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Indie Game: The Movie

2012 · 103 min · Director: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky ★ IMDb 7.6 · 21,780 ratings

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A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

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Indie Game: The Movie (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Empathy 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Documentary. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Joy

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy38 %27 %25 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Joy39 %25 %25 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension43 %29 %33 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy44 %35 %30 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Empathy44 %40 %16 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sadness41 %36 %9 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy44 %35 %21 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Empathy59 %50 %48 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Empathy63 %57 %51 %13 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Empathy56 %51 %43 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension59 %48 %41 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Relief66 %48 %44 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Tension71 %46 %60 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension74 %46 %74 %3 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension74 %44 %59 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Relief68 %39 %26 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Joy56 %39 %15 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Empathy51 %41 %18 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Relief55 %43 %10 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JB
Jonathan Blow

EM
Edmund McMillen

Self

BB
Brandon Boyer

TR
Tommy Refenes

Self

RB
Renaud Bédard

PF
Phil Fish

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AC
Anthony Carboni

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Details

Directed by
Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
103 min
Country
Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 21,780 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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