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Games VFX Projects | SFAS21

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Games VFX Projects | SFAS21

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Dan Dudley 0

This week we’re going to be showcasing all of the student projects from Search For A Star & d3t Rising Star 2021. First up, one of our favourite categories, the visually and technically impressive Games VFX!

Ever since we added the VFX challenge four years ago it’s always been one of the least represented in the Search For A Star challenges. There aren’t a great deal of universities that study VFX for games in depth, even though it’s a skill that many studios are looking for at a graduate level.

Despite this, the VFX challenges are always one of the most exciting parts of the whole challenge series, packed with fantastic ideas and a real showcase of technical and creative skills from student VFX artists.

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.


Search For A Star 2021 Projects

Final year & post-graduate Masters students, graduating in 2021.

Elie Van Ravels
Laura Higgins
Rodrigo Ferreira
Sam Mayson
Xaver Rauscher

d3t Rising Star Projects

Undergraduate students graduating in 2022 or later & college level students.

Anouk Donkers
Charlie Shaw
Christopher Boyce
Jamie Berry


Search For A Star 2021
Games VFX Projects


Elie Van Ravels

Howest DAE

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Laura Higgins

Escape Studios

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Rodrigo Ferreira

Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave

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Sam Mayson

University of Hertfordshire

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Xaver Rauscher

Abertay University

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d3t Rising Star
Games VFX Projects 2021


Anouk Donkers

Howest DAE


Charlie Shaw

University of Huddersfield


Christopher Boyce

University of Huddersfield


Jamie Berry

Staffordshire University


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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