Get your ugly sweater ready for the next Game Industry Gathering!

Whether you work in games, want to break in, or just love play, this event is for you.

Bring a prototype if you’ve got one!

🗓️ Dec 10 • 6–10 PM
📍 @DivineBarrelCLT

Come connect, play, and be inspired! ❄️🕹️🎉

There were so many incredible attractions at #IAAPA beyond arcade games.

Huge gratitude to everyone in the indie arcade community we connected with in Orlando during #IAAPA & Free Play Florida!

Amazing creators doing ambitious, creative work, and showing real warmth & hospitality. The future of the indie arcade scene is bright.

#indie #arcade #videogames

🎮 GAME INDUSTRY GATHERING — TONIGHT!

Join us for games, drinks, & networking with amazing creators.

📅 6–10PM
Divine Barrel Brewing (@DivineBarrelCLT)
3701 N Davidson St #203, Charlotte, NC 28205

Come connect, play, & be inspired!

#IndieDev #GameDev #CharlotteNC

Huge shoutout to Abari owner, Zach Pulliam, for donating these amazing classic consoles to our #ArtCade program!

Do you have any consoles or games you’d like to donate? DM us! 💬

#CharlotteNC #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Nonprofit #GamePreservation #SupportLocal #ArcadeCulture

Thank you @Microsoft + Chris Allen for supporting POTIONS & PIXELS with two charity poker tournaments! 🎉

You’re helping us expand ArtCade into a workforce development program right here in Charlotte! 🕹️✨

#Microsoft #WorkforceDevelopment #CLT #TechForGood #GamingForGood

🎲 Huge thanks to @alec_t_t for donating these awesome games to POTIONS & PIXELS! 🙌

Your support helps us grow our community game library and bring people together through play, creativity, & connection. 💜

#BoardGames #CharlotteNC #CommunityGaming #GameDonation #PlayTogether

Connect with Charlotte’s game industry & enthusiasts TONIGHT at @DivineBarrelCLT!

#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity

This weekend will be the first playtest of the trpg my Partner in Crimes and I have been working on: "Stories from a Theme Park After the Apocalypse." It's a mapmaking and storytelling game in which you build a park and describe how a community came to settle it.

🎶 What’s the first thing you see when you walk into Confluence? These two stunning ArtCades by Dylan Bannister & John Hairston Jr. 🎨✨

We’re excited to bring the POTIONS & PIXELS ArtCade experience to Charlotte’s music industry conference! 🎮💜

🎮✨ Join us TONIGHT for PLAYTEST, a welcoming space where creators can showcase and playtest their projects—whether it's a prototype, work-in-progress, or just an idea.

📅 October 8th | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205

🥈 Let’s hear from @bryguess, who leapt into 2nd place in the Game Music Contest with Puddle Jumping! 🌧️🐸✨

Inspired by #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons, this cozy creation hits all the right notes. 🎶🎮💜

#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #MusicComposition #Charlotte #GameDesign

Big congrats to @athenaclt!🎉

In addition to receiving our Game Organization Grant, the #AthenaAllianceCLT was also awarded a Tournament Organizer Grant. 🎮🏆

We’re proud to support their work uplifting #WomenInGaming.💜

#Charlotte #EsportsCommunity #Streamer #PotionsAndPixels

They took a video game & turned it into a board game… and won it all. 🏆✨

Meet Michael DePrey & Kyle McGee, creators of Monster Hunter Blitz, our Screen to Table champions! 🎮🎲💜

#BoardGames #IndieGameDev #PotionsAndPixels #TabletopGames #GameDesign #Charlotte #MonsterHunter

🎶🏆 1st Place Spotlight! 🏆🎶

Meet Connor McElroy (@connorbars98), the champion of the POTIONS & PIXELS Game Music Contest! 💜

🔥 Track: Ghost
🎮 Inspired by: ABZÛ

#GameMusic #IndieDev #VideoGameMusic #ABZU #Soundtrack #PotionsAndPixels #GameMusicContest #IndieComposer

I was so focused on getting this take right I forgot to smile 😅

A HUGE thank you to every artist who submitted to our ArtCade Artist Call! 💜

This project was once just a dream. Seeing so many of you want to be part of it is truly moving.✨

— @michaelzytkow.bsky.social

🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨

POTIONS & PIXELS has been working with Charlotte Center City Partners (CCCP) on a new Uptown Board Game Kiosk at Romare Bearden Park—and CCCP is hiring a Contracted Kiosk Manager!

