 Development continued with a more experimental ethos until the company began to run out of capital . The Canadian government loan that had funded Polytron 's prototyping phase was not renewed for their production phase . They also lost funding from the organization that preceded the Indie Fund as Polytron 's producer left the company . Fish borrowed money from friends and family for three months to keep the company open . In dire straits , he considered canceling the project . In March 2011 , the nearby Québécois developer @-@ publisher Trapdoor offered to help Polytron , having just signed a deal with Electronic Arts to publish their own game , Warp . Trapdoor assisted with Polytron 's finances and operations and offered to treat them as part of their company and let them keep their intellectual property rights in exchange for a portion of Fez 's earnings . Fish felt that partnership rescued the game . 
 Development continued with a more experimental ethos until the company began to run out of capital . The Canadian government loan <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> funded Polytron <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>prototyping phase was not renewed for their production phase . They also lost funding from the organization <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>preceded the Indie Fund as Polytron <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>producer left the company . Fish borrowed money from friends and family for three months to keep the company open . In dire straits , he considered canceling the project . In March 2011 , the nearby Québécois developer @-@ publisher Trapdoor offered to help Polytron , <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>having</mark></a> just signed a deal with Electronic Arts to publish their own game , Warp . Trapdoor assisted with Polytron <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>finances and operations and offered to treat them as part of their company and let them keep their intellectual property rights in exchange for a portion of Fez <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>earnings . Fish felt that partnership rescued the game . 
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