SFASX | The Finalists
We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with over 260 games projects created by students from across the UK and Europe. We’re now reaching the final stage of the challenges, and are pleased to reveal our finalists!
These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the course of a few weeks, across programming, art, animation and VFX. Many of the students in this list will undoubtedly become future stars of the games industry and we’re eager to help them on that journey.
Next month, they will all be invited to interview with a panel of games industry professionals, discussing their projects, their skills and their ambitions for the future.
We’d like to extend a massive thanks to everyone who has helped these students get this far, including our partners at Sumo Digital, Boss Alien, NaturalMotion Games, nDreams, d3t, TT Games, Kwalee, Red Kite Games, Firesprite, Guerrilla Games and Furious Bee for their support throughout. We also couldn’t have done it without the hard work of our assessment team, who have reviewed and provided guidance on all of the projects received.
Search For A Star 2020
Students in the final year of study or in postgraduate studies.
Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020
Undergraduate students not yet in their final year of study.
The Finalists
Games Programming Finalists 2020
Harry Wilson
University of East Anglia
Louis Hall
Manchester Metropolitan University
Matthew Lowe
University of Central Lancashire
Tiernan Watson
UCL
Timo Obst
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Jakob Asgaard
University of Westminster
Jason Hu
University of Leeds
Justyna Kwiatkowska
University of Central Lancashire
Kian Bennett
University of Portsmouth
Zimu Zhang
University of Central Lancashire
Games VFX Finalists 2020
Michael Jones
Teesside University
Palagamsan Sivapathasundaram
Escape Studios / Pearson College
Reece Kuby
University of Huddersfield
Steinar Hølland
University of South Wales
Thomas Hutchinson
University of Portsmouth
Andrew Zimmerman
University of Hertfordshire
Bruno Pires
University of Hertfordshire
Elie Van Ravels
Howest DAE
Laura Higgins
Escape Studios / Pearson College
Sam Mayson
University of Hertfordshire
Games Animation Finalists 2020
(combined category, both Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star)
Chris Tuck
Plymouth College of Art
Chris Woods
SAE Institute (UK)
Emily Bisset
University of Portsmouth
Maciej Osuch
Escape Studios / Pearson College
Sankalp Sharma
Staffordshire University
Environment Art Finalists 2020
Jay Hargreaves
Falmouth University
Jordan Noad-Mault
Futureworks
Louis Sullivan
Falmouth University
Madison Riley
Falmouth University
Milan De Laet
Howest DAE
Benedict Gibson
Access Creative College
Chris Rhodes
University of Huddersfield
Dominic Brookes
De Montfort University
Kiril Zangagolev
De Montfort University
Leo Skinner
Solent University
Character Art Finalists 2020
Ashleigh Reilly
Teesside University
Beccy Collins
Staffordshire University
Emily Harrison
Teesside University
Joannes Mohr
Norwich University of the Arts
Steffen Salte
University of South Wales
Kiara De Angelis
University of Huddersfield
Luke Marchese
Staffordshire University
Radomír Fifik
Teesside University
Tadas Sadauskas
Pearson College
Tristan McGuire
Solent University
Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far. It is an exceptional achievement and one to be very proud of.
