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Games VFX Projects | SFASX

March 12, 2020March 18, 2020 Dan Dudley 0
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Games VFX Projects | SFASX

March 12, 2020March 18, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Since we first launched the Games VFX challenge in 2017, it’s been a struggle to get a large number of entrants. VFX for games isn’t something that most universities cover and there’s only a few that really go into any detail on games-specific VFX. As a result, it’s also one of the few areas where games studios are desperate for more skilled graduate devs.

Because of this, it’s excellent to see so many projects for 2020. 15 projects may not seem like much, but for such an often barren area of student gamedev, this is massive 😀

For their projects, students were asked to create a short chain of game-ready effects that would form a sequence, similar to what you would typically find in a game scene. This sequence would move from an idle/charge state through to a release and recovery, before looping back to its original starting state.

This year we have a great range of projects too! From Elie Van Ravels’ multi-part magic shield, Palagamsan Sivapathasundaram‘s colourful projectile orb, through to Steinar Hølland‘s terrifying soul steal effect, there’s some really fantastic entries!


SFASX Projects

Final year & post-graduate Masters students

Beth Kelly
Harry Williams
Harry-James Linford
Jayden Murray
Michael Jones

Palagamsan Sivapathasundaram
Reece Kuby
Steinar Hølland
Thomas Hutchinson
William Jennett

Sumo Digital Rising Star Projects

Undergraduate students not yet in their final year of study

Andrew Zimmerman
Bruno Pires
Elie Van Ravels

Laura Higgins
Sam Mayson


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Games VFX Projects


Beth Kelly

University of Central Lancashire

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Harry Williams

Escape Studios

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Harry-James Linford

Norwich University of the Arts

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Jayden Murray

University of Suffolk

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Michael Jones

Teesside University

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Palagamsan Sivapathasundaram

Escape Studios

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Reece Kuby

University of Huddersfield

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Steinar Hølland

University of South Wales

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Thomas Hutchinson

University of Portsmouth

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William Jennett

Falmouth University

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Games VFX Projects 2020


Andrew Zimmerman

University of Hertfordshire


Bruno Pires

University of Hertfordshire


Elie Van Ravels

Howest DAE


Laura Higgins

Escape Studios


Sam Mayson

University of Hertfordshire


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