Technology
One platform under every title. Built for Paddles first
The stack
- ProductsPaddles' Riverbank · Roblox · Schools · Next titles
- ExperienceAI characters and tutors · Games · Learning Identity
- PlatformEngine · Safety · Voice · Content system · Verification · APIs
- IPCharacters · Episodes · Voice cast · Audience
Capabilities
What is in development for the first product, and what is planned
Artificial Intelligence
AI characters and tutors that speak in the show's voice
- Paddles as a tutor: hints, never answers
- Six automatic checks on every line
- Difficulty that adapts to each child
- A helper children train
- AI characters for the other titles
Gaming & Interactive Worlds
The places of the show, made playable
- Paddles' Riverbank, 100+ levels
- A Roblox garden, chat off
- A card album to collect
- Each child's own AI animal
Digital Identity
Profiles, progress and achievements that grow with a child from 4 to 13
- Profile with a first name and age only
- A memory parents can read and delete
- A portfolio the family owns
- Badges linked to the work behind them
Blockchain & Web3
Verified achievements and ownership records
- Later phase
- Achievements and toy serials on a blockchain
- Nothing a child earns can be sold or traded
Platform Infrastructure
One engine, safety layer and voice layer under every product
- Content system with automatic checks
- Skills mapped to the curriculum in England and Ireland
- APIs for partners' characters
- School licences
Built for the rules
Enforced in software and tested before each release
- DfE AI standards, 2026
- Hints, never answers
- UK Children's Code
- Parents hold the memory
- PEGI, June 2026
- No loot boxes, no streaks
- DfE early years guidance
- Scripted under five
- EU AI Act
- AI disclosed at the first interaction
Why hints: students who practised with an AI that gave answers scored 17% lower on the exam; with hints only, no drop (Bastani et al., PNAS, 2025)