Early in the postmortem, DeYoung noted the benefits of working with Penny Arcade's Holkins and Krahulik, part of which stemmed from the duo's willingness to contribute a significant amount of artwork and dialogue. But being new to the development process also meant they did not always know what to expect:

"Apart from coming to terms with the sheer amount of work they had to do, probably the biggest shock for the Penny Arcade guys was seeing a game that was half finished.

"As developers, we took for granted that we could look at the game when it was midway through production and envision where it would end up as additional layers of polish were added. For them, it was much more of a shock to see their characters and world in a half-finished state. We needed to be more diligent in helping them understand what was still first-pass, and how we were going to make it complete.