A few attempts to improve things visually, despite the various quirks…

…. Not really the best... uncertain how to fully implement this well, but this was very valuable in my guessing: sindresorhus/ora#49 (comment)

deployments/compile/solc-util.js

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SolcUtil {
 
   //Generate input object, assuming Solidity as language, from filepath of sources
   generateSolcInputDirectory(root) {
-    const spinner = ora('Generating solc input from directory ' + root + '...');
+    const spinner = ora('Generating solc input from directory ' + root).start().clear();
     let input = { language: 'Solidity', sources: {}, settings: { outputSelection: { '*': { '*': [ '*' ] } } } };
     //By default, we will print all output, therefore, we directly stick the output settings above ^^^
 

deployments/deploy/deployer.js

@@ -37,28 +37,30 @@ class Deployer {
 
     console.log(pp.miniheadline("Deploying " + contract.name + '...'));
     const spinner = ora().start(); 
+    spinner.clear();
     let spinnerConf;
     let contractWeb3 = await (new this.web3.eth.Contract(contract.abi)
         .deploy({ "data": contract.bytecode.indexOf('0x') === 0 ? contract.bytecode : '0x' + contract.bytecode, "arguments": args })
         .send(sendOptions)
         .on('receipt', (receipt) => {
+          spinner.succeed();
           console.log(pp.arrow("status: " + receipt.status ? "Success!" : "Failed :("));
           console.log(pp.arrow("transaction hash: " + receipt.transactionHash));
           console.log(pp.arrow("contract address: " + receipt.contractAddress));
           console.log(pp.arrow("from: " + receipt.from));
           console.log(pp.arrow("block number: " + receipt.blockNumber));
           console.log(pp.arrow("gas used: " + receipt.gasUsed));
           console.log(pp.miniheadline("\nPausing for 2 confirmations..."));
-          spinnerConf = ora().start();
+          spinnerConf = ora().start()
+          spinnerConf.clear();
 
         })
         .on('confirmation', (num, receipt) => {
           console.log("confirmation number: " + num + " (block: " + receipt.blockNumber + ")");
           if(num === 2) {
+            spinnerConf.succeed();
             console.log("...");
             console.log("Confirmed!");
-            spinnerConf.succeed();
-            spinner.succeed();
 
             process.exit(0);
             console.log("\n\nExtra confirmations:\n")

deployments/ora-test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const ora = require('ora');
+
+const spinner = ora('Starting deployment...').start();
+spinner.clear();
+console.log("a")
+console.log("b")
+console.log("c")
+const anal = ora('mini-deploy').start();
+anal.clear();
+console.log("a")
+console.log("b")
+console.log("c")
+anal.succeed();
+spinner.succeed();
+
+const doot = ora('uguu').start();
+console.log("f")
+console.log("g")
+console.log("gfdsgfdsgfd\n\n")
+doot.clear();
+console.log("h")
+console.log("i")
+console.log("j")
+doot.succeed();
+