I’ll let Austin speak to rinkrank’s motives but for the design critique. I had played with other ideas but I wanted to try and build something that the creators would see as an homage to the game they made. First foray into a new game especially I like to learn the rules of the design before I start breaking them. I’m sure this reflects my relative lack of experience in design, but I am really trying to learn more than express in my work right now.