The animator/artist for this game, Scott Benson, has posted a doodle of Mae Borowski as a 23 year old. In the game, Mae is 20.
The animator/artist has confirmed that the protagonist, Mae Borowski, is pansexual.
The character Lori Meyers is named after the song by the band NOFX of the same name.
The character Lori Meyers was based on a child animator/co-creator Scott Benson once saw "climb out onto the roof of his house and read a book in order to escape screaming adults inside."