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News, articles, insights & updates on Grads In Games’ annual Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star game development challenges.

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Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 opens for registration to find top student developers!

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Joey Relton 0

It’s that time of the year once again – Sumo Digital Rising Star and Search for a Star 2018 is open for registration! We’re on the search for talented student programmers, animators and character, environment and VFX artists who are looking to show off their skills. Top UK studios including Sumo Digital, Playground Games, nDreams […]

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Can you help us assess student submissions for Search for a Star 2018?

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 Joey Relton 0

We’re putting a call out to all Animators, Character & Environment Artists and VFX Artists to help us assess student submissions for Search for a Star.

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Playground Games hires Search for a Star Environment Artist

August 23, 2017February 21, 2018 Joey Relton 0

We’re excited to announce that Hannah Smith is the latest Search for a Star contestant to fill a Playground Games Job through Search for a Star!

Posted in Art, Articles, News, Search For A StarAardvark Swift Environment Art Grads In Games Hannah Smith Playground Games SFAS SFAS17
Search For A Star Programming Finalist Joins d3t

Search For A Star Programming Finalist Joins d3t

July 14, 2017August 10, 2017 Joey Relton 0

This year our Search For A Star judges overwhelmingly agreed that 2017’s finalists were the strongest we’ve met. These are talented, dedicated students, and we’re ecstatic to continue our previous announcements of successful placements of our Search For A Star finalists! After scoring strongly in a C++ HackerRank test and impressing round two judges with his game, Cube Invasion (which can be played […]

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Sumo Digital hires two programming finalists from Search For A Star

May 30, 2017February 21, 2018 Joey Relton 0

After making a big impression in Search For A Star, James Hutchison of UCLan & Witek Gawlowski of Goldsmiths both start jobs at Sheffield’s Sumo Digital

Posted in News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersGoldsmiths University James Hutchison Search For A Star SFAS17 Sumo Digital UCLAN Witold Gawlowski
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Search for a Star winner lands job with nDreams

May 10, 2017February 21, 2018 Joey Relton 0

This year was the biggest yet for Search For A Star. Over 800 students applied to take part in the competition, and our art branch grew substantially to accommodate the interest generated from its first year. It’s been little less than a month since the competition has ended and we’re already hearing some great things from […]

Posted in Interviews, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersnDreams Niels Dewitte Search For A Star SFAS SFAS17 VFX
Sitting down for a chat with our Search For A Star Code winners

Sitting down for a chat with our Search For A Star Code winners

May 9, 2017August 4, 2017 Joey Relton 0

From left to right, Kyle Hobdey, Ian Goodall, and Alfred Norton Search For A Star 2017 is now well and truly over for another year! We had a great time meeting all the students and studios involved and we hope to see you again next year.    Before our Code winners, Kyle Hobdey from the University of Central […]

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Search For A Star art winners announced!

April 18, 2017August 4, 2017 Joey Relton 0

  After months of hard work and fantastic projects 22 art finalists from around the UK and Europe arrived at the University of Hertfordshire for the 7th annual Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Art Finals Day!   Finalists underwent an industry-styled interview in front of a panel of experienced specialist judges […]

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Search For A Star Code Winners Announced!

April 11, 2017August 4, 2017 Joey Relton 0

Yesterday we held our 7th annual Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Code Final’s Day competition!   Ten finalists from all over the UK and Europe travelled to Staffordshire University for a day of interviews, networking and presentations by representatives from leading UK studios including Sumo Digital, Playground Games and Boss Alien. […]

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Frontier To Attend Search For A Star Finals Day

Frontier To Attend Search For A Star Finals Day

April 7, 2017August 4, 2017 Joey Relton 0

We’re excited to announce that Frontier will be present at both Search For A Star Code and Art Finals Day.   Founded in 1994, Cambridge-based Frontier is one of the games industry’s leading independent developers. With over 300 staff, Frontier are able to design, develop and publish genre defining games such as Zoo Tycoon, Elite […]

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