A PARODY LOVE-LETTER

The Layoff Trail is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the 1985 wagon-train survival game every millennial and Gen X-er remembers. Same beats: profession select, party naming, general store, pace vs. rations, river crossings, hunting, and yes — pandemic-era tombstones.

Only difference: the year is now. The wagon is a Glamping Van. Oxen are engine upgrades. Bullets are API credits. And the trail is the age of AI — where the survival advantage is knowing the Relationship Lens of every VC, recruiter, and shopkeep you meet.

Sponsored, in-world and in real life, by GTM Heroes — the anti-templated behavioral middleware for sellers. This is a love-letter, not a takedown. Made for the audience that grew up on dysentery and dial-up.

No accounts. No tracking. No cloud. Everything is client-side. Your high scores live in your browser. Share the screenshot, tag your team, ruin a Monday standup.