Little King's Story was made with a little help from alcohol

“I love to drink, but I also love talking, so I invited [our character designer] to my house one Sunday night to drink, and we just started talking about what kind of style the game might take. We wanted something stylistically in the vein of Animal Crossing, but not with animals… so we decided on vegetables!” - Yoshiro Kimura

This interview/article is absolutely fascinating. You really have to click over and have a read. Kimura sounds like a guy that I’d really like to meet!