How It's Done — Kaji

Originally, our new robots was called Samsa, after Gregor Samsa, the protagonist of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. In the story, the main character turns into a vile insect. That was exactly the idea behind the game designers’ concept — to create a thoroughly repulsive, insect-like robot that would irritate its opponents.

However, the final name, Kaji, was taken from the spirits of Armenian-Georgian mythology, who were said to possess the power of invisibility — which, by the way, is also one of our mechanical Kaji’s features.

Originally, the robot was called Samsa, after Gregor Samsa, the protagonist of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. However, the final name, Kaji, was taken from the spirits of Armenian-Georgian mythology, who were said to possess the power of invisibility

The starting point for the robot’s visuals, though, was a concept our artist had drawn “just in case” a couple of years earlier. The original idea was for a crab-like robot, but we eventually nicknamed it “the bug” — for its size and nasty temper