🗓️ Oct 1–Dec 18 (Weds/Thurs, 11–2)
💵 $15/hr

Info: tinyurl.com/y5m2wyuj

Game Industry Gathering vibe check! 🎮

Connect with Charlotte’s game industry and game enthusiasts this Wednesday, 6–10 PM at Divine Barrel Brewing!

#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity

This year, we were excited to support Anthony Turner & Psycho Image Films, a film studio for cosplayers, with a Content Creation Grant! 📸🎬👗⚔️

#InfusionFund #Blerd #BlackCosplayers #ContentCreator #PotionsAndPixels #CharlotteNC #CosplayUniverse #CLTArts

🚨🎨 LAST DAY! 🎨🚨
Final chance to apply to have YOUR art featured on a playable #ArtCade machine! 🕹️

👉 Apply forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

Made possible by @clturbandesign through their Placemaking Grant 🙌

#ArtistCall #Arcade #CharlotteArts #CLTCreatives #PublicArt #DigitalArt

🔥Fighting game flair, Astro Boy inspo & Dammit Wesley’s style make this #ArtCade unforgettable.🎨

⚡️LAST DAY TO APPLY: TOMORROW! Don’t miss your chance to have your art featured: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU... 🕹️

#ArcadeCabinet #RetroGaming #ArtistSpotlight #CLTArts #CallForArtists

For our final ArtCade Artist Spotlight, we’re highlighting Dammit Wesley.🎨

A creative community influencer, multi-disciplinary artist, & educator, we’re proud to feature his work in the #ArtCade collection!

⚡️ Only a few days left to apply: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

#Arcade #ArtistCall #Charlotte

🎨@lovoniaparks vibrant, colorful energy lights up this hand-painted #ArtCade with a playful food theme that brings back nostalgic vibes of all the 🍕🍿🥤 we enjoy while gaming.

Want to see your art on an ArtCade cabinet? Apply here: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

#RetroGaming #Arcade

✨ Join us TONIGHT at PLAYTEST, a relaxed, welcoming event where you can showcase and playtest anything you’re working on! 🎮🎨🎲

💬 PLUS: Chat with us about the ArtCade Artist Call!

📅 September 10 | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205

🎨✨ FINAL WEEK! ✨🕹️
7 artists will be chosen to design digital wraps for playable ArtCades in #Charlotte, including @cmlibrary.

💥 Apply by Sept 15
💰 Paid opportunity
🙌 Thanks to @clturbandesign

🔗 Apply: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

#PublicArt #Arcade #GameArt #ArtistCall

This week we’re spotlighting ArtCade artist @lovoniaparks! 🎨

Her vibrant, colorful energy has left its mark across Charlotte, and now shines on a hand-painted ArtCade!

⚡️ This is the FINAL week to apply to have your art featured on an ArtCade unit: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

We reunited all 12 ArtCade machines for this video!

We are seeking 7 artists to design wraps for our custom arcade units, turning them into playable #PublicArt across #Charlotte.

💰 Paid | 📅 Sept 15
🔗 Apply: forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtU...

#ArtCade #InteractiveArt #CallForArtists

Shoutout to Logan Phillips for donating a stack of vintage board games to POTIONS & PIXELS! 🎲💜 These retro editions bring old-school charm to our community library.

Got classics gathering dust? We’ll give them a second life! 🙌

#PotionsAndPixels #RetroGames #BoardGames #CLT

Check out the ArtCade we created in collaboration with Dylan Bannister (@dylanbannisterart)! 🎮 His love of games, nostalgia, & old tech shines in this wrap.

Want your art on an #ArtCade?
👉https://forms.gle/QYxXJRHS3dtUkxdHA

#Arcade #RetroGaming #GameArt #CharlotteCreatives #ArtistCall

🚨 TONIGHT 🚨
Game Industry Gathering is BACK! 🎮

Whether you are part of the industry or want to be, this night is for YOU!

🕹️ Play • 🍻 Drink • 🤝 Connect

📍 Divine Barrel Brewing
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203 #Charlotte, NC 28205
⏰ 6–10 PM

#IndieGames #GameDev #Networking #BoardGames #VideoGames