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SFASX | The Finalists

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SFASX | The Finalists

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with over 260 games projects created by students from across the UK and Europe. We’re now reaching the final stage of the challenges, and are pleased to reveal our finalists!

These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the course of a few weeks, across programming, art, animation and VFX. Many of the students in this list will undoubtedly become future stars of the games industry and we’re eager to help them on that journey.

Next month, they will all be invited to interview with a panel of games industry professionals, discussing their projects, their skills and their ambitions for the future.

We’d like to extend a massive thanks to everyone who has helped these students get this far, including our partners at Sumo Digital, Boss Alien, NaturalMotion Games, nDreams, d3t, TT Games, Kwalee, Red Kite Games, Firesprite, Guerrilla Games and Furious Bee for their support throughout. We also couldn’t have done it without the hard work of our assessment team, who have reviewed and provided guidance on all of the projects received.


Search For A Star 2020

Students in the final year of study or in postgraduate studies.

Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020

Undergraduate students not yet in their final year of study.


The Finalists

Games Programming

Games VFX

Games Animation

Environment Art

Character Art


Games Programming Finalists 2020

Harry Wilson

University of East Anglia

Louis Hall

Manchester Metropolitan University

Matthew Lowe

University of Central Lancashire

Tiernan Watson

UCL

Timo Obst

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Jakob Asgaard

University of Westminster

Jason Hu

University of Leeds

Justyna Kwiatkowska

University of Central Lancashire

Kian Bennett

University of Portsmouth

Zimu Zhang

University of Central Lancashire


Games VFX Finalists 2020

Michael Jones

Teesside University

Palagamsan Sivapathasundaram

Escape Studios / Pearson College

Reece Kuby

University of Huddersfield

Steinar Hølland

University of South Wales

Thomas Hutchinson

University of Portsmouth

Andrew Zimmerman

University of Hertfordshire

Bruno Pires

University of Hertfordshire

Elie Van Ravels

Howest DAE

Laura Higgins

Escape Studios / Pearson College

Sam Mayson

University of Hertfordshire


Games Animation Finalists 2020

(combined category, both Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star)

Chris Tuck

Plymouth College of Art

Chris Woods

SAE Institute (UK)

Emily Bisset

University of Portsmouth

Maciej Osuch

Escape Studios / Pearson College

Sankalp Sharma

Staffordshire University


Environment Art Finalists 2020

Jay Hargreaves

Falmouth University

Jordan Noad-Mault

Futureworks

Louis Sullivan

Falmouth University

Madison Riley

Falmouth University

Milan De Laet

Howest DAE

Benedict Gibson

Access Creative College

Chris Rhodes

University of Huddersfield

Dominic Brookes

De Montfort University

Kiril Zangagolev

De Montfort University

Leo Skinner

Solent University


Character Art Finalists 2020

Ashleigh Reilly

Teesside University

Beccy Collins

Staffordshire University

Emily Harrison

Teesside University

Joannes Mohr

Norwich University of the Arts

