Dr. Miko Charbonneau

THE SPIRIT LIFT is finally out! If you need a chill horror roguelike deckbuilder in your life, we got you! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #indiegame #gamedev #horror

Tell your friends, especially those looking to support non-AI games with small teams 😅 We're proud of what we've done and how much people love our game. Because of real life stuff I haven't been marketing as much as I want to, we are so thankful for those of you that have helped us! #gamedev

Y'all should do this! Blippo+ is an amazing game and MinnMax is super cool too!

THE END IS NIGH!!! The final hours of The 7th Order & Ritual Deck funding are here! We are a few backers away from our next stretch goal! Join us for the end! ttrpg.link/kcc 29/X

Finding good indie games is hard, which is why I share awesome Steam festivals on our Patreon! Just wrote up a public post featuring three recent events to check out! www.patreon.com/prettysmartg... Thanks @dames4games.org, Skull Queens, and Shreibikus! #gamedev #indiegames #horror

I called a doctor's office and their answering machine said "Sorry we're closed February 13th." ??!?!?!?

4 years ago: I will reply to every person that emails us 2 years ago: We are getting too many emails, I'll read them all and reply if I can Now: I cannot read anymore AI gibberish that doesn't respect my time. C'mon people, at least write your own sentences if you want to work together #gamedev

Because we haven't said it enough: THE SPIRIT LIFT uses ZERO AI! Our scrappy team of six humans did it all! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #gamedev #indiegames #horrorgames #deckbuilder

Goddammit it's a miserable process going through the 8000-ish demos in Next Fest (starts later today) and seeing the overwhelming use of AI in so many games. I recommend this browser plugin for making it easier to spot - github.com/seeeeew/aiwa... - but Valve REALLY needs to make it a required tag.

Trailer for the documentary "Don Bluth : Somewhere Out There". www.copperpotpictures.com/don-bluth

Much love to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social, @igreggreene.bsky.social and the rest of the commentary group for hosting the charity watch party of Army of Darkness! And so glad I learned about the International Institute of Akron and the incredible work they are doing! www.iiakron.org #horror #charity

I need to find my "finished Carrie TV series" community, because I have so many theories about where season 2 is going. Where are my people at?! #horror #horrosky #stephenking

The Ghost Story Celebration on Steam is looking SO COOL! store.steampowered.com/curator/4624... And our haunted hotel ghost story is included! Let THE SPIRIT LIFT become the easy to learn roguelike deckbuilder of your dreams! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #gamedev #indiegame #horror

We're super excited to be part of the Playtime Horror Showcase by Skull Queens Games! Check out the whole event here! store.steampowered.com/curator/4614... And THE SPIRIT LIFT is 20% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #steamsale #indiegames #horror #gamedev

Freakin' love this game, @drmikachu.bsky.social, and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team. Very much give this game a look!

It's already late September, which means spooky season is here! 🎃 👻 💀 The perfect time to start looking at the cute and spooky games on your Steam wishlist, just saying...

I just backed Japan Sidequest: The Travel Journal on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jap...

Obligatory "I am alive and fine" post! Going through some big life changes that involve packing up the computer and moving boxes so I haven't been online much. Life is good, life is joy, and I'm designing every day and very happy.

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

We're doing a #gamedev study session with Sakurai's brilliant youtube series and some coworking! come by and hang out! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

Going live with some coworking while I cringe through old #gamedev notes and computer science assignments. Let's hang out and try to be productive together! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

Going live with game design study today! Let's start a new series of learning from Sakurai's video series on running a game studio AND we will do some NES research after! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu #gamedev #retrogames

Diving in deeper to the #bringvalkoback gacha game conversation, many players have been donating to wolf charities to spread love! This one caught my eye, they rescue wolf dogs 🐺:❤️ www.womenforwolves.org #gamedev #wolves

We're going to watch this episode live right now on my Twitch channel! Come hang out and listen to wisdom from @marinahascoffee.bsky.social and @ryakomusic.bsky.social about composing for games! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu #gamedev #indiegames

Streaming some #gamedev coworking! I have to do business studio lead chores, some hang out if you also have stuff to do! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

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Going live with a #gamedev research project: we're going to be mapping out every game mechanic used in every NES game! Why? That's a secret I'll never tell... unless... www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

THE BRINDLEVERSE LIVES! The Brindleverse Triptych is now live on @backerkit.com With games by @jasoncordova.bsky.social @heckmueller.bsky.social @carrion-comfort.com & addtional content by @chaoticblade5.bsky.social & all new layout by @clearkeep.bsky.social. TTRPG.link/bv3 5/x

oh boy I found 18 pages of notes for my first game design doc: a DATING SIM FOR GIRLS. Which at the time was original, I had never seen one before. Also I was writing it for my TI-89 CALCULATOR. If I can stop cringing long enough I might make a short vid... #gamedev #otome

Streaming coworking for a couple hours. I have so many little unglamorous #gamedev tasks and it's best to do them all at once! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

Valko stickers now available on my shop 🐺 #valko #lads 88% of proceeds will go to Anishinabek Nation for Canadian wildfire relief! + If you see me in-person at a con, I'll give you a Valko sticker FOR FREE if you've donated to any charity of your choice 💖 ⬇️More details and links below⬇️

Working to get my streaming schedule back on track... today let's cowork! I'll be doing some art, some video editing, all the little strange tasks for maintaining the #gamedev life www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

I'm going live making the most abstract vtuber design I could think of and reasonably draw. www.twitch.tv/drmikachu

THIS SATURDAY @ryakomusic.bsky.social joins @marinahascoffee.bsky.social to talk about making music and sounds for @prettysmart.bsky.social's The Spirit Lift, a retro, horror, roguelike deckbuilder. Come be part of the Q&A ☕ ⏰ Saturday, July 11th at 10am Pacific Time 🔗 twitch.tv/marinahascoffee

THE SPIRIT LIFT is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... Retro horror without jump scares! Cute spooky creatures! 90's teens solving mysteries! Roguelike deckbuilder that's easy to learn! #steamsale #horrorgames #indiegames

EPISODE 45 IS LIVE! @parkerhartzler.bsky.social (Resident Evil 4 Remake, Forza Motorsport, New Tales from the Borderlands) joined @marinahascoffee.bsky.social to talk about what motion capture technicians, lighting artists, and tech artists are responsible for in game dev. youtu.be/vpvC8Io_J48

We are on sale for 20% off! Play your cards right, survive a spooky hotel in the dead of night! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #steamsale #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Psst, wanna hear a secret? You actually are good at what you do, no one is mad at you, and your friends like you a lot.

Wow, thanks for featuring me! I loved doing this talk and I hope it helps many others! #gamedev

Another classic text from the aunties group chat: "relaxing. need to hang" This wasn't an invite, it was feedback on another person's finished art canvas