PlayKiko

Magnetic Builder

Sticks, spheres, and five levels that start with a pattern to copy and end with nothing to copy at all.

In the full version

An arch and a castle built from coloured sticks and beads, with the parts palette beside them

What it is

The magnetic construction set, built as five levels. The early ones show a shape and ask your child to reproduce it. The last one shows nothing and lets them build whatever they want.

That progression is deliberate: copying first, inventing after.

How to play

Drag a stick between two points and it snaps into place. Spheres join the corners. Build up until the shape matches the pattern, or until your child decides it's finished.

Pieces can be removed as easily as added, so there is no cost to experimenting.

What it builds

Copying a pattern is harder than it looks. The child has to break a finished shape down into parts, work out the order to build them, and keep track of what's already done.

The free sandbox at the end does something different — it removes the right answer entirely, which is where children stop performing and start playing.

Playing together

The pattern levels work best with an adult alongside, suggesting the next piece. It is one of three games in PlayKiko designed around shared play, with Tic-Tac-Toe and Wooden Blocks.

Five levels

From copying a card to a sandbox with no pattern at all.

  • A small card showing a shape built from sticks and beads, and the larger copy being built Copy what's on the card
  • A half-built square of sticks and beads with dotted circles marking the missing joints Dotted circles show where next
  • A red and purple arch of sticks with one joint still missing An arch, piece by piece
  • A house made of flat shapes with a square, a rectangle and a door waiting to be placed Flat shapes build a house
Get PlayKiko on the App Store

This game opens with a one-time purchase, which unlocks every other paid game too. There is no subscription.

No ads. No data collected. Works offline.

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