vile_Terrier before among us there was no game like among us. you can create original game modes. but it seems that recreate games want to follow the example of eggman game, which is recreating popular games within their game. the producer of this game also talked about how new things imitate and improve upon things before them, i cant quote exactly what he said, it was in one of his speeches on stage. however i think that you should create such gameplay that is distinctly different from what was made before. you can take inspiration from what was made before you, but it should be small parts of gameplay, not the whole game. that's why i was asking developers that they try to make nemo kart more distinct from mario kart, suggesting that they take inspiration from other racing games
it is something i was thinking long ago when working on music. the idea is that, if you take inspiration to create something new, you create it from small pieces of various things made before you, but not copy everything someone made before you. i hope i explained it clearly