Today we’re happy to announce our Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Code finalists! This year was the biggest yet, with 405 programmers completing our first round C++ Hacker Rank test. Our fantastic round two judges have spent their time playing some amazing games and delving deep into our students’ code to […]
Our 2017 Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star competition was our biggest yet and saw us expand our animation category and introduce a new VFX competition! Our VFX students were asked to create a projectile ending in an aura – the details of how this would look were completely up to the […]
Our 2017 Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star competition was our biggest yet, seeing a record number of students creating impressive characters and stunning environmental scenes from their chosen piece of concept art. You can view a sample of our student’s artwork below! Search For A Star Character Art Agneta Miskiv […]
Our 2017 Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star competition was our biggest yet, seeing a record number of students creating and publishing their own games! Given just a very basic prototype and a month to develop the game, our students were given the reins for the style and creative direction and took […]
Just today, a number of our Search For A Star & Rising Star winners, Sam Bang, Rachel Cabot and Anthea van Leeuwen were given an honourable mention in the 2017 Develop 30 Under 30 list. To have your hard work recognised alongside many other young, dedicated individuals who’re all making a big impact in the […]
Here at Aardvark Swift and Grads In Games, we love to highlight and reward the most promising young video games developers and help them break into the industry with a bang. We also realise that diversity in all areas of the industry leads to bigger and better games for everyone to enjoy. Through this commitment […]
Our sister site Grads in Games have been busy with our Search For A Star competition – a record breaking 118 students have submitted a range of games, 3D artwork, animations and VFX work for the second round of Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star. Over forty members of industry have come together […]
With so many submissions for round two of Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star now in, it’s time to take a look at our illustrious panel of round two judges. These guys and girls know the industry like the back of their hand and know from first hand experience how to break […]
The deadline for students to get their work submitted for Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star is fast approaching! Students have until tomorrow, (Thursday, 2.3.17) before our industry judges begin marking work. Following the marking process, students who are selected to move onto the third stage of Search For A Star & Rising […]
We’re now officially midway through Search For A Star and the 250 students who made it through to round 2 are hard at work coding their games and creating works of art. While our students are at work, now is a good time to take a peek at what tasks they’ll be working on until […]