The assessments have been received back and we have our finalists selection for this year’s Search For A Star and Rising Star challenges in Games Design!

We’ll be interviewing all the finalists and revealing the winners of this year’s challenges as part of our Search For A Star finals event, taking place on April 13th in Sheffield.

We’ve had a range of fantastic submissions this year, so let’s take a look at our finalists for 2023!

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Search for a Star 2023

Students in their final year of a degree or in postgraduate study

Mo Abdulaziz

Brunel University London

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

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Cory Allan

University of Central Lancashire

Seamless Teleport

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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

See Ewan’s portfolio here: https://ewanmillerportfolio698511521.wordpress.com/

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Cassy Cornish

Falmouth University

A Mechanical Spellcasting Device

See Cassy’s portfolio here: cassycornish.com

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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.

See Miles’ portfolio here: https://milescarr.wixsite.com/portfolio

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