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Discover the Art & Science of Game Development

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 Ë®¶à¶àµ¼º½ Guildhall's Advanced Game Design Academy is for you! 

Session 1: May 27 – June 6, 2025 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily — SOLD OUT
Session 2: June 16 – 26, 2025 | 9 a.m. –4 p.m. daily  — SOLD OUT 

What is Guildhall Academy?

A Summer Camp for Grades 8-12: Ë®¶à¶àµ¼º½ 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. At Guildhall Academy, campers will:

• 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

Ë®¶à¶àµ¼º½ Dallas

Registration:

• Session 1: May 27 – June 6, 2025 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily

• Session 2: June 16 – 26, 2025 | 9 a.m. –4 p.m. daily

• Camper seats per session total: 20 (SOLD OUT)

Questions? 

Contact Rene Archambault at 214-768-5139 or reneja@smu.edu