Before "Diary of a Camper"s release, Uwe Girlich, a German doctoral candidate, had documented the "Quake" demo file format, in which "the player coordinates and the camera positions may be different". He added that "for people with too much spare-time "Quake" can replace a full 3D modelling system". However, the Rangers developed "Diary of a Camper" before any demo-editing software tools had been publicly released; clan member Eric "ArchV" Fowler instead created his own tools to reposition the camera and to splice recorded footage. As with all of United Ranger Films' productions, Heath "ColdSun" Brown wrote the story, and Matt "Unknown Soldier" Van Sickler was the director. In the release notes, Brown credits clan members Chris "Sphinx" Birke and Mute with helping Fowler with "movie packaging".