About Goblinly
Goblinly is a playful game that helps kids learn how to think critically about information, especially when it comes from artificial intelligence. In the game, mischievous goblins give silly, smart, or suspicious answers to common homework questions. Players decide whether the answer makes sense and try to guess which goblin wrote it.
The goal isn’t just to “win.” It’s to pause, think, and ask: “Does this sound right?” It’s a fun way for children to learn how to spot mistakes, ask better questions, and build the confidence to challenge what they read or hear.
What kids learn
- To think critically and question bad information
- To practice reading carefully and looking for clues
- To have fun while learning how AI works ...and how it can be wrong
- To grow as confident, curious thinkers in any language
Teaching critical thinking
Tools like ChatGPT are becoming part of everyday life. But even adults struggle to know when these tools make mistakes. Goblinly gives kids a safe, low-pressure space to explore how AI works, and how it sometimes gets hilariously wrong.
For parents and teachers
Goblinly is designed for children without asking them to create a conventional personal account. We do not ask for a name, email address, photo, birthday, phone number, or location. Players receive automatically generated goblin names and build playful avatars instead. Pseudonymous names, avatars, and scores may appear on leaderboards.
We believe learning to think clearly, ask good questions, and laugh along the way is one of the most important skills for the future. Goblinly is a small step toward building those habits.
Privacy by design
Goblinly stores only the pseudonymous game information needed to make the experience work, such as a random account identifier, passkey credential, generated nickname, avatar, XP, streaks, goblin collection, and group memberships. We do not sell player information, run behavioral advertising, or build advertising profiles.
Homework questions are sent through the OpenAI API to create a mission. OpenAI states that API data is not used to train or improve its models unless the API customer explicitly opts in. We have not opted in. OpenAI may still retain API content for a limited period for safety and abuse monitoring under its API data policy.