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Game Design Projects | SFAS23

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Posted in Game Design, Projects, Search For A Star10:10 Games Game Design SFAS23

Game Design Projects | SFAS23

March 24, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

Check out our Game Design student projects for Search For A Star & Rising Star 2023!

This year and for the first time, we’ve introduced a Design challenge to Search For A Star! Developed by our partners at 10:10 Games, the Design challenge asked students to create a prototype based around an original game design mechanic. This mechanic would need to be shown being used in a variety of situations, from basic usage to more complex interactions.

A huge congratulations to everyone who submitted their projects, and well done to everyone who took part!

The Search For A Star challenges are run by Grads In Games with the support of our headline partner Yahaha, and our studio partners at Cloud Imperium, d3t, 10:10 Games, Red Kite Games, Furious Bee, Escape Technology & our recruitment partners at Aardvark Swift


Search For A Star 2023 Projects

Final year & post-graduate Masters students, graduating in 2023.

Adam Jones
Alejandro Martínez Silva
Alex Fonseca
Cassy Cornish
Chris Lomax
Cory Allan
Daniel Kershaw
Daniel Roberts
Emma Wade
Ewan Miller
Filip Krawczyk

Hrishikesh P
Jamie Forshaw-Harrison
Jun Denny Cheng
Lars Loebbicke
Luke Meeks
Miles Carr
Mo Abdulaziz
Nathan Dunton
Samuel Bate
Stefanos Ntailakis
Viktor Suranyi

Rising Star Projects

Undergraduate students graduating in 2024 or later, or college/school level students.

Alex Lines
Charles Django Cornell
Nathan Cooper


Search For A Star 2023
Game Design Projects


Adam Jones

University of Central Lancashire

Sleight of Hand – A card-swapping mechanic inspired by the different cards of a Tarot deck.

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Alejandro Martinez Silva

U-tad

Area control in combination with portal mechanics.

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Alex Fonseca

Falmouth University

With My Mighty Vacuum Cleaner – Movement & physics manipulation using a unique tool.

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Cassy Cornish

Falmouth University

A Mechanical Spellcasting Device

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Chris Lomax

University of Central Lancashire

Inhale & Exhale

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Cory Allan

University of Central Lancashire

Seamless Teleport

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Daniel Kershaw

University of Portsmouth

A movement based puzzle platforming system involving pulleys and winches

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Daniel Roberts

Wrexham Glyndwr University

An unlocking mechanic where you have to guess the keycode.

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Emma Wade

Doncaster University Centre

Weapon based puzzle

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Ewan Miller

University of Huddersfield

Seeds- Player controls 3 other character by giving them instructions to follow, stop and interact. They use this to solve puzzles

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Filip Krawczyk

University of Central Lancashire

Grapple Hook Mechanic

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Hrishikesh P

Amrita School of Engineering

Light Kills. Player has to avoid light but at the same time use it to kill enemies & solve puzzles.

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Jamie Forshaw-Harrison

University of Central Lancashire

Spell based combat with UI level up system

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Jun Denny Cheng

Sheffield Hallam University

Melee attack with dash/lunge

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Lars Loebbicke

Cologne Game Lab

TPS-RPG with Hit Chance

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Luke Meeks

University of Central Lancashire

Ranged-detonatable attack

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Miles Carr

University of Central Lancashire

Light, Health Based Mechanic. One player uses the light from the lighthouse to stop the other player in the sea from losing health.

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Mo Abdulaziz

Brunel University London

Energy Manipulation (Draining from objects & releasing energy as projectile output)

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Nathan Dunton

University of Northampton

Teleportation gun

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Samuel Bate

University of Central Lancashire

Controlling the Weather

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Stefanos Ntailakis

Glasgow Caledonian University

Object Time Reversal inspired by the movie Tenet

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Viktor Suranyi

Glasgow Caledonian University

Blink-tracking

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Rising Star
Game Design Projects 2023


Alex Lines

University of Huddersfield

A fish that flops around

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Chales Django Cornell

Abertay University

Placeable Time Portals. Puzzles with spacetime travel.

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Nathan Cooper

University of Hull

Torch that can deter enemies

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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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