--- title: Knight and skeletons canonical: "https://d9d.dev/lab/bones-quest/" pubDate: "2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z" updatedDate: "2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z" description: "A tiny voiced learning RPG for a three-year-old. Six chapters, no way to lose, and a game that never asks you to keep playing." tags: [game, kids, canvas] categories: [lab] --- A small knight walks through a dungeon, a ghost castle, a zombie garden and a dragon's lair. Along the way a three-year-old learns bigger and smaller, up and down, left and right, counting, shapes and colours — by opening doors, not by taking tests. The game is voiced throughout, in Russian only. Most of the design came from watching the first player, and it stays as rules: - The game never asks to play more. One session is one chapter, then a rest. - One new mechanic per room. A new idea gets a new chapter. - The instruction is heard to the end: answers don't count until it finishes. - Hints shrink as the child learns, and come back if they get stuck. - Mistakes are not punished and nothing is taken away. You can't lose. - The monsters are funny, not scary. With the dragon you make friends. Plain JavaScript on a canvas, no framework. Every line of the narration is generated speech with its own tone.