Guildhall Academy 2025

Calling all aspiring game designers! Join us for Guildhall Academy, a summer camp for grades 8-12

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Discover the Art & Science of Game Development 

Guildhall Academy, a Summer Camp for Grades 8-12

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 

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 51°µÍø Guildhall's Advanced Game Design Academy is for you!
 

What is Guildhall Academy?

51°µÍø 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 

51°µÍø Dallas

Camper Seats Available Per Session

20 — Registration is CLOSED; all spaces have been filled for 2025.

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