The delectable perspective-warping mobile puzzle game Monument Valley sure has some surprising influences. Did you know one level was based on Kim Chi from RuPaul’s Drag Race? Kim Chi didn’t either, and is delighted.
Another Monument Valley level was inspired by Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass”; another by Basset’s Liquorice Allsorts; another by concept art for Peter Pan, and many more.
The influences were shared by art director David Fernández Huerta in an interview with Milanote, which is the name of a tool for planning creative projects. Maybe Monument Valley used Milanote, maybe that’s why the article is there.
Source: Eurogamer RuPaul's Drag Race, Nicki Minaj and the other unlikely inspirations for Monument Valley