Inspiration for a video game can come from anywhere, but those ideas often arrive when a developer is playing one of their favorite video games and a desire forms to not just imitate it but improve upon it with their own work. inZOI is very much a similar story, though its scope, scale, and ambition go far beyond merely making a better version of a life simulation game. Instead, inZOI's aim seems to be to completely redefine what a life simulation game is.