4. Trackless w/ Aubrey Serr

PixelSmiths: Stories of the Creative Minds Behind Indie Video Games

Feb 18 2022 • 44 mins

On this episode, Larry & Clinton talk with Aubrey Serr, an indie developer with more than a decade of experience, about his time in the industry, and going solo to create his game Trackless, an atmospheric, first-person, text-based exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Aubrey also spent the early years of his career at Wolfire Games, where they were one of the first teams to pioneer what is now considered 'Early Access' as a way to develop their games. In this conversation, they talk about Aubrey's variety of experience in the gaming industry, the challenges he faced creating his own game, the growth of the indie game scene over the past 20 years, and his experience giving a talk at GDC. Other gaming topics include: Wolfire Games, 1992 Nintendo World Championships, LAN arcades, Overgrowth, Humble Bundle, Receiver, developer blogs, Shadowgate, Zork ----------------------------- Find Trackless on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/586660/Trackless/ Visit 12 East Games' website: https://12eastgames.com/ Follow 12 East Games on twitter: https://twitter.com/12EastGames Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices