Store

Spend what you earned

Gold comes from real schoolwork. The store is where students choose what it becomes — books, art, outdoor gear, science kits, build tools, hardware, and more. Dollar amounts in parentheses are typical parent costs. Parent approval for anything that spends real money.

Wallet

842

gold

Demo balance until you earn from games — Key Trail level-ups add here.

Earned (lifetime)
+310
Spent (lifetime)
−120

  • Tokens

    4,200 remaining · builder pack

  • AI Coder

    Seat active · 18 days left

How effort maps to cost

Roughly 6 gold per dollar of typical mid-range price. Soft rewards ($0) cost effort, not cash. Big hardware takes months of green days and mastery — that is intentional.

  • ~50g

    About a week of green days

  • ~300g

    A diligent month

  • ~1,800g

    Half a year · mid gear

  • ~3,600g+

    A year · serious workshop

Spending gold creates a request. Parents approve, substitute, defer, or decline. No child can trigger a real charge.

Catalog

Filter by age. Every item shows gold and a typical parent dollar estimate.

32 items

  • Notebook, headphones, and a plant on a sunny deskFreedom

    Extra elective hour

    25g ($0)

    All ages

    One extra hour of art, play, building, or reading tomorrow — parent-owned schedule swap.

  • Admission ticket and sketchbook with soft gallery lightExperience

    Museum or zoo day

    180g ($20–$40)

    All ages

    Family outing to a museum, zoo, or science center. Student picks the place; parent books it.

    Gate · Write a one-page what-I-want-to-see plan

  • Sleeping bag, backpack, canteen, and compass on a picnic tableOutdoors

    Camping overnight kit

    540g ($70–$110)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Sleeping bag, daypack, bottle, and compass for a supervised overnight or backyard campout.

    Gate · Safety talk + packing list submitted

  • Wooden geometric building blocks on a light oak tablePlay & build

    Wooden block set

    210g ($25–$45)

    2-5 · 6-9

    Open-ended blocks for towers, towns, and counting games. Built to last years of play.

  • Watercolors, brushes, pencils, and a sketchbook on linenCreative

    Art starter kit

    240g ($30–$50)

    2-5 · 6-9 · 10-13

    Watercolors, brushes, pencils, and a sketchbook — real materials, not toy plastic.

  • Terracotta pots, seedling tray, trowel, and glovesOutdoors

    Garden starter set

    210g ($25–$45)

    2-5 · 6-9 · 10-13

    Pots, soil, seeds, and a small trowel. Grow something you can eat or measure.

  • Kids apron, mixing bowl, wooden spoon, and measuring cupsLife skills

    Kitchen helper set

    270g ($35–$55)

    2-5 · 6-9 · 10-13

    Apron, mixing bowl, and measuring tools for supervised cooking lessons.

  • Stack of books on a wooden table in morning lightReading

    Book allowance

    150g ($20–$30)

    All ages

    Student chooses titles (parent-approved). Receipt becomes a reading log entry.

  • Colorful interlocking bricks sorted in wooden traysPlay & build

    Building brick set

    360g ($45–$75)

    6-9 · 10-13

    A serious brick set for machines, cities, and engineering play — not a one-sitting kit.

  • Beakers, magnets, magnifying glass, and small microscopeScience

    Science lab kit

    330g ($40–$70)

    6-9 · 10-13

    Magnets, lenses, beakers, and experiments tied to the next science unit.

    Gate · Pick one experiment and write the hypothesis first

  • Soccer ball, tennis racket, and water bottle on a gym floorSports

    Sports gear pack

    420g ($50–$90)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Ball, racket, or similar gear the student will actually use this season.

  • Skateboard on concrete in golden hour lightSports

    Skateboard

    540g ($70–$110)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Beginner board with helmet budget. Parent confirm on fit and safety gear.

    Gate · Helmet + pad rule agreed in writing

  • Acoustic guitar leaning against a chair in soft lightMusic

    Acoustic guitar

    900g ($120–$180)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Sized beginner acoustic plus a tuner. Practice log expected for the first month.

    Gate · Four weeks of short daily practice already logged

  • Telescope on a tripod by a window at duskScience

    Beginner telescope

    720g ($90–$150)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Entry telescope for moon, planets, and backyard sky nights.

    Gate · Learn the parts + submit a first observation target list

  • Frosted translucent tokens with a soft blue glowAI tools

    Token pack · builder

    75g ($8–$15)

    10-13 · 14+

    Metered model tokens for the AI Coder and grounded tutor assist during build weeks.

    Fills the seat you already own

  • Frosted translucent tokens with a soft blue glowAI tools

    Token pack · ship

    150g ($15–$30)

    10-13 · 14+

    Larger pack for deploy week, incident week, and oral-defense prep on a live system.

  • Laptop and phone showing a clean browser window ready to launchBuild tools

    Managed staging deploy

    60g ($5–$15)

    10-13 · 14+

    Public preview URL for an app that already passes smoke checks.

    Parent confirm if public

  • Laptop with a browser address bar and wooden letter blocks on a deskBuild tools

    Domain name · 1 year

    120g ($12–$20)

    10-13 · 14+

    A real DNS name under the family account. You earn the right to name the product.

    Parent confirm · indie.web.http started

  • Compact black server tower with blue status LEDsBuild tools

    VPS · 30 days

    90g ($5–$15)

    14+

    Hardened student sandbox: SSH, deploy, logs, backup drill. Operate it, do not just demo it.

    Locked · Needs indie.vps.provision beachhead + parent confirm

  • Laptop open on a desk with a soft code-editor glowAI tools

    AI Coder seat · 30 days

    180g ($20–$40)

    10-13 · 14+

    In-browser coding agent — Cursor-class workflow for students. Builds faster. Does not author your CV.

    Active in wallet

  • Electronic parts and sensors arranged in a foam trayHardware

    Parts budget · $15

    90g ($15)

    6-9 · 10-13 · 14+

    Parent-approved hardware, filament, or craft parts for the next build.

  • Compact mirrorless camera with lens on a slate surfaceCreative

    Mirrorless camera

    1,800g ($250–$350)

    10-13 · 14+

    Entry mirrorless body + kit lens for photo and video projects.

    Gate · Complete a 20-shot photo essay with captions

  • Electronic drawing tablet with stylus on a dark deskCreative

    Drawing tablet

    720g ($90–$150)

    10-13 · 14+

    Pressure-sensitive tablet for digital art, comics, and design class work.

    Gate · Portfolio of five pieces already in the journal

  • Single-board computer with breadboard, sensors, and power supplyHardware

    Single-board computer lab

    720g ($90–$150)

    10-13 · 14+

    Raspberry Pi-class computer, case, power supply, breadboard, sensors, and jumper wires.

    Gate · Submit a project brief with one measurable outcome

  • Wheeled robot chassis with microcontrollers, sensors, and toolsHardware

    Robotics starter kit

    1,020g ($120–$220)

    10-13 · 14+

    Wheeled chassis, microcontroller, distance sensor, servos, motors, and build tools.

    Gate · Complete electronics safety + first control-system lesson

  • Drone frame, motors, propellers, and control boards as a kitHardware

    Drone builder kit

    1,440g ($180–$300)

    10-13 · 14+

    Frame, motors, flight controller, radio parts, and spares for a supervised first build.

    Gate · Complete flight safety + simulator check

  • Enclosed desktop 3D printerHardware

    Enclosed 3D printer

    2,850g ($350–$600)

    10-13 · 14+

    Print cases, gears, prototypes, and replacement parts. Includes the first filament budget.

    Gate · Complete fabrication safety + submit a first three-build plan

  • Edge AI developer board with heatsink, camera, and depth sensorHardware

    Edge AI + robotics compute

    2,250g ($250–$500)

    14+

    AI developer board with camera and depth sensor to put vision and models onto a moving robot.

    Gate · Band D+ · robotics starter completed · project brief with a measurable goal

  • Managed network switch, NAS unit, patch panel, and ethernet cablesHardware

    Home-lab network

    3,000g ($300–$700)

    14+

    Managed switch, NAS, and patch panel to run a real network: VLANs, storage, backups, and self-hosted services.

    Gate · Band D+ · networking fundamentals mastered · topology diagram submitted

  • Compact AI server workstation tower with a high-end GPUHardware

    Local AI server

    13,500g ($1,500–$3,000)

    14+

    GPU workstation to run and fine-tune open models locally — private AI projects, agents, and robotics inference.

    Gate · Band D+ · owns and operates a VPS · written build + safety + power plan

  • Laptop showing an investment portfolio dashboardFinance

    Paper trading desk

    200g (Virtual · $0)

    14+

    Simulated brokerage with live market data. Learn to choose investments before any real money moves.

    Gate · Band C+ · unit economics + risk lesson complete

  • Laptop showing an investment portfolio dashboardFinance

    Custodial brokerage unlock

    1,800g (Parent funds · $100–$500 seed)

    14+

    Parent opens a real custodial account. You propose trades with a written thesis; the parent approves.

    Gate · Band D+ · age policy · 30 clean paper-trading days · written investment policy

    Locked · Finish paper trading desk + parent confirm

How gold is earned

  • Green day

    All required gates done

    +5

  • Lesson mastered

    Four gates, first time only

    +8

  • Key Trail level-up

    Typing lesson clears raise your level

    +2–11

  • T3 CV entry

    Verified hard problem

    +80

  • Benchmark growth

    Conditional growth target hit

    +100

Recent ledger

  • 14 Aug+8Mastered ratio reasoning
  • 12 Aug+25T2 · sensor corrosion fix
  • 11 Aug−75Token pack · builder
  • 10 Aug+5Green day
  • 3 Aug−180AI Coder seat · 30 days

Rules we will not break

  • Gold never buys mastery, skipped gates, or transcript credit.
  • Anything that costs real money needs parent confirm + spend caps.
  • AI tools accelerate building. They never author a CV line.
  • Absolute benchmark percentiles alone mint nothing.
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