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Search For A Star | Games Programming Finalists 2023

March 30, 2023 0
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Search For A Star | Games Programming Finalists 2023

March 30, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

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 Programming!

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!


Search for a Star 2023

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

Daniel Filby

Falmouth University

Tactical Simulation Training


Joe Bevis

Birmingham City University/GamerCamp

Temporal Tether Tennis

See Joe’s portfolio here: https://joe-bevis.dev


Luke McFarlane

Abertay University

On The Brink


Michael Gebhart

TH Koln

Alien Pizza Party

See Michael’s portfolio here: https://michael-gebhart.com/


Ryan Cole

Falmouth University

Hole In The Wall

See Ryan’s portfolio here: http://watchamacall.co.uk


Rising Star 2023

Undergraduate students not yet in their final year

Dmitrii Kolchin

University of the Creative Arts

Soccer Rush


Robbe Mahieu

Howest DAE

Ball-A-Site

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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