[2] It is based on the universe and characters of the free film produced earlier in 2008 by the Blender Institute, Big Buck Bunny.

[3] Like the Blender Institute's previous open film projects, the game is made using free software.

Due to technical delays, the actual DVD release date was postponed to November 14.

Though some of the assets for making the levels and the characters are shared, the gameplay differs between versions.

[9] This allows artists and level designers a more rapid workflow than rebuilding for the Crystal Space engine on every change (the Blender Game Engine only takes about 2–5 seconds to export, while in Crystal Space, this can take up to a minute).