Light of Alariya is an open-world, third-person, exploration puzzle game made by 27 student devs at SMU Guildhall within a span of 6 months. In Light of Alariya, you traverse the ancient alien temples and ruins to restore the power of the stars and awaken your sleeping civilization.
Light of Alariya was developed over a 6-month production timeline from May to December 2022 by a team of 27 master’s students from SMU Guildhall as part of the program’s capstone Team Game Project (TGP) curriculum, along with 26 musicians and voice talent from SMU Meadows School of the Arts. Light of Alariya marks several ambitious "firsts"—it is SMU Guildhall’s first open-world game, and was the first game built in Unreal Engine 5.
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