When it comes to making games, I’m not interested in being innovative- I want to be renovative.
So many good things buried in the trappings of their time, and so many innovations taking away what made those things cool.
I prefer going back to the basics and cleaning it up.
There are so many submission forms that require you to answer "What makes your game innovate in your genre" and I always fight responding with "Bitch I just wanna make something fun with proven mechanics"