Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko te whakaaro tuatahi mo A Hat in Time i tiimata e te kaiwhakahaere a Jonas Kærlev, nana nei i whakarewa te kaupapa hei whakautu ki tana whakaaro mo te koretake o nga papaaho 3D, i hangaia e Nintendo. Ko etahi whakaaweawe ko Psychonauts, Pepa Mario, Spyro te Dragon me Banjo-Kazooie. I roto i te uiui ki a Polygon, i whakaatu a Kærlev ko ia me Gears for Breakfast i te tuatahi kaore i tatari ki te angitu Kickstarter A Hat in Time i te mutunga ka riro. I whakaaro a Kærlev he iti noa te tono mo te keemu na te Donkey Kong 64 i pa ki te momo, i kiia e ia he nui rawa te kaitakaro ki te kohikohi. I timata te whanaketanga mo te keemu i Akuhata 2012 a i whakaritea mo te putanga Q2 2013 engari kua roa te roa. I te timatanga o te whanaketanga, ko Kærlev anake te kaiwhakawhanake o te keemu engari i roto i te waa ka tipu te whanaketanga ki Gears for Breakfast, he roopu e wha nga whenua me te kore e tuuturu. Na roto i te pakanga Kickstarter i neke ake te kēmu i te whaainga tuatahi o te $ 30,000 me te tapeke whakamutunga o te $ 296,360. I te Hōngongoi 2013, i panuitia kua tukuna te keemu ki te tuku ma Steam. Ko te soundtrack i te nuinga o Pascal Michael Stiefel, me te maha o nga kaiwaiata manuhiri penei i a Grant Kirkhope e awhina ana i etahi atu ara ki te keemu.  Patai: He aha te mea i kino ki a Kærlev mo te donkey kong?
Ko nga paanga a Donkey Kong 64 ki te momo, i kitea e ia he nui rawa te kaitakaro me te nui o te kohikohi