Indie Game: The Movie

2012 • 103 minutes

About this movie

Witness a portrait of a new breed of artist: the videogame designer. At first, the only way to make it as a designer in the video game industry was to work with major developers. Now, like in the film industry a generation ago, a new breed of independent auteurs have taken their industry by storm. These programmers have spent years of their lives building entirely new games from the bottom up. Risking everything, their results are deeply personal, visionary works whose success has redefined the gaming industry.

Ratings and reviews

I haven't watched the movie yet so in order to not bring down the ratings, I'm setting it at 4 just because of this problem. I'm writing because I rented this specifically to watch on an upcoming plane trip only to find out after purchasing it that the content owner has not allowed the movie to be viewed on mobile devices. I've asked for a refund as I will not be able to watch this now. Why restrict this so that you have to watch it on a Google TV? Even if it does turn out to be a great movie, I have to award a penalty star to the content owners for not allowing their movie to be played on mobile devices.

While I've seen better documentaries (like Donkey Kong: A Fistful of Quarters), I still recommend watching this movie. However, watching it on Google play was a bit annoying due to several technical issues. I would love to love Google play movies, but you can find much more stable and cheaper copies on Amazon and steam. I only bought it on here to test out Google Play Movies and because I can watch it on more devices. To be more specific about the technical troubles, I cannot watch it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. I contacted Google about the problem and they were very polite and have some of the best customer service, but ended up with "You need Jelly Bean." (I got the Jelly Bean update a week later, but not to the 'newest' version so it still doesn't work). Also, the movie itself is compressed HORRIBLY at certain parts, with disgusting pixelation and discoloration. Adding up the various parts where this occurs, it's about 5 minutes out of the 106 minute movie, but it should be NONE. Again, strongly recommended movie, and if you really want to use Google Play like I did, then don't expect a superior version.

I went to school to develope games and couldn't cut it. It makes me respect them so much especially considering that they don't have massive teams of people helping them. I really liked this.