Brickaboo
Help
Where things are
Almost everything here is in Settings: the gear button at the top of the town, of My Library and of the Brick Store. Changing anything under Grown-ups asks a grown-up question first: a multiplication written in words, answered in digits.
How to build
Open the bag, then press a piece in the tray at the bottom, drag it onto its spot on the model, and let go. Or tap a piece, then tap its spot. A swipe on the model turns it round.
In Junior every piece glows where it goes and Anoud reads each step aloud. In Expert only the spot is marked.
A purchase did not arrive
Settings → Grown-ups → Restore purchases
The bought sets come back to My Library. Be connected to the internet, and signed in to the App Store with the Apple Account that bought the set.
If a grown-up has to approve the purchase first (Ask to Buy), the set appears once they have said yes.
Still missing? Write to us at the address below with the name of the set and the date it was bought. Apple takes the payment, so a refund is asked for from Apple, at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Restoring purchases on a new device
Settings → Grown-ups → Restore purchases
The six big sets are bought once and kept for good. They come back on any device signed in with the same Apple Account, and can be shared with Family Sharing. Coins and models are kept on the device itself; a backup of the device carries them to a new one.
Playing with friends online
The Friends button (two people) in the town and in My Library
The first time, it asks a grown-up question. Each player gets a made-up name, their character and a friend code to show a friend. A friend is added by typing their code (Add a friend) and becomes a friend when they say yes. Then, on a set's page, Build with friends opens the build and invites them, and they tap Join. There is no chat, no voice and no searching for players. Game Center is used to sign in and for safety limits; if the device is not signed in to Game Center, its own sign-in comes up then.
Each device is a player of its own, with its own name and friend code, even when brothers and sisters share one Game Center account, so they can be friends with each other. One Game Center account can have players on up to ten devices.
Settings → Grown-ups → Play with friends online · Delete my online profile
Playing with friends online is on unless a grown-up switches it off; off, the Friends button and invites are gone. Delete my online profile deletes this device's player from our server at once: the made-up name, the friend code, the character, the friends list and the numbers it signs in with. Only one thing can stay a little longer: if a child said no to a request from this player, the note of that no, with the Game Center number, is kept until its day is up, then deleted. Coins, sets and models stay on the device.
Starting over
Settings → Grown-ups → Erase the whole game
This clears the coins, the sets and every model built on the device. Sets bought with money are not lost: Restore purchases brings them back.
To start only one model again, open it and use Start again on the build screen.
Changing the language
Settings → Grown-ups → Change language
Brickaboo is in English and Arabic. It opens in the new language the next time it is opened.
Changing how much help the game gives
Settings → Grown-ups → Change mode
Junior shows each whole piece where it goes and reads the steps. Expert marks only the spot: you find the piece and turn it the right way.
Sound
Settings → Sound
Sound effects and Anoud's voice each have their own switch. These two need no grown-up.
Write to us
Brickaboo is made by Abdulla Almarzooqi. For a question, a build that is stuck or a purchase that did not arrive, grown-ups can write to:
How we look after privacy: Privacy Policy.