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[Elsaess]

Has anyone watched this?

What I thought was interesting was how developed the doujin culture is, despite not being centred on profit or seemingly much of a business model. To me this culture sounds appealing.

What do people think of the indie gaming scene in Japan? Is the influence of Western indies a positive, or do you think there's an element of homogenisation there?

Downwell looks like the most successful game from the film, and it reminds me of what my lecturer once said about Japanese cinema: the Japanese films that were most successful in the West (and which were enjoyed for their exoticising of the East) were those that more closely aligned with Western cinematic forms whilst retaining smaller elements of Japanese culture, whereas the films that were more intensely Japanese often alienated Western audiences.

The creator of Downwell says in the film that many of his peers said that Downwell played more  like a Western game.

It was a good documentary, definitely worthwhile for those of you considering checking it out.

[Mark Mayers]

I watched it on Steam when it was released, and I enjoyed it.
It's a solid documentary and gives some good perspective.

Also it was kind of funny seeing some people I know in the movie.

[quantumpotato]

I asked about foreign tigsources in another thread and was told that this was the most popular one (!) ... la mulana 2 is still being made, right?