15 Facts About CodeMiko

Kang created the CodeMiko persona using Unreal Engine, a motion capture suit from Xsens, motion capture gloves from Manus VR, and a facial tracking helmet from MOCAP Design.

Kang came up with the idea of CodeMiko while working at Nickelodeon.

CodeMiko has attributed her success to this debt and her poor risk management.

Kang states that, since CodeMiko project has been a success, she can now afford a comfortable living.

The CodeMiko avatar's in-universe backstory is that she is a video game character without a game.

CodeMiko had always wanted to be in a mainstream video game but never succeeded in doing so due to her 'Glitch'.

CodeMiko has expressed that she was forced to take smaller roles, such as a bush in The Last of Us, following the archetypical story of the struggling Hollywood actress, someone who just wants to be in a movie, any movie, but for Miko, any video game.

CodeMiko is currently roaming different game worlds, looking for a place she will fit in.

The CodeMiko avatar is aware of the Technician and frequently breaks the Fourth Wall, both indirectly through cross-over interviews such as CodeMiko interviewing the Technician, and directly through the use of augmented reality.

The "glitchiness" of the CodeMiko character is expressed and explored through her sometimes glitching into her evil alter ego avatar, simply known as "Glitch", exchanging her usual pink-haired avatar for a semi-transparent Matrix digital rain-inspired avatar.

CodeMiko participated in the online amateur chess tournament PogChamps 3 in 2021.

CodeMiko placed last with 4 losses and 0 wins, along with streamer Myth.

CodeMiko was coached by PogChamps coaches, WGM Anna Rudolf and Andrea Botez.

CodeMiko has since described how her worries lessened as she came to be sponsored by several brands.

The CodeMiko project has generally been positively received, with Kotaku describing CodeMiko as "The Future Of Streaming" and Designboom stating that she is "Revolutionizing the digital space".