Indie Game: The Movie
Directed by James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot7.694%91%7.5
Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.
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- jackmeatDecember 20, 2025My quick rating - 6.4/10. The game development process. What goes into it? What are the stresses that one may endure? This documentary takes a fairly in-depth look at the lives of 3 particular games being developed, and the personal lives of those creating them (Fez, Super Meat Boy, and Braid). Focusing more on the positive and negative aspects of how the process affects the people involved is what draws you in. There is no acting, action, etc., just the real-life drama that goes into deadlines, marketing, and all things aside from what code to put on what page. The presentation may not be for all viewers, but it is definitely interesting to see where a person can snap, or reap the rewards of years of hard work, even when others wrote them off as crazy. I was personally drawn into the inner conflicts that were shown to really feel their actual emotions. This flick is a must-see for gamers, that is for sure. As for the casual viewer, I believe this is something interesting enough to see just what goes on day by day in this whole process of game development. (They seem to keep hours like me.)
Indie Game: The Movie Trivia
Indie Game: The Movie was released on September 15, 2012.
Indie Game: The Movie was directed by James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot.
Indie Game: The Movie has a runtime of 1h 43m.
Indie Game: The Movie was produced by Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky.
Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.
The key characters in Indie Game: The Movie are Self (Edmund McMillen), Self (Tommy Refenes), Self (Phil Fish).
Indie Game: The Movie is rated Not Rated.
Indie Game: The Movie is a Documentary, Drama film.
Indie Game: The Movie has an audience rating of 9.1 out of 10.