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), who had previously done a documentary video on the Bubsy franchise for the Digital Foundry YouTube channel. Sorlie has claimed that the overwhelmingly positive response to his Bubsy video was a major factor in preventing him from committing suicide, and promised that the Purrfect Collection is "sincere, fun, and personal", as opposed to the self-deprecation that had defined the Bubsy franchise during its ownership by Tommo Co.