Indie Game: The Movie: An Honest and Important Look at Independent Game Development

Ugh, you know, indie doesn't have to mean hipster. God that look sucks, stupid glasses and beards.

@CakeBomb: I know right *takes off glasses and shaves beard*

@Sooty said:

Wow that bottom picture is so Hipster it should be illegal.

That's the entire documentary. A bunch of elitist hipsters.

Saw this during the screening tour. It was pretty awesome and the filmmakers are pretty great people as well. Waiting to pick up the DVD with all the extras, but can't wait to see it again.

@algertman said:

@Sooty said:

Wow that bottom picture is so Hipster it should be illegal.

That's the entire documentary. A bunch of elitist hipsters.

A bunch of "elitist hipsters" who make amazing games.   What does the word hipster even mean anymore? If you wear glasses, have a beard and do interesting things? What are you even complaining about?

Pre-ordered this movie a few weeks ago and today I got to watch it.

Best $10 I ever spent.

@Sooty said:

@Milkman said:

@algertman said:

@Sooty said:

Wow that bottom picture is so Hipster it should be illegal.

That's the entire documentary. A bunch of elitist hipsters.

A bunch of "elitist hipsters" who make amazing games. What does the word hipster even mean anymore? If you wear glasses, have a beard and do interesting things? What are you even complaining about?

I wouldn't class any of them amazing, but hey, opinions. Super Meat Boy is the best of them and the most likeable guys. Blow and Fish are just annoying. lol blowfish.

The film is also about really horrible comment threads like these. It's really worth watching.

The Super Meat Boy 'arc' is definitely the best. Wonderful documentary, that is sure to inspire.

It sounds interesting, but I would find it more interesting if they showed at least one indie project that failed (didn't sell well, was a bad game, or was never finished). Not to be mean, but a part of the whole indie development (or any development) thing is failure... I haven't seen it yet, so maybe they do (but from my brief reading of the article it doesn't seem like they do).

Just finished watching it. Great, great film. Lots of GiantBomb cameos too!

Someone let these guys know it's not a requirement to be a thick frame glasses wearing neckbeard hipster to make indie games. It is possible to look like a normal human being and still make the game you want to make.

Been really looking forward to this movie for a while. Cant wait to finally watch it.

Also, holy crap did I not realize how much I missed reading Alex's movie reviews. Great job dude.

I really loved it when I saw at the theater. It's totally worth watching at least once

I'm sure this movie is great, but the minute someone does hand framing, I immediately think "self-important douchebag".

Those Giantbomb parts in the doc have put the biggest smile on my face:p

Just finished watching it.

I'm about to go buy Super Meat Boy, as it was the only game featured that I have never played.

Bravo!

Watched it due to the GB recommendation. Worth every penny.

Being a judgmental asshole on the internet is the new hipster douchebag.

I can't shake the feeling of this being a very unwelcoming and negative film outside of the SMB bros to the independant scene.

Just finished watching it, and I have to say, it made for great viewing. Gave me a real unique insight into game development. Worth the admission price, for sure.

Pretentiousness: The Movie

@Totori said:

Pretentiousness: The Movie

Define pretentious and how it applies to this movie. Go ahead, scumbag, make your move.

Finished it a few hours ago, it's pretty great, inspiring & foreboding for someone who is just dipping their toes into the indie game waters.

Like most indie stuff this ain't worth a dime, as usual do I pirate or skip it altogether?

The filmmaker (guy) is a really good family friend of mine.

@Totori said:

Pretentiousness: The Movie

Define pretentious and how it applies to this movie. Go ahead, scumbag, make your move.

Pretentiousness: The Movie

Being a judgmental asshole on the internet is the new hipster douchebag.

Hipsters: The movie.

@Totori said:

Pretentiousness: The Movie

Pretentiousness: The Comment

Watched this a couple of weekends ago at the TIFF Lightbox here in Toronto... good movie, but some of the establishing shots are a little too cinematic for the content. That said, I really liked the content, and have a new appreciation for the patience required for anyone working with Phil Fish to release his games. I think in general--most of these indie developers don't seem to be driven by deadlines. They're perfectionists that wouldn't otherwise be able to survive in a big game studio. See this if you can.

