Kunai's main character was originally going to be a robot monkey with a cape

Kunai's main character is a robot with a tablet for a face. It's certainly a unique character, but apparently the game was originally going to have an even stranger lead. In an interview with OnlySP, developer Benjamin de Jager reveals the initial design of Kunai's protagonist.

So Tabby is a tablet with a cape. We’re not sure about the anatomy about Tabby. Where it came from, we still kind of don’t know? It started out as a robot monkey with robotic arms. It used to be a climbing game. We wanted a distinct art style, I think we succeeded at that, especially. Originally, the protagonist had a sphere for a head with one eye, but it didn’t really have any personality. We asked our artist, Richard, “Can you make it have more personality?” He came back with [Tabby] and we asked him later on, “where did this come from?” And he can’t remember. However, it turned out to be great and the whole story kind of came from that. What is this tablet doing in this room? Apparently there are zombies with CRT monitors, and the game is about old tech vs new tech.