This weekend starts our Protest Game Jam!
Join the itch jam page and/or discord (links in bio)!

Stir the pot!
Air your grievance!
Tell your story!
Dream a better world!

From April 4 - 19, we're hosting a 2-week Game Jam for creatives of all kinds.

Join the Discord, sign up on the itch.io jam page (links in bio)

Exhibition to follow post-jam!!

Y'all!! 😭OMG! just 24 hours in and we're already almost half through! Thank you SO SO much to those who already donated!

I wasn't sure how feasible this was, and with the amount donated already, we can secure 1 show + maybe a 2nd hand laptop to be able to show more games.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
gofund.me/5127491e0

especially after exhausting weekends, the show is only 1 aspect of the actual intent of putting these things on. This was a good wake up call for 2026, and a good reminder for better organization all around.

Okay!! PSA!! A friendly reminder to all event people, DOUBLE CHECK YOUR LAST MESSAGES! I thought my correspondences were all tied up, but it wasn't the case. And that really sucks, so sorry we missed a donation to a great group, but it's all figured out.

@captkuso.bsky.social DM'd you, but it sounds like your portion of donations didnt go through?! 🙏 so so sorry, this shouldn't have happened.

The daffodils popping up in Atlanta, so it's time to crawl out of my hibernation!
gofund.me/f6356caf3

Help us with our 2026 programming goals! We're hoping for some great shows including:
- Games as protest! (game jam + exhibition)
- Queer games!
- Cosy games!
- Local games exhibition!
- MORE MORE

Special thanks and shoutout to the devs here on Bluesky @brookp8.bsky.social and @terrycavanaghgames.com everyone had SO MUCH FUN ❤️ 💙 💜

New Years party was such a wonderful success! Thanks to everyone involved, to everyone who came out, and to all the developers who let me show their games! Here's to another year with AvantBeetle 🙌

NYE at The Supermarket ATL

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The calendar failed, the simulation continues.
Multiplayer + Installation-based games into the party

DO NOT EXIT THE SIMULATION
PRESS START @ MIDNIGHT

🎧 DJs ALL NIGHT
🖼 Tech-art installations
🥞 Food
🗓 DEC 31 (8PM–2AM)

Featuring works from:
Sondi
@captkuso.bsky.social
@infinitetears.bsky.social
Axochi.Art
AwkwardSilenceGames
The Uncensored Library
Jaroslav Švelch & Martin Kouba
@charlesgames.bsky.social
@hamzabashandy.bsky.social
@molleindustria.org & @hjosephinegiles.bsky.social

1 WEEK TO GO! 🎮✨

CTRL ALT RESIST opens Fri 8/22 @ The Supermarket a 3-day exhibition of games as protest, resistance & radical imagination.

Come play, reflect & resist.
📅 8/22–8/24

AvantBeetle Presents: CRTL ALT RESIST

A three-day videogame exhibition highlighting games as a tool for protest, political resistance, and radical imagination; elevating play as a political act.

Submissions are open until July 11th!

🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.

Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️

More to come soon!

We're teaming up with the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Film, Entertainment & Nightlife for a one-night-only celebration of Atlanta’s indie game scene! 🎉✨

🎮 ATL Indie Game Showcase
📅 Wednesday, July 2 | ⏰ 7–10:30 PM
📍 Southern Feed Store (EAV)
🎟 Free + open to the public!

❤️❤️

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Post GDC flu got to me

Gimme some time to respond to all the great messages, I'm a sick little hamster

It was so great to meet you! You were such a wonderful pressence to be around ❤️❤️ you're the best!!!

SF MOMA TIME!!

Dance duet with @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com + @avantbeetle.bsky.social

✅️ heart sunglasses
✅️ egg earrings
✅️ cosy sweater
✅️ good vibes
Come say hi if you're at GDC

Me waiting for GDC trying to clean the house, pack, send messages, and force relax before extrovert week mode begins

If you are attending GDC to pitch to a publisher, remember:

- You are owed respect and professionalism no matter who you are
- They couldn't operate without developers
- You are evaluating THEM as much as they are evaluating you

You got this. You deserve to be there. I am rooting for you.

Upcoming new show!

Lyric

April 11th - 13th

Featuring the works of @oleomingus.bsky.social / @alienmelon.bsky.social / CassieMcQuater / @ianmaclarty.com + Gemma Mahadeo / @joeyschutz.bsky.social / + more TBA!

Alright, I’ve had enough. My game backlog has been sitting there, collecting dust, acting like it pays rent. Time to put these games in their place—aka actually play them

always love @farfama.bsky.social's experiences, go check it out for yourself 🌊🌊

I'll be there all week 👍

Starting this Thursday I'm going to begin streaming all kinds of games and scouring the interwebs for the deep, the profound, the odd, the silly!

Join me on this journey in finding games for upcoming shows!

Thursdays at 8pm (est)
Twitch.tv/avantbeetle

You can help out by joining the patreon, hanging out on twitch (Thursdays @ 8pm EST), or chatting it up in the discord.

With all our love,
~AvantBeetle