@mnzy: I have no respect for indie devs. They make crap games and get call amazing for it.

@Totori said:

@mnzy: I have no respect for indie devs. They make crap games and get call amazing for it.

So you are ignorant but atleast stand by it. I can respect that, I guess.

I'm fine with Blow, but Fish and fat Meat guy are insufferable.

@mnzy said:

@Totori said:

@mnzy: I have no respect for indie devs. They make crap games and get call amazing for it.

So you are ignorant but atleast stand by it. I can respect that, I guess.

So I'm ignorant because I don't like braid? Opinions are like butts everyone has one and they all stink.

@Totori said:

@mnzy said:

@Totori said:

@mnzy: I have no respect for indie devs. They make crap games and get call amazing for it.

So you are ignorant but atleast stand by it. I can respect that, I guess.

So I'm ignorant because I don't like braid? Opinions are like butts everyone has one and they all stink.

You're ignorant because you put alot of people into one little draw, I didn't say a word about Braid.

More like "Hipster game - the movie"...

Gosh, I love several small games, but the devs are often so goddamned disgusting hipsters it grates my teeth.

I'm fine with Blow, but Fish and fat Meat guy are insufferable.

dear god, can we please stop with the supposed anti-hipster vitriol?

i hope you do realize that every time one feels it necessary to be overtly critical or dismissive of anything as being 'hipster' (whatever the fuck that means), they're demonstrating their ability to embody that very stereotype.

feel free to call the developers pseudo-intellectual, condescending, or assholes- but that hipster bullshit has got to go. it means NOTHING when everyone has a different definition.

Dear everyone with the balls to insult a game maker,

do something with your life, then you have the right to insult others. If you don't like interesting new games, then read a book.

Fantastic movie, very well made and inspiring.

It was especially cool seeing moments such as when Super Meat Boy came out or when that video of Brad playing it was put up and comparing how I remember those moments to the developers reactions.

I just hope to see more movies and behinds the scene stuff about game development like this in the future.

I just finished watching the movie, suddenly jumping on Twitter exclaiming how incredible it was. I said I couldn't express how I felt after watching the movie, but Alex, this article sums up my thoughts absolutely perfectly.

I'm going to get my parents to watch this.

Went and saw it a couple months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Just finished watching. Great movie. Well worth the 10 bucks I spent on it.

Showed it to my parents from Steam, my mom now fully appreciates how hard it is to develop a game especially if you're just 2 people working on 1 thing for over 4 years. I feel bad for not liking Metacritic, when it gives these guys some sort of validation, although great to see them loving the video reactions more to Super Meat Boy or Braid.

The most interesting tidbit for me was how Jonathan Blow got depressed because the positive reviews weren't discussing Braid's story, but more the design excellence of the mechanics. He should've understood that reviews weren't going to mention the story as much because of spoilers, and that the story is still treated as one of the smaller parts of a game. But hopefully he realised that the gaming community was enamored over Braid in forums and discussion boards, and is still talked about until now much like an Inception.

Played Fez after watching it, good times :)

Saw it during the viewing in Santa Cruz, and loved it (pre-ordered it on Steam) :)

The movie is very cinematic but I feel the content is still good. Getting the developers of the most popular indie games all in that time period is is pretty amazing.

This is $10 on Steam, which is a steal. I literally just finished watching it, and if nothing else, it's enlightening about the process when it's just two dudes or one dude trying to make a thing from nothing. Makes me want to buy SMB again for Steam, especially since it's on sale. Or just send those guys an email, saying how much I love their game.

Also, @aurahack that art is fantastic. It wouldn't happen to be floating around teh internets anywhere, so I might steal it for, say, my desktop wallpaper?

Just finished watching the movie and I loved it. I hope to see more movies about the games industry in the future as it fascinates me to no end. I will gladly spend money on them.

Sounds super interesting. I'll have it check it out.  

Interested to see if it alters my opinions of any of the developers featured in it.