Thanks for the kind words Adalil!
We actually originally had "Cyberball" in the draft title until we saw your post in the Discord! Guess we all have androids on the brain haha
Like johnnyrabbi said, our initial idea was to take an old-school game like Yahtzee and combine it with a card game. It just sort of spun out from there. We were really excited about the dice stacking mechanic as a test of speed, skill, and as metaphor for the Pit Crew's quick work. Everyone has the experience of distractedly stacking dice while playing D&D, but under a short time limit it becomes a bit more challenging!
I'm not familiar with the other games you mentioned, will have to check them out sometime. Congrats on completing your One Page!