Privacy-first learning companion · Browser-first prototype · Blue $nake Studio
For classrooms and families who want better.
Not a mass-rollout product yet. The browser demo works today; school pilots run as constrained, teacher-supervised sessions with a governance pack. Honest status, no overpromising.
01 · What it is
A digital companion that gives attention back.
Meta-Pet is a concept in active development by The Moss Man / Blue $nake Studio. It combines a digital pet care model with STEAM learning mechanics, pattern recognition tasks and a symbolic identity system powered by Moss 60 base-60 geometry.
The core idea: a digital companion that children can care for, customise and learn with — without any of the design patterns that extract attention, money or data from children or families.
The school experience is available at metapet.school. It runs in the browser with no download or student account required by default. School pilot enquiries are welcome.
02 · Safety design
Current school-route commitments.
No ads
No advertising. No sponsored content. No branded characters. No revenue model built on attention capture.
No behavioural tracking on school routes
No advertising or behavioural tracking on school routes. Classroom state is not submitted to Blue $nake Studio during routine use.
No social feed
No infinite scroll. No likes, shares or follower counts. No comparison or social pressure mechanics.
No gambling loops
No loot boxes. No random rewards engineered for compulsion. No pay-to-win or premium unlocks targeting children.
No unnecessary cloud data
Local-first classroom design. Student personal data is not transmitted to Blue $nake Studio by default, and no student account is required for core features.
Healthy session design
Designed to end. Sessions are bounded. No dark patterns to extend screen time beyond what the child or teacher intended.
03 · Straight answers
The short version, for schools and IT officers.
The full detail lives in the school privacy information and governance pack. These are the plain answers up front.
What data is stored?
Classroom state such as pet progress, customisation, settings and teacher-selected records. A student name, email or account is not required by default.
Where is it stored?
Classroom state remains locally in the browser during routine use. Student personal data is not transmitted to Blue $nake Studio by default; ordinary page requests still reach the site host.
Who can delete it?
The supervising adult with access to the device or browser profile. The local-data controls, or clearing this site's browser data, remove the covered classroom records.
What happens if the browser cache is cleared?
The covered classroom records are removed. Those records do not have a default cloud copy, which is the trade-off of local-first design.
What is exported, and by whom?
Nothing is exported automatically. Any export is a deliberate, teacher- or parent-initiated action on the device.
What student information is not required?
Real names, student email addresses, photos, voice, location and contacts are not required for classroom use and should not be entered into local aliases or notes.
Who is responsible during a classroom incident?
The supervising teacher, under the school's normal ICT and behaviour policies. Meta-Pet has no chat, social or contact features, so there is no in-app channel for incidents to arrive through.
04 · What children do with it
Learning through play, pattern and care.
No setup required
- No accounts to create
- No login for students
- No app store downloads
- Works in any browser
- Open and hand to the student
Classroom-friendly design
- Quiet, focused interface
- No notifications or interruptions
- Suitable for individual or paired use
- Works offline once loaded
- Supports routine and predictability
What students do
- STEAM puzzles and pattern tasks
- Creative symbolic identity
- Digital pet care and interaction
- Moss 60 glyph exploration
- Pattern recognition activities
05 · What teachers and parents can do next
Start today — no setup required.
For teachers
- Open the demo — try it yourself first
- Download the free Teacher Pack (7 templates)
- Enquire about a school pilot programme
- Share the privacy statement with your IT team
For parents
- Open the prototype with your child
- No student account required by default
- Classroom state is not cloud-synchronised by default
- Close or reset under adult control
For schools
- School pilot enquiry page available
- Contact the studio for discussion
- No platform fees during development phase
- Privacy policy available for IT review
The Attention-Back Toolkit.
Meta-Pet and Teacher Tools together form a lightweight starter pack for classrooms building healthier relationships with screen time and self-regulation — without the overhead of formal programmes or costly platforms.
- Meta-Pet demo — open and use immediately, no setup
- Teacher's Secret Cheatsheet — seven printable behaviour-support templates
- Behaviour support framework — transition flows and attention supports
- Parent info language — plain-English descriptions of what the app does and doesn't do
- Privacy promise — shareable statement for school newsletters or councils