Indie Game: The Movie
| Indie Game: The Movie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Swirsky Lisanne Pajot |
| Produced by | James Swirsky Lisanne Pajot |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Swirsky Lisanne Pajot |
| Edited by | James Swirsky Lisanne Pajot |
| Music by | Jim Guthrie |
Production companies | BlinkWorks Flutter Media |
| Distributed by | BlinkWorks Media |
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Running time | 94 minutes (Canada) 103 minutes (International) |
| Language | English |
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.