Som du sikkert ved er situationen omkring udvikleren ZA/UM og Disco Elysium-licensen lettere kompleks. Afgørende holdmedlemmer, der var instrumentale i tilblivelsen af førnævnte spil, blev fyret, og der er mange lag i hvorfor, hvordan og hvem der er historiens ultimative skurk.
Samtidig forsøger holdet, tilsyneladende, at kommet tilbage til at lave spil, og de afslørede Zero Parades (for Dead Spies) for lidt tid siden, et spil der lader til at være spirituelt forbundet til Disco Elysium. IGN interviewede manuskriptforfatter og VO-instruktør på spillet hos ZA/UM, Jim Ashilevi, som slog fast at der stadig er mange af de samme folk:
"I think it would have made sense for us to go in a completely different direction if the entire team was comprised of new talent. But since such a large number of the key players that built Disco Elysium are here to build Zero Parades, it just didn't make sense for us to just disregard that part of our experience as amateur game makers and start learning new ways of telling stories."
Det estimeres af omtrent 30 af de 90 ansatte kommer fra det originale hold, så der er noget om snakken. Technical Artist Nicolas Pirot håber at forbrugere vil se dem som et team, og ikke dømme Zero Parades udelukkende på hvad der skete mellem ZA/UM's stiftere:
"I understand why some people might have reservations. It's not up to me to tell them what to think or what to experience. I think what we are trying to do is tell an incredible story. And I think all we can do is hope that, when Zero Parades is ready, that people like it enough to participate and to see who we are as a group."