Fish is shown preparing for Fez 's March 2011 PAX East booth in the 2012 documentary film Indie Game : The Movie , which chronicle the stories of several indie developers at various stages of their games ' development cycles . As a subplot , the film present Fish amidst a legal dispute with a former business partner that jeopardize the game 's future . The partner , believed to be Jason DeGroot , is portrayed negatively and do not participate onscreen . The film 's end credits was later corrected to reflect that Fish 's business partner was not asked for input . Game Informer called Fish the film 's " most memorable developer " , and Rock , Paper , Shotgun wrote that Fish is portrayed as melodramatic , theatrical , and neurotic , in a way that exacerbate his outspoken public perception . Eurogamer said that the part where Fish resolve to kill himself if he do not release his game is " the film 's most startling moment " .