Kiko the kitten

Who Kiko is

Kiko is the cat the whole of PlayKiko is named after. She turns up in almost every game, usually at the edge of the screen, watching before she joins in.

She is drawn the same way everywhere she appears, with the same colours and the same face, so a child learns to recognise her quickly. That matters more at this age than anything she actually does on screen: a familiar face behaving predictably is what makes a screen feel calm rather than loud.

Colour Kiko in

The big round patch over one eye is the part children colour first, and it is the one place where a wild colour looks right — Kiko has worn green, purple and bright red in our house. Her two ears, her tail tip and four paws are separate areas, so there is plenty to fill without any of it being fiddly.