Bubsy in: the Purrfect Collection was produced by self-proclaimed "Bubsy World Heavyweight Champion" Audi Sorlie (who also worked on another tribute to maligned 1990s platformers, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore). Sorlie claims that, growing up shy and quiet, he gravitated towards Bubsy for being "outgoing, extroverted, [and] exciting". He had previously done a documentary video on the Bubsy franchise for the Digital Foundry YouTube channel, the overwhelmingly positive response of which he claimed was a major factor in preventing him from committing suicide. Sorlie and Atari, the current license holders of Bubsy, wanted the compilation to be "sincere, fun, and personal", as opposed to the self-deprecation that had defined the Bubsy franchise during its previous ownership by Tommo Inc., stating: