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February 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT📢

Miko Charbonneau | prettysmart games

In this post mortem, Miko talks about how the prettysmart team ensured healthy communication and a joyful post-launch experience between them and their players, when releasing their retro horror deckbuilder, THE SPIRIT LIFT.
Game Workers Conference May 22 - May 23, 2026 The Joy of Launch: A Post-Mortem of THE SPIRIT LIFT Miko Charbonneau | prettysmart games gameworkersconference.org
April 17, 2026 at 9:57 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
Anyone remember this? #prettysmart
February 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
Inspired by our recent chat with @honestindies.bsky.social, we've made a free Patreon post recommending our favorite titles from the @wingsfund.me Women's Day Sale!

www.patreon.com/posts/152733...

Only a few more days to pick up these amazing games on discount!

#indiegames #gamedev #steamsale
Our Favorite Games in the Women's Day Sale 2026! | prettysmart games
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March 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Thank you @drmikachu.bsky.social for showcasing THE SPIRIT LIFT, by @prettysmart.bsky.social!

Wishlist on Steam & play the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
▶ www.youtube.com/@PrettySmart...
January 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
drmikachu.bsky.social
You will like my indie game if you played these games:

- Inscryption 💾
- Persona 3 🎧
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward ⌚
- Ring of Pain 🃏

We launch on Jan 27! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...

#indiegame #gamedev #deckbuilder
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
drmikachu.bsky.social
We posted a poll! What #gamedev video should we make on our YouTube channel first?

Do you want to know about our 30+ previous games? Our 1000 scripts? 27 dev roles? Or 35+ tools?

Voting is free for everyone, but I think you have to have a Patreon account:
www.patreon.com/posts/149793...
Last Day of THE SPIRIT LIFT Launch Sale! | prettysmart games
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February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
The game dev journey 😅 Did you see that 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is dropping this year though?

#prettysmart
May 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
“Aang mentioned us!” #prettysmart
A screenshot of Prince Zuko and Aang from “Avatar: The Last Airbender” elbowing Zuko laughing saying, “You’re pretty smart.”
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
drmikachu.bsky.social
Our upcoming breakdown of the 35 tools we built to make our roguelike deckbuilder THE SPIRIT LIFT?

Yeah... turns out there were more like 50-60!

Stay tuned for the video, I'll probably post on our studio YouTube: www.youtube.com/@PrettySmart...

#gamedev #indiegame
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
drmikachu.bsky.social
Hi #PitchYaGame! Our ghostpunk roguelike deckbuilder set in a haunted hotel comes out Jan 27 2026!

Come for the 90s nostalgia and teen drama, stay for the chance to throw a rice cooker at a clown or dynamite a spider horse!

store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...
prettysmart games 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by PrettySmartGames
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November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
neake81.bsky.social
They’ve arrived! Thank you @intellectbooks for sending my hard copies!

#thatblackademiclife #brainybrawnybeautiful #prettysmart #intelligent #putrespeckonmyname #adddrifyounasty #academic #blackademic #blerd #essayist #methodologist #music #publicspeaking #publishedauthor ##professor #reverend
February 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
prettysmart.bsky.social
Our latest free blog post is up, with info about the @igdafoundation.org charity bundle on Steam and more indie game recs!

Special topic this time is figure skating games, inspired by the World Figure Skating Competition! www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

#indiegames
March Indie Game Recs and 100 Reviews Hit! | prettysmart games
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March 29, 2026 at 2:02 AM
prettysmart.bsky.social
THE SPIRIT LIFT FINAL DEMO IS HERE! 👻 🏨 Welcome to your free stay at the Vexington Hotel. Play the new demo and earn a bonus in the final game when it launches!

Discover more battles, cards, creature, gear, and gold because we’ve upgraded you to a luxury suite! ✨
A screenshot of the Spotacula boss battle gameplay for prettysmart games THE SPIRIT LIFT A screenshot of gameplay from prettysmart games’ THE SPIRIT LIFT ghostpunk rogue-like deckbuilder haunted hotel crawler. The screenshot shows the game’s character dashboard with only Sako, Tobias, Briar, Quintin, and Maria available to choose from in the demo. The character featured to the right of the dashboard shows Briar, a young brown-skinned girl with braids in a half updo with two buns wearing purple fishnets on their arms and legs with a purple and black collared dress with an apron with pockets full of art-related options and black boots. Briar is a Spiritual character class dubbed “The Artist” with item cards of the palette knife, oil paints, sketchbook, and an item equipped is a brush belt. A screenshot of gameplay of an event in THE SPIRIT LIFT from prettysmart games
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
drmikachu.bsky.social
Boo! We have another unique trailer from the @dames4games.org showcase today!

This trailer holds a puzzling clue to a demo secret. I wonder who will find it? 🔎

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5m...

#gamedev #gametrailer #horrorgame #deckbuilder
prettysmart games presents 👻🏨THE SPIRIT LIFT Narrative Trailer
YouTube video by PrettySmartGames
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October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
simmerthingz.bsky.social
Here's the lowdown for you!

Press Kit+ Demo:
prettysmartgames.com/tsl-presskit prettysmart.itch.io/the-spirit-l...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/PrettyS...

Twiggly: www.studiotwiggly.com
Dr. Mikacu: twitch.tv/drmikachu!
Official Press Kit — prettysmart games
prettysmart games presents THE SPIRIT LIFT is a deck-building rogue-like horror adventure in a haunted hotel. Ascend 13 floors in a ghostly elevator. Use equipment cards to battle monsters. Make it to...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Running a remote studio while everything feels on fire is… a lot.

In this uplifting #GDoCExpoTalk, @drmikachu.bsky.social studio lead of @prettysmart.bsky.social, shares how to build & sustain a remote team while prioritizing mental health, even on a small budget.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNS...
Running a Remote Studio when Everythings On Fire
The past few years have been some of the most stressful, with many indie game devs questioning if it's possible to find success as a small studio. Join Miko Charbonneau, studio lead of prettysmart…
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January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
honestindies.bsky.social
The first video episode of the Honest Indies Podcast features @drmikachu.bsky.social of @prettysmart.bsky.social talking about tech fires in grad school, working with her husband, starting the studio, unsolved mysteries in The Spirit Lift and a whole lot more.

xoxo Chris

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Honest Indies Podcast EP. 2 - The Doctor Developer, Miko Charbonneau - prettysmart games Interview
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February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
bradbrookjenny.bsky.social
Also, what electorate in NSW would take kindly to a blow in from Vic? The libs have to rebuild with younger new blood. If he did run, I reckon a prettysmart Indi would be put up against him.
June 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
aespiko.bsky.social
april 24th update:

currently playing: ffxiv + tomolife
currently watching: spy x family s2
currently reading: N/A

just finished:
- prettysmart
- frieren s1 (exam arc!)
- demon slayer hashira arc
April 24, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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How cool is she??? The gorgeous FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA 😍 ❤️ 💕 💖 ♥️ 💗 😍 ❤️ 💕 💖 ♥️ 💗 😍 ❤️ 💕 💖 ♥️ 💗 😍 ❤️ 💕 💖 ♥️ 💗
Michelle Obama’s powerful aura hides a cute side #foryou #prettysmart #thinkpink #pinklife #turnspin
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June 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
drmikachu.bsky.social
New Patreon course video!

I cover how to organize links to your source control, builds and test plan! This helps reduce time and friction in finding what you need later, especially when you are approaching the release of your game. www.patreon.com/posts/dont-l...
Don't Lose Your Stuff: Source Control | prettysmart games
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May 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
Even better, death is only the beginning in this demo. Each run, you’ll earn Spirit points to customize your next attempt to reach the penthouse!

👀 Do you dare take a ride? Those who die, try again can also earn a bonus in the full game! Don’t forget to check out the Library while you are at it.
A screenshot of card upgrades newly available in the final demo for THE SPIRIT LIFT from prettysmart games A screenshot of THE SPIRIT SHOP that unlocks upgrades in the ghost-punk rogue-like deck builder haunted hotel crawler, THE SPIRIT LIFT from prettysmart games A screenshot of newly added The Library feature that tracks the lore in the ghost-punk rogue-like deck builder haunted hotel crawler, THE SPIRIT LIFT from prettysmart games A screenshot of gameplay from prettysmart games’ THE SPIRIT LIFT ghostpunk rogue-like deckbuilder haunted hotel crawler. The screenshot features the Shop in the game with the shopkeeper, Dorian Graywolf, who is a violin-playing werewolf holding a violin bow with glowing yellow eyes in a dapper 3-piece pin-striped suit. To the left of Dorian, there are cards (Pack of Gum, Smokescreen, First Aid Kit) for purchase as well as items (Funeral Veil, Sunglasses, Rollerblades). To his right is a button to “DESTROY CARDS” for 300 gold. On the far left, shows your 3 character group of Sako, Tobias, and Quintin as well as their focuses and health as a group. Below the team is a button shaped like a door with a golden wolf head knocker to “LEAVE ROOM.”
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
prettysmart.bsky.social
👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT will be online AND on-site at @officialpax.bsky.social West for the @themix.bsky.social Fall Game Showcase on August 29th! We can’t wait for you to take your ride on THE SPIRIT LIFT! 🛗

More event info: mediaindieexchange.com/showcases/th...
On the left of the image, there are characters that have video game consoles and controllers as heads in fighting stance coming out of multi-colored abstract shapes behind them. Underneath the characters, there is an ombre colored font from pink to purple from left to right with a white outline of a joystick and font saying, “MIX FALL SHOWCASE 2025” with a jagged lightening white divider. On the right side of the white jagged line, prettysmart games’ THE SPIRIT LIFT indie video game cover art is featured with the name shining in gold with the first I in SPIRIT pointing up shaped as an elevator dial, Dorian Graywolf is featured on the right of the image with glowing golden eyes, and cards stream across the image.
August 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Pop in the cassette, dust off the flannel, and kick off the weekend with The Spirit Lift by prettysmart games. Let’s see if this one has what it takes to reach the top floor! indiegame #IndieGameDev #horrorgaming
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What Lurks in The Shadows of This HORROR GAME?
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October 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM