Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
- Directed by
- James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 494 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Independent game designers share their personal struggles in making video games. The film follows several developers through the difficult creative process and the pressure of releasing their work.
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What happens
Indie Game: The Movie is a 2012 documentary film made by Canadian filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot. The film is about the struggles of independent game developers Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes during the development of Super Meat Boy, Phil Fish during the development of Fez, and also Jonathan Blow, who reflects on the success of Braid. After two successful Kickstarter funds, interviews were conducted with prominent indie developers within the community. After recording over 300 hours of footage, Swirsky and Pajot decided to cut the movie down to follow the four developers selected. Their reasoning behind this was to show game development in the "past, present and future" tenses through each individual's story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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