Why did my saved stuff disappear?
Three reasons it can happen: (1) you cleared Safari's history/data, (2) you opened the site on a different device, or (3) you're in a Private Browsing tab. Saved stuff only lives on the iPad you used.
Can I play without internet?
Mostly yes — but only after you've opened it at least once on Wi-Fi. The first visit downloads everything. After that, most games still work on the plane. Some fancy fonts may look plain when offline.
How do I share my games?
Send the URL kid-lab.pages.dev to anyone. They'll see the same games. Their progress saves on their device, not yours.
Can my friends see what I saved?
No. Your saved stuff (gratitudes, scores, paintings) never leaves your iPad. It's totally private.
The game froze. What do I do?
Pull down on the page to refresh. If that doesn't work, close the tab and reopen from your home screen. Worst case: tell Dad — it's probably a bug to fix.
Can I change the questions in Quiz Game?
Yes, but you need your dad's Mac for that. Tell him "I want different quiz questions about Pokemon" (or whatever) and he can swap them in.
How do I delete a gratitude or a logged game?
Gratitude Jar: tap "See all" and there's no delete (it's a jar, not a trash can — leave it). Hoops Tracker: tap the small ✕ next to each game.
Why does it say "noindex"?
That's a setting your dad added so Google won't put this site in search results. Keeps it personal.
Is this AI? Like ChatGPT?
The games themselves are not AI — they're just regular code that always does the same thing. Claude (the AI) helped build them. If you want to chat with Claude, ask your dad to open the Claude Mac app with him.
Can I make a game myself?
Yep! Ask your dad to start a Claude session on the Mac and tell Claude what you want. Build it together. That's the fun part.
If your dad or Claude uses a word and you don't know it, it's probably in here.
HTML — the bones of a website. It tells the browser what's a heading, what's a button, what's an image. The "h" stands for hypertext.
CSS — the clothes for a website. It says "make this red, this big, this rounded." It's what makes things look pretty.
JavaScript (or JS) — the brain. It's what makes things move, save, and react when you tap. Every button click in these games is JavaScript.
Browser — the app you use to look at websites. Safari, Chrome, Firefox. On iPad you mostly use Safari.
URL — the address of a website. kid-lab.pages.dev is a URL.
localStorage — your iPad's little memory bank for this app. Where your gratitudes, scores, and paintings live.
Refresh — telling the browser "redo this page." Pull down on the page on iPad.
Cache — stuff your browser saves so the site loads faster next time. If a site looks weird, clearing the cache usually fixes it.
Bookmark — saving a website so you can find it again. "Add to Home Screen" is a fancier version.
Cloudflare — a giant computer service that hosts kid-lab. It's what makes kid-lab.pages.dev work.
Deploy — uploading new code so the live site updates. Your dad types one command and the changes go live worldwide.
Claude — the AI helper. You can chat with it, ask questions, and have it write code with you.
Repo (short for repository) — a folder of code with a memory of every change. Like a giant undo history.
Git — the tool that tracks changes in a repo. Most code lives in git.
GitHub — a website where people store their git repos online.
Bug — a mistake in the code that makes something break. Finding and fixing them is called "debugging."
Tailwind — a style toolkit. Lets you write "big-text" instead of writing the CSS yourself. These games use it.
Tap target — a button big enough for a finger. The opposite of trying to click a tiny pixel.
Still stuck? Tell Dad. He can fix it. 💪