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Indie Game: Life After
2014 · Film · documentary · 110 min
Directed by Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
Find out what happens after Indie Game: The Movie. Life After includes epilogues of subjects in Indie Game: The Movie as well as stories about more game creators. This short film anthology consists of over 100 minutes of new footage.
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"Indie Game: Life After" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5998218/ Currently on Netflix.
I liked this one a lot--it was much more reflective, and a lot of it was really an examination of how social media and gaming culture affect the creators both negatively and positively. For instance, rather than just touch on the soundbite part of Phil Fish flippantly saying "Japanese games just suck!" in a panel discussion, they pull back and show a much more thoughtful response from Jonathan Blow on the differences between versions of Zelda, and how now games feel obligated to hold your hands, remove discovery, keep you on the rails. Similarly, how criticism affected Edmund McMillen, creator of Super Meat Boy.
The best parts, though, are the more atmospheric elements: the workstations and tools, the thought processes behind game mechanics, and the deeper themes and commentary built into games.
The original "Indie Game" was much more of a linear storyline following the developers, and this one isn't like that.