Serena
Year: 2014
System: Windows, Mac, Linux
Developer: Senscape
Players: Single
Genres: Point & Click Adventure, Mystery
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/272060/Serena/?curator_clanid=40000720
How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization...
This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games. Rallying to support the venerable genre and its passionate community, these developers have brought together a grim and highly detailed horror story in what is the largest, possibly even the first, game project of its kind. Talents include crew from renowned indie companies Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop, Guys from Andromeda, and many more.
The is a simple first person point-and-click horror game with a twist… But the background to its production is perhaps more interesting: Back in 2013, one loud adventure gamer who had been supporting the recent adventure game revival outed a community member as being transgender. Said community member had been central to the success of a lot of adventure game kickstarters, and thus a large part of the community got together in secret to show their support for her and show that the community stood together and stood up for inclusivity. The result was the creation of Serena. Two of these members were Troels Pleimert (Space Quest Historian) and Frederik Olsen. That said, I hear the game itself is a real tearjerker.
