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Trust and honesty are key to being able to better understand your team's needs! Having an automated questionnaire like this can help the conversation be open with your team. Wise words from @drmikachu.bsky.social from - @prettysmart.bsky.social! #GDoCExpo2025

Get tickets for the event! gdoc.events/2025tickets

Can you believe it?🤯 Game Devs of Color Expo 2025 kicks off today! You can do a virtual AMA with our special guests in Gather, kicking off at 11:30am. It's not too late to get your tickets, so don't miss out on networking, panels, our 2025 Direct, and more! Our event is open to EVERYONE🙌🏾

We’re excited to celebrate our upcoming 10th annual Game Devs of Color Expo! 💚Online conference with talks, panels, & interviews with industry experts 💙Networking, live chat, digital booths, meetings, job board 💚GDoCExpo Steam Sale 💙The GDoCExpo Direct 💚In-person local Watch Parties ▶ gdoc.events

📢SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT @prettysmart.bsky.social - Creative Director, Miko Charbonneau Running a Remote Studio When Everything's On Fire Tune into this talk for an honest and uplifting discussion of how you can make it on your own despite the many challenges. #gamedev

Soooo who is playing Hollow Knight: Silksong? 👀

We had a great time showing THE SPIRIT LIFT at the MIX Fall Showcase! Everyone was sooooo nice! Now I'm back in trailer-making/dev mode for a few weeks but, trust me, you're about to see a BUNCH more news coming! 👻🏨 #gamedev

Here's where you can find us this Friday, Aug 29th! 📢 💻 ONLINE 💻 - Twitch/Youtube @ 9AM 📍 ONSITE 📍 - 115 Bell St, Seattle, WA 9812 @ 7PM ➡️ bit.ly/MIXFALL25

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We are looking forward to experiencing @drmikachu.bsky.social’s talk for this year’s 10th annual @gdocexpo.com aptly named, “Running a Remote Game Studio When Everything’s on Fire.” 🎟️ Grab a ticket for #GDoCExpo2025 for access to the full event and catch her talk on Wednesday, September 17th! 💖

@themix.bsky.social Thank you for having us! We can't wait!!

It’s live! The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵 🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators 💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409) 🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color! 👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...

@sylverstonekhandr.com always appreciate you and your support! 🩷🩵✨ thank you for the repost!

@geekgirlcon.bsky.social thank you so much for reposting! You all are the best and it is truly an honor 🩵🩷✨

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How can you help? Great question! Ways to Give: 💝 Buy GGC’25 passes 💝 Upgrade to a Supporter Tier pass geekgirlcon.com/passes/ 💝 Donate to GeekGirlCon geekgirlcon.com/get-involved... 💝 Sponsor GeekGirlCon by emailing: [email protected] 🧵

Hi geeks! GeekGirlCon needs your help! GGC has always been a home for geeks on the margins — a space to celebrate, connect, and belong. That space matters. And it only exists because of you. Since returning to in-person events in 2022, rising costs have made it hard for us to break even, 🧵

So excited for The Spirit Lift to be a part of the showcase! Can’t wait to check out all of the other games too!

@simmerthingz.bsky.social thank you for sharing our post! 🩷🩵✨

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👻🏨 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...

You can catch our studio’s creative director, @drmikachu.bsky.social, speaking at the #GDoCExpo2025 on Wednesday, September 17th on “Running a Remote Studio When Everything’s on Fire.”

TYSM to everyone who came to learn about game design with Audrey & Dr. Miko from @prettysmart.bsky.social + THE SPIRIT LIFT. We had such a great time and hopefully you got to watch us live. Please make sure you WISHLIST their game: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... 👀 More details below!

@polerin.bsky.social thank you for the repost!! Always appreciate you 🩷🩵

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@ashmakes.games thank you for the repost! 🩷🩵

See you on Wednesday for the speaker event with Audrey Twigg and Dr. Miko from @prettysmart.bsky.social. Then back on Sunday with the Michaelsons LP! www.twitch.tv/simmerthingz

Can’t wait 🫶🏽

✨ Catch our Art Lead Audrey Twigg & our Founder Dr. Miko Charbonneau @drmikachu.bsky.social on the Black Indie Dev Speaker Series with @simmerthingz.bsky.social as they talk about 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT, ghost punk horror, and more! 📅 Wednesday, July 23rd at buff.ly/HUnbvhn — don’t miss it! #IndieDev

Event will be held on July 23 at 6pm ET 💜

Check out THE SPIRIT LIFT on Steam: #TheSpiritLift

🗣️ I’m back with another Black Indie Dev Speaker Series event: Audrey Twigg (Art Lead on The Spirit Lift) & Dr. Miko Charbonneau aka @drmikachu.bsky.social (Founder of @prettysmartgames.bsky.social). We’re talking ghostpunk horror+ more! Come hang for the live event: buff.ly/HUnbvhn #IndieDev

🤩🥳 You're invited to the Dames 4 Games Slumber Party Summer Showcase Summer 2025 by Dames 4 Games THIS SUMMER 😱!! 😮‍💨 That was a doozy, anyway, mark your calendars cuz this time we're coming better 🤩, Stronger 💪, and BIGGER 🤯 🗓️ July 17th, 2025, 12:00 PM PT #Dames4Games & #D4GSummer2025

Nice things! This pupper (Julian), my powerline water bottle, and playtesting a friends game (Shout-out to @prettysmart.bsky.social and go wishlist The Spirit Lift)

✉️ Join our mailing list for first looks, play testing opportunities, and the kind of updates you actually want in your inbox. ‌ Some fun fluff. Lots of studio news. And maybe some ghosts. 🏨👻 ‌ 👉 Tap into prettysmartgames.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... to stay in the loop!

I'm going to stream a bit of #gamedev for our ghostpunk deckbuilder THE SPIRIT LIFT... but everything I'm working on is a spoiler so shush don't tell anyone okay? www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

The game dev journey 😅 Did you see that 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is dropping this year though? #prettysmart

Call for Playtesters is open for 👻🏨THE SPIRIT LIFT! Learn more on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegamedev #ghostpunk #roguelikegames #deckbuilder #horrorgame

Follow Deeto the Racoons training montage as he incorporates new radical techniques to stack, hang, lean, explode, and nail his way past obstacles and hazards in this physics based 🧩puzzle game to get 👏 to👏 that 👏 line. 🏗 100 🧠Challenging🧠 Levels 🌎 10 Worlds - new mechanics #indiedev #indiegame

All my recent pics are snapchats I send to my mother! Older and less dog-like in person #WhatAGameDevLooksLike I'm Miko! Earned my CS PhD on dance games, designer specializing in AR/VR and horror. I run @prettysmart.bsky.social where we consult and build THE SPIRIT LIFT, a ghostpunk deckbuilder!

👀 See what the survivors of the Vexington Hotel think of THE SPIRIT LIFT 👀 👻🏨 Start your ride of THE SPIRIT LIFT on Steam and @itch.io #indiegamedev #freedemo #ghostpunk #hotelcrawler #deckbuilder #gamedev

@gamedevs.latestgaming.buzz thanks for the repost!

Us impressed by our own bugs as we fight them back #gamedev

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Anyone remember this? #prettysmart

I'm dressed as a pirate doing coworking streams on Twitch. Because of course I am. www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

Need help focusing on your work? I'm streaming sprints on Twitch today while I do #gamedev and #writing! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu