Game Bakers co-founder and Cairn producer Audrey Leprince did not set out to “simulate climbing.” The vision was to build an action-adventure game about survival, obsession, sacrifice, and what drives someone to accomplish the impossible. With Cairn’s new DLC On the Trail: Deep Water out now, Leprince spoke to Polygon about scaling the project and working with director Emeric Thoa to produce a project more meaningful than a simple sports game.