering questions that unlock simulation controls. Every decision cascades through Earth's systems — pump CO2 and watch ice caps shrink, plant forests and track carbon sequestration in real time.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, 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.
#29B6F6 EcoSphere puts you in charge of planet Earth! Manage the atmosphere, oceans, land, and living things across millions of years. Make decisions about energy, pollution, and resources, and watch how everything connects. Your choices affect the whole planet -- can you keep Earth healthy?
Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Ecology has rich personification affordances — trophic levels feel like roles in a community; niches feel like jobs; succession feels like a slow shift.
Chain
Food chain / trophic flow (energy moving up levels)
Niche
Ecological role / job-in-the-ecosystem
Phase
Succession / ecosystem change over time (primary, secondary, climax)
Crown
Canopy / trophic-pyramid structure (top vs. base)
Brink
Tipping points / ecosystem thresholds / resilience-or-collapse
What's inside
Earth Systems Dashboard
Monitor four connected systems: the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), geosphere (land), and biosphere (living things). Everything is linked -- changing one
Climate Decisions
Make choices about energy sources, land use, pollution rules, and resource management. Should you build solar farms or keep using fossil fuels? Protect the fore
Time Controls
Speed up time to see the long-term effects of your decisions. A small change today can create a big difference in 100 years. You can also travel back in time to
Action Modules
Calculate your carbon footprint, compare energy sources, and test climate policies. See the real numbers behind climate change.
Mentored by Terra — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How EcoSphere 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
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
EcoSphere 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
EcoSphere 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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