Josef felt it was very important for the players to becom hot dogs.  Internally this task was pushed forward until one day it landed to me.

I went throgh many ideas conceptually but the one we prototyped and landed on was preparing the hotdogs as a conept. This then led to the picnic theme.

A function and what I liked a lot about the theme is that players very quickly figured out what to do. Even when there were no voice lines. You're a hot dog. There's a grill and two buns.
The human experience has prepared us with all the knowledge we need to know what to do with these objects.