I've been doing this 30 years and I've never seen a title that didn't have some connection or another to some hit title. Some have it stronger than others. I a

I've been doing this 30 years and I've never seen a title that didn't have some connection or another to some hit title. Some have it stronger than others. I always say, when asked sage game design advice, that a hit game is like the center point of a circle. The closer YOUR game is to the center the more likely it's a clone. If it's far OUTSIDE the circle that it's just to far from what people know to be a hit. The goal is to hit the line of the circle, which makes the circle move to include your game and maybe make it the new center point.