Igge Igelkott the hedgehog has opened a little kitchen in a tree stump, and the forest is hungry. Forage berries and mushrooms, trade for baking staples, and cook pies, stews and pancakes for your picky forest neighbours — no timers, no losing, fully offline.
A peek inside
Forest School
Walk Igge to the little red cottage on the map and Ugo the owl opens the school doors. Twenty-two illustrated cards cover the animals of the Nordic forest — moose, wolf, brown bear, beaver, reindeer, three kinds of owl — plus wild berries and a slice of Swedish history: Midsummer, summer farms, the Sami, Carl Linnaeus and the right to roam.
It’s there for curiosity, not homework: no quizzes and no scores. Each card you open earns a sticker on its tile. The berry cards carry a gentle reminder to ask a grown-up before picking anything, and a “Read to me” button reads every card aloud.
What it does
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Wander the woods for raspberries, mushrooms, nuts and herbs. The forest keeps its own clock — what’s sprouting changes between day and night, so every stroll turns up something different.
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Sell your finds to Greger Gris the shopkeeper and stock up on flour, butter and other staples. Then it’s back to the kitchen, where a growing cookbook of pies, stews and pancakes waits to be mastered.
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Rasmus Räv, Ruta Rådjur and Ugo Uggla know exactly what they want — “only blueberries, please!” Orders never expire and the animals wait patiently, so dinner is ready when you are.
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No timers, no losing, no game over. No ads, no accounts, nothing to buy — and no internet needed. Hand-drawn, storybook-style art, perfect for kids and for anyone who wants five calm minutes.
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A game year runs spring, summer, autumn and winter, starting in the season you’re in right now. Summer is plentiful and winter only a trickle — so fill your larder jars in autumn and cook from them when the snow comes. Every jarred ingredient earns a little bonus in winter.
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Sell Greger enough of your forest finds and he’ll meet Igge in the Birch & Pine Wood to sniff out a rare truffle every day — the key to the fanciest dish in the cookbook.
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Drag around a hand-drawn world map and tap anywhere — Igge waddles there. Visit the meadow, the hollow, the hazel grove, the noticeboard and the school, and spot the misty paths hinting that the forest goes on.
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A “Read to me” button reads recipes and school cards aloud with the device’s built-in voice, so children who can’t read yet can play along. Forest Chef speaks English, Swedish, Norwegian and German, and follows your device language.
Forest Chef has no accounts, no ads, no chat, no tracking, and makes no network calls at all. Your pantry, coins and cookbook stay on the device. Built kids-first — nothing is collected from anyone.
