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We once owned a house with a sideyard space between us and the neighbor of about 12ft. We built a deck raised about 6 inches above soil line which provided the kids from both houses a dry, clean playspace (area we lived in was damp). No weeds ever grew through it and only upkeep was a sealer every few years. It was much like this one: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/4996249561555784/ Maybe something like that would work for you. Wish you all the best.
You could also use attractive stones in costar sting colour, or lava rock to fill and even out the space. Place some decorative planters in spots to visually break up the space and you'll have an attractive addendum to your deck
You can level the uneveness by adding a layer of decomposed granite (it's coarser than sand, compacts well. Available at stone yards) First create a surrounding edge of pressure treated wood. If you don't want or need it to be very tall, probably 1x2's will work fine. Fill your edging frame with the granite and level it. The edge gives you a break between your new pavers and the old ones. i would suggest not trying to match but complement. Lay your pavers out and then go over them with sand or more granite, back & forth with a patio broom to help it settle into the cracks.
If you can find some stepping stones that resemble your current tile, and lay them out as needed, you could spread river rock between them. If you google images "stepping stones and river rock" there are tons of variations and designs that combine steppers, rock, flagstone and natural growth. A living carpet of walkable shade loving groundcover around steppers would look nice too.
What about peagravel and stepping stones and some bright colored planters.
You could also do tinted concrete to the color of your tiles, and stamp it with a rubber mold to give it the appearance of tile.
You could make an inexpensive deck using the wood from old pallets. By the pic it looks like it would take to much work, trimming or cutting the wood to size . Actually use the height of the wood pallet (laying flat) for the height of the deck then fill in with more planks if need be. I would put the black fabric under it to keep weeds away and just enough small gravel where the stone and deck meet to give the illusion that it goes through out under the deck maybe 2 ft deep.
Actually recorded the show for you to find out exactly what it is called! It is called Walkmaker and I think it is by Quikcrete they showed a pattern called Running bond pattern.
https://www.advantageflorestal.com.br/deck-tiles/