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-A few things worth pointing out that aren't obvious from watching:
+ A few things worth pointing out that aren't obvious from watching:
 
-**The planet map covers all 100 levels.** Every locked planet stays locked until the child achieves 100% on the level before it — no skipping ahead. The winding path mirrors the Little Wandle progression from Phase 2 through Phase 5, featuring a **rocket** that zips along the trail to show exactly where the child is on their journey.
+**The planet map covers all 100 levels.** Every locked planet stays locked until the child achieves 100% on the level before it — no skipping ahead. The winding path mirrors the Little Wandle progression from Phase 2 through Phase 5.
 
-**The letter tiles are drag-and-drop.** Tap a tile to auto-place it, drag it to a specific slot, or tap a filled slot to return it. The distractor letters mixed into the tray increase as the phases progress — Phase 2 has two wrong letters in the mix, Phase 5 has four.
+**The letter tiles are drag-and-drop.** Tap a tile to auto-place it, drag it to a specific slot, or tap a filled slot to return it. The distractor letters in the tray increase as the phases progress — Phase 2 has two wrong letters in the mix, Phase 5 has four.
 
-**"Tap to hear · Hold to peek"** — tapping plays the word via TTS. Long-pressing shows a large emoji representation of the word as a hint. `sat` shows 🪑, `frog` shows 🐸. It works entirely offline, adds nothing to the bundle size, and falls back to ✨ rather than crashing if a word isn't mapped.
+**"Tap to hear · Hold to peek"** — tapping plays the word via TTS. Long-pressing shows a large emoji representation of the word as a hint. `sat` shows 🪑, `frog` shows 🐸. Fully offline, nothing added to the bundle, falls back to ✨ rather than crashing if a word isn't mapped.
 
-**A permanent Star Bank sits at the top of the screen.** This tracks the child's cumulative achievements across the entire game, turning those hard-earned 1, 2, and 3-star level finishes into a tangible, growing collection they can feel proud of.
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-**Parent settings are one tap away via the cog in the top right.** To keep little fingers out of the menus, it's protected by a secure **parental gate** (requiring a quick adult-only calculation or action to pass). From there, parents can record their own voice for any phoneme — replacing the TTS for that sound throughout the app. This is incredibly useful if the system TTS is mispronouncing a tricky phoneme, or if you just want the child to hear a familiar, comforting voice.
+**The Star Bank in the top bar tracks lifetime mastery.** Every star earned across every level accumulates. Hit enough stars and the Rocket icon changes colour and rank — Cadet → Explorer → Captain → Master. It gives the child something to work towards beyond the current level.
 
+**The parental gate is a maths challenge.** Tap the cog, solve the arithmetic problem, and you're in. From there you can edit the profile or record your own voice for any phoneme — replacing the TTS for that sound throughout the app. Useful if the system voice is mangling a tricky sound, or you just want the child to hear a familiar voice.
 
 The 2-star result at the end is real. I didn't fake a perfect run.