SideQueso uses AI to turn any lesson topic, textbook chapter, or field trip destination into an interactive quest — complete with branching decisions, characters drawn from real history, and collectible trading cards students earn by answering questions correctly.
The competition for student attention has never been fiercer. Passive instruction and worksheets can't keep pace with interactive media — but the right technology can turn the phone into an ally.
Social media is engineered by entire teams to maximize engagement. Your lesson plan wasn't. SideQueso applies the same engagement mechanics — quests, characters, collectibles — to your actual curriculum.
Standard assessments measure recall, not exploration. Quests let students make decisions, face consequences, and discover material through narrative — a mode of learning that sticks far longer.
Budget cuts are shrinking experiential learning. SideQueso can make any field trip destination — museum, park, historic site — into a structured quest, so every trip has measurable learning outcomes.
Without a reason to revisit, material fades. Collectibles, unlockable characters, and branching storylines give students a natural reason to come back — and the same unit becomes something to replay.
No IT project. No app installs for students. Works on any smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook in the browser.
You (or a student assistant) paste a textbook page URL, Wikipedia article, lesson outline, or any text content into the Create Quest Studio. Our AI reads it.
Works with any web-readable content: Wikipedia, Britannica, primary sources, textbook companion sites, your own Google Docs, PDFs — anything text-readable.
Grok AI generates a complete quest draft: a storyline tied to the historical or scientific context, named characters drawn from the subject matter, trivia questions, and collectible cards — all grounded in your source material.
You review and approve every question and character before anything goes live. The AI drafts; you have final say.
Share a QR code or link. Students open the quest on any device in their browser. They answer questions, earn collectible cards, unlock characters, and progress through the storyline — all without creating an account.
Works on school-issued Chromebooks, personal phones, tablets, and classroom iPads. No install, no sign-up friction.
Built to fit into what you already teach — not to replace your curriculum.
Paste any source URL or text. The AI produces a full quest draft — premise, branching storyline, characters, collectibles, and trivia questions — grounded in your actual lesson content.
Every character becomes a collectible card with AI-generated artwork. Students earn them by completing quest sections — a tangible reward that turns learning into something worth talking about.
Students make choices — help the colonial printer or join the Sons of Liberty? Each path surfaces different content. Multiple runs reveal new material and reward curiosity.
Share via a single QR code or link for the whole class. No individual student accounts required. One code per quest, works for 30 students at once.
Students play in the browser on any device — Chromebook, phone, tablet. No install friction, no account creation. Just scan or tap and play.
AI generates the first draft — you approve every character, every question, every storyline choice before it reaches a student. Nothing goes live without your sign-off.
History, science, literature, social studies, geography — if there's a web-readable source for it, you can build a quest around it. Pre-made packs covering major curriculum topics coming soon.
Principals and curriculum coordinators get a view across all quests deployed in the school — engagement data, completion rates, and content review queues. Planned for the institutional tier.
Fill out the short survey below. We'll follow up with early access details and help you build your first quest.
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In the meantime, you can try building a quest right now: open the Create Quest Studio, paste any topic page, and see a draft come to life in minutes.
No — students open the quest on any browser with no app download and no account creation. You share a QR code or link; they tap and play. Works on school-issued Chromebooks, personal phones, and tablets.
For the teacher-only creation side, the tool runs fully in the browser — no install required. Student-facing play is browser-only too. Whether you need district sign-off depends on your school's policies for web tools; many teachers use browser-based tools without formal approval.
The AI generates the quest from source material you provide — a real Wikipedia article, textbook URL, or primary source text. It doesn't invent from nothing. That said, AI can make errors, which is why you review and approve every question and character before any student sees it. The approval step is a core part of the workflow.
Generating a quest draft and previewing it is free today. Paid tiers are planned to unlock publishing, classroom analytics, multi-teacher collaboration, and school-admin dashboards. Educator pricing will be structured to be accessible — and we're exploring grant-compatible options.