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Search For A Star 2014 : Round 2 Game Downloads

May 9, 2014June 22, 2023 0
Posted in Articles, Games, Search For A Star2014 Abertay University Anton Georgiev Birmingham City University Born Ready Games Boss Alien Carl Jones challenge Ciro Durán competition Computer Science Diede Apers download games Ermano Arruda Exient Felix Jones Fraser Tominson free Gamer Camp Games games development Gert Dhaenens Graduates Harry Rose Howest Kevin Meergans Kingston University Marmalade Microsoft Programming puzzle games Rising Star Sam Hosny Sam Parras Search For A Star Sheffield Hallam University Tristan Bell University of Birmingham University of Bristol

Search For A Star 2014 : Round 2 Game Downloads

May 9, 2014June 22, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

Gameplay Videos title2

After showing off gameplay videos of this year’s Search For A Star entries yesterday, we’ve got a hands-on option for you today – download the game projects onto your Win8 phones to play for yourself!

"Muddle" by Fraser Tomison of Abertay University
“Muddle” by Fraser Tomison of Abertay University
"Search For A Star" by Harry Rose, Gamer Camp
“Search For A Star” by Harry Rose, Gamer Camp

As part of both the Search For A Star and Rising Star competitions, students were required to develop and a game from a basic engine framework supplied by Marmalade. Once finished, they then published their game to the Microsoft Windows Phone Store where their project could be judged as a published product.

This year’s engine framework was based around a simple grid structure and some basic shape assets.

33 entrants across both strands of the contest are now having their finished technical projects checked over by our team of industry judges, where they will be thoroughly tested and assessed before the finalists are announced next Monday. Judging will be performed by an expert games development team including representatives from Exient, Boss Alien & Born Ready Games.

There’s been several high quality games developed this year, with some great designs, inventive mechanics and challenging gameplay – Have a go at them yourself :

Search For A Star 2014 : Game Downloads

Search For A Star 2014 games currently available for free on Microsoft Windows Phone Store:

"Face Blaster" by Tristan Bell of the University of Birmingham
“Face Blaster” by Tristan Bell of the University of Birmingham
"Rising Star" by Diede Apers of Howest, Belgium (Rising Star)
“Rising Star” by Diede Apers of Howest, Belgium (Rising Star)

“Muddle” by Fraser Tomison of Abertay University

“Search For A Star” by Harry Rose of Gamer Camp, Birmingham City University

“Star Smash Story” by Felix Jones of Kingston University

“Gemolution” by Milcho Milchev of the University of Hull

“Marple Match” by Shane Jennings of The University of York

“Planetoids” by Kevin Meergans of Sheffield Hallam University

“SFAS Saga!” by Ciro Durán of Goldsmiths, University of London

“AlienHeads” by Sam Parras of the University of Bristol (Rising Star)

"Gemolution" by Milcho Milchev of the University of Hull
“Gemolution” by Milcho Milchev of the University of Hull
"Star Smash Story" by Felix Jones of Kingston University
“Star Smash Story” by Felix Jones of Kingston University

“Face Blaster” by Tristan Bell of The University of Birmingham (Rising Star)

“Idempanel” by Sam Hosny of the University of Bristol (Rising Star)

“Rising Star” by Diede Apers of Howest, Belgium (Rising Star)

“Match And Draw” by Anton Georgiev of The University of Birmingham

“ConnectStar” by Ermano Arruda of The University of Birmingham (Rising Star)

“BlockHunter” by Gert Dhaenens of Howest, Belgium

2014 Finalists have been announced!
Find out which students have made it into Round 3!

Article By Dan Dudley

Marketing + community + support person. Lots of behind-the-scenes bits here at Grads In Games & with Search For A Star. If you need help with anything, you can usually find me over on the Grads In Games Discord or email dan@gradsingames.com

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