Two people started this.
Then we started Smokestack.
Smokestack Games (“A Games & Droids Company”) is Marissa Cheves and Benjamin Marsh, the original duo, plus the team we’ve built since. Marissa and Ben have shipped Roblox games together for five years. Marissa has always been the lead game designer; Ben has always been the developer building what she designs. Pirates vs Ninjas, a multiplayer shooter, was the first thing they shipped together. The Block, a Roblox nightclub experience, was Marissa’s pitch: she brought the idea to Roblox, and Roblox produced, developed, and shipped it.
Smokestack is the studio that came out of that partnership. Today it runs a flagship real-time strategy game, a casino-game portfolio on Stake Engine, and a design consulting practice for other studios.
We move fast because we’ve built the tools to move fast: RbxSync, our own Studio-to-code sync layer, plus an AI-assisted production pipeline that lets a small team ship at the pace of a much bigger one.
Worked together on 5+ projects across 3 teams. Built Pirates vs Ninjas from scratch together (Marissa on design, Ben on tech). Co-developed an alpha version of Borders RTS.
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Four people running product, tech, growth, and partnerships.
Marissa Cheves
CEO
5+ years building on Roblox. Lead game designer on everything the duo has shipped, including Pirates vs Ninjas. Pitched The Block, a Roblox nightclub experience, directly to Roblox, who produced, developed, and shipped it. Built RbxSync, our Studio-to-code sync tool, from scratch.
Benjamin Marsh
CTO
Game developer on everything the duo has shipped, including Pirates vs Ninjas. Systems specialist: gameplay programming, networking, data architecture. Leads all of our original Roblox IP development, from Borders RTS to our upcoming title, Mineshaft.
Alexzander Berrigan
CMO
Drove 30x organic traffic growth across our original IP titles through proprietary organic marketing methods.
Sean Spencer
Head of Partnerships & Business Development
Background in brand ambassador work with deep industry connections. Drives the B2B partnership deals that bring our games and casino content to new audiences.