Demo Drop: Story Engine Prototype

We're excited to share our first working prototype of the story engine—the AI system that generates narratives while maintaining character consistency, safety guardrails, and learning objectives.

What This Demo Shows

This prototype demonstrates three core capabilities:

1. Character Voice Consistency

The engine maintains each character's unique personality across different story scenarios. Captain Barnaby always speaks with thoughtful consideration, while Penny brings spontaneous energy—even when the AI is generating new content.

2. Safety Guardrails in Action

Every generated story passes through our dual safety checks:

• Automated validation: Checks for inappropriate language, scary content, and tone consistency
• Human review: Our content team reviews all kid-facing outputs before they go live

3. Learning Lens Integration

Stories aren't just entertaining—they're designed to support cognitive growth. The engine weaves in opportunities for big-picture thinking, problem-solving, and creative exploration.

How It Works

Our story engine uses orchestrated AI agents working together:

• Story Structure Agent: Plans the narrative arc and pacing
• Character Voice Agent: Ensures each character sounds authentic
• Canon/Continuity Agent: Maintains consistency with world rules
• Learning Lens Agent: Identifies cognitive growth opportunities
• Safety/Tone Agent: Validates content against our guidelines
• Packaging Agent: Formats the final output

What We Learned

Building this prototype taught us several important lessons:

Consistency requires context: We developed "world bibles" and "voice guides" that give the AI agents shared context about characters, settings, and tone.

Safety can't be an afterthought: Integrating safety checks into the generation process (not just at the end) produces better results.

Human review is essential: While AI can catch obvious issues, human reviewers bring nuanced judgment about emotional tone and age-appropriateness.

Try It Yourself

We're not ready for public testing yet, but we're sharing this demo with educators and partners. If you're interested in seeing it in action, contact us.

What's Next

We're expanding the story engine to support:

• Interactive branching narratives
• Character memory across sessions
• Adaptive difficulty based on child engagement
• Multi-modal outputs (text, audio, visual)

Coming up: "Behind the Safety Checks" - a deep dive into our content review process