Captain's Words is an adventure built specifically for the dyslexic mind — and a parent dashboard so precise you'll know exactly which words are hard, and exactly when they aren't anymore.
Dyslexia doesn't mean your child isn't bright. It means the tools they were handed weren't built for the way their mind works. Captain's Words was.
Read the methodNo story, no reason to come back. They try it once and never ask for it again. Progress stalls within a fortnight.
You know they're struggling — but not exactly which words, which letters, or whether anything is genuinely getting better.
The five to fifteen minutes of focused daily practice a dyslexic child needs simply isn't possible in a classroom of thirty.
Most apps reward fast tapping. Your child needs to slow down and look. Most apps make the problem worse.
Captain's Words was built by a father for his nine-year-old son, who has dyslexia. These numbers are pulled directly from his dashboard — not a study, not a pilot. One real family, eight weeks of daily play.
While they play, you watch — from any device, anywhere. Not vague encouragement. Precise data on exactly which words are hard, and exactly why.
Every word from the school list, colour-coded mastered to struggling — refreshed after every session.
Every b/d, p/q and 6/9 misread is logged automatically. You'll see the pattern before their teacher does.
When they played, for how long, and how accuracy has trended week over week, month over month.
The dashboard lives at its own URL. Check it on your phone on the commute. No app to install.
Download a PDF report before parents' evening. Arrive with data, not anecdote.
Every play session mirrors the structure used by specialist dyslexia tutors — three passes through the same word: recognition, recall, and reading aloud. Wrapped in a world your child wants to return to.
A word appears with one letter missing. The keyboard shows only plausible choices — so your child thinks, doesn't guess. Letters like b, d, p and q carry a subtle visual anchor that slowly builds the right memory.
The whole word, typed unaided. No hints. This is what builds the neural pathway that makes a word stick — and every error is logged silently to the parent dashboard.
Boss levels demand reading a short sentence aloud, containing the words just practised. The game listens, responds. Defeat the boss — unlock the next island, gather resources, build the ship.
Your child doesn't earn abstract points. They build a ship — piece by piece — using resources collected across islands. There is always one more upgrade just within reach. That is what brings them back tomorrow.
Free to join the waitlist. Pay when we launch — or become a Founding Captain today and help finish the build.
Monthly and Annual plans begin billing on launch day. Founding Captain plan is charged now with a thirty-day full-refund guarantee.
Captain's Words began as a father building something for his son. Founding Captains help us finish — and become a living part of the world. Your name doesn't go in a credits screen. It walks the islands.
An in-game character named after you — alive on an island, talking to every child who plays, forever. Not a credit. A legacy.
A Founding Captain vessel only you can ever unlock. Never available to regular subscribers.
£24.99 per year, locked in permanently. Never affected by future price increases.