Discover the Art & Science of Game Development:
Guildhall Academy, a Summer Camp for Grades 8-12
Session 1: May 27-June 6, 2025 | 9am-4pm daily
Session 2: June 16-26, 2025 | 9am-4pm daily
Registration Opens January 1, 2025
Are you a serious game player in grades 8-12 who has what it takes to become a game creator? Have you considered studying video game development and making it your career? Then SMU Guildhall's Advanced Game Design Academy is for you!
What is Guildhall Academy?
SMU Guildhall's Advanced Game Design Academy is a rigorous two-week summer camp in which students create a video game using cutting edge game engine technology.
Overview
- Be taught and mentored by game industry veterans
- Experience what professional game developers do on a daily basis
- Design a 2D platformer game using the Unity game engine — one of the same game technologies used by Guildhall graduate students in their game production projects!
- Create unique art and import it into the game engine
- Program gameplay using C#
Requirements
Guildhall Academy students should have a passion for games and intermediate technical skills, but specific knowledge related to game development is not required.
Location
SMU Dallas
>> Register for Session 1 — Coming January 1, 2025
>> Register for Session 2 — Coming January 1, 2025
Camper seats available per session: 20
Questions?
Contact Rene Archambault at (214) 768-5139 or reneja@smu.edu