About Trickly
Trickly is a little set of games for children and families, drawn live in ballpoint pen and coloured pencil: tic-tac-toe, dots and boxes, four in a row, snakes and ladders, and chess. Play together on one screen, or against the computer at one, two or three stars.
Fig the coach
Fig the frog helps children think instead of playing for them. Tap the lightbulb and Fig asks a question first; only “show me” points at a move. After a clear slip, Fig asks “what can the other player do now?” and offers to take it back. Fig cheers real ideas, like a block or a fork, and shares one tip per game. Tap Fig to hear the words read aloud. If you’d rather Fig stayed quiet, tap “Fig is helping” to let Fig nap; hints still work.
Privacy
- No accounts, no ads, no tracking cookies, and nothing to buy.
- Your settings (sound, difficulty, a chess game in progress) are saved only on this device.
- The chess computer (Stockfish) runs on your device, and Fig’s read-aloud uses your device’s own voice where it has one.
- We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which doesn’t use cookies and doesn’t collect personal information or follow anyone between sites.
Contact
Questions, ideas, a bug, or a privacy request? Email hello@trickly.com. A real person reads every message.
Credits
The computer chess player is Stockfish (via stockfish.js, GPL-3.0), running unmodified in your browser. Chess rules come from chess.js (BSD 2-Clause). Handwriting fonts: Patrick Hand and Caveat (SIL Open Font License). The licence texts are here.
Everything else, the pals, the pieces, the pen strokes and the sounds, was made for Trickly.
The games
ChessLadybirds versus blueberries, with a coach who spots danger. Ages 6+.
Tic-tac-toeThe first strategy game: win, block, and learn the fork. Ages 4+.
Four in a RowDrop counters, line up four, and learn to look up before you drop. Ages 5+.
Dots & BoxesThe pen-and-paper classic: close boxes, and learn the chain tricks. Ages 6+.
Snakes & LaddersClimb up, slide down, and count every hop. Ages 4+.