It’s been such a busy awesome week at SMU Guildhall, we nearly forgot to show you the great student and faculty Halloween costumes from this year! 👏🏅💯
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Greatly enjoyed hosting Borderlands 4 creators from Gearbox Software yesterday, who discussed what it takes to bring a AAA title to life and lessons learned. Panelists included Guildhall alumni Mario Rodriguez, Taylor McCart, Stephen Northcut, Emily Zhang, Ronald Wang, Derek Holson & Brooke Smith.
06.11.2025 21:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Falling Star DLC Release
Explore a dreamlike world and the magical imagination and talent of SMU Guildhall alumna Anona Yang in 2025 Steam release, The Falling Star—a short, narrative-driven walking simulator adventure.
Explore a dreamlike world and the imagination of SMU Guildhall alumna Anona Yang in The Falling Star—a short, narrative-driven walking simulator adventure. To celebrate 2,000 downloads, DLC content drops tomorrow (Oct 9). Learn more about the game and DLC: www.smu.edu/guildhall/ne...
08.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by AAPI In Gaming
AAPI in Gaming with Emily Zhang from Gearbox Software
Alumni Highlight: ✨ Cohort 32’s Emily Zhang, Systems Designer at @gearboxofficial.bsky.social, was interviewed by @aapiingaming.bsky.social on breaking into and navigating the industry, with perspectives and insights as an Asian woman in Games. Listen in: youtu.be/1HFok8aCXgg?...
17.09.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A huge congrats to our friends and alumni at @gearboxofficial.bsky.social on the launch of Borderlands 4 🤩 Everyone featured in this photo are Guildhall alumni that contributed on the title. Incredible! So very proud of you all. 👏
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13.09.2025 19:23 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy National Video Game Day from SMU Guildhall! Here’s to all our students, alumni, faculty, and industry friends around the world who work to bring video games to life everyday. You rock!
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12.09.2025 19:42 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SMU Guildhall student research investigates LLMs to create more realistic NPCs. Learn more below! #ganedev
27.08.2025 03:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Listen in: SMU Guildhall alum @lizardengland.bsky.social (C7, ‘08) revisits her 2014 blog on “The Door Problem of Game Design” which poses a simple, practical response to the question “What does a game designer do?” We love her perspective, and getting to celebrate our alums!
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25.08.2025 18:04 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Love it! Way to go, Liz!
25.08.2025 17:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Play & celebrate with us as we launch HardDriverz on #steam today (8/23) at 12pm CT! bit.ly/3Vd4h52 Compete against AI racers through six twisty, futuristic and gravity-defying tracks down iridescent roads, wasteland dunes & a neon-lit cyberscape. #gamedev
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Wishlist now to be notified when it drops! bit.ly/3Vd4h52
19.08.2025 17:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by SMU Guildhall
HardDriverz Gameplay Trailer
Coming to #steam 8/23: HardDriverz—a twisty, futuristic, gravity-defying arcade racing game. Design your kart and compete against friends down iridescent roads, wasteland dunes, and a neon-lit cyberscape.
youtu.be/zH9_BnfFSh8?...
19.08.2025 17:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
HardDriverz on Steam
Burn rubber across futuristic cityscapes on twisting gravity defying tracks with customizable karts in this competitive arcade racer!
Coming Soon! HardDriverz, by Cohort 34. Burn rubber across futuristic cityscapes on twisting gravity defying tracks with customizable karts in this competitive arcade racer!
Wishlist to be alerted when it's released: store.steampowered.com/app/3533890/...
15.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to the development team at id Software on their recent launch of "Doom: The Dark Ages", including SMU Guildhall alumni Evan Eubanks, Matt Grabowski, Ryan Moncrief, Eliana Gargiulo, Robert Hicks, Tim Herrmann, Weylan Wang, and Danni Liang.
24.05.2025 14:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations, 2025 graduates 🎉🎓 You did it! Your SMU Guildhall faculty and staff are so proud of all you accomplished in your time here. Onward and upward! Keep in touch, we’d love to learn about all you do from here. 🎮
#smu #ponyup #classof2025 #gamedev
17.05.2025 21:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎙️ My conversation with The Dig lead dev and @smuguildhall.bsky.social director Gary Brubaker is now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
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🎥 You can also watch it on YouTube!
youtu.be/2ySEgMwL-EM
12.05.2025 16:24 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
2025 SMU Guildhall Graduate Catalog
A compilation of SMU Guildhall's 2025 graduate students' work in game development including individual Master's Thesis and Directed Focus Study projects, as well as C33 capstone team games
Our 2025 Catalog featuring the game development work of our graduating candidates is now live. The catalog includes students' independent Theses and Directed Focus Studies, as well as Cohort 33's published Team Games. Check it out! joom.ag/1Ysd
08.05.2025 17:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our graduating @SMU Master's students will exhibit their Thesis work in game development on May 9th from 11am-2:30pm. Come visit us to see the inspiring work they have completed in game art, design, production, programming, applied technologies, and gamification. RSVP: conta.cc/4cIdQRD
29.04.2025 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Join us: 2025 Game Development Student Thesis Exhibition
Email from SMU Guildhall RSVP for SMU Guildhall's 2025 Thesis Exhibition YOU'RE INVITED! 2025 Thesis Exhibition Be our guest! SMU Guildhall invites you to our 2025 Master's Thesis Exhibition,...
Be our guest! SMU Guildhall invites you to our 2025 Master's Thesis Exhibition on May 9th from 11am-2:30pm. This annual showcase features the fascinating game development work in Art Creation, Level Design, Production, and Programming from our graduating Master's students. RSVP: conta.cc/4cIdQRD
22.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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