Tim Schafer on pelialan pitkäaikainen veteraani, ja hänet muistetaan muun muassa peleistä Grim Fandango, The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge ja Psychonauts. Schafer on aina tehnyt omalla studiollaan sitä omaa juttuaan, mutta kaksi vuotta sitten studio myytiin Microsoftille. Games Industrylle puhunut Schafer kertoi olleensa aiemmin huolissaan siitä, pystyykö maksamaan työntekijöilleen palkat ajallaan.
"I would constantly be thinking about how I was going to make payroll in a few months, and now I don't have to think about that at all, so that's a huge load [off]."
Microsoft on kuitenkin pitänyt sanansa, sillä nyt Schafer on vapaa kehittämään niitä pelejä.
"We've been given so much creative freedom now. Nobody has probed Psychonauts to second guess our decisions or anything like that. We've been trusted to handle the creative side completely, but we can opt-in to all these resources, like having it tested for accessibility and mental health checks. We had the resources but were left creatively to our own devices. And that's been great, and Microsoft has lived up to their word as far as what they said before the acquisition."
Lopuksi Schafer toteaa, että seuraavaksi studiolta on tulossa jotain ihan uutta ja outoa, kun Psychonauts 2 on lopultakin saatu valmiiksi.
"I think the team and I are really excited about doing something completely new that will be completely surprising to people."