Like Toca Bocas other popular kids apps, Toca Life World is an open-ended sandbox. Children are free to explore colourful virtual farms, hair salons and construction sites with characters theyve created themselves.

But while Toca Bocas games are driven by imagination, they ensure their characters are truly representative of everyone: Toca Life World now offers over 2,000 customizationsnot just hip hairstyles and silly glasses but prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, and hearing aids.

We put a lot into making everything look cool, something youd feel proud of having, says Toca Boca general manager Mathilda Engman. If its a wheelchair, it should be fun in the same way as an outfit.

These options appear front and centre (prosthetic limbs are among the first options you see), and Toca Boca is continually adding new attributes suggested by users.

These diversity and inclusion aspects are an ongoing process. Were never done, says Engman. Having an audience that tells us what we should add and what theyre happy about is the greatest thing.

One request the developer is working on: characters with vitiligo, a condition that causes skin to lose its colour. The ability to add scars and customise missing limbs is also in the works.

To ensure these additions are representative and thoughtful, Toca Boca consults an external advisory board with members of varied backgrounds. During the development of the character-creator tool, the board suggested going beyond mobility-related attributes and making sure lighter skin tones didnt come across as more desirable than darker ones.

We provide a mixture of skin tones. Theyre not going from, say, white to black, which unfortunately is how theyve have been promoted in the media for years, says senior play designer Mikhail Novoseltsev.

Its important that every kid feels invited and welcome, says Engman. Thats why we spend so much time making sure youre able to create yourself.

To customize your character in Toca Life World, go to the home screen (where you swipe among playsets) and tap the icon at the top right.