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Guildhall Academy

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 ÃÛÌÒ½´Guildhall's Advanced Game Design Academy is for you! 

 

What is Guildhall Academy?

ÃÛÌÒ½´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 

ÃÛÌÒ½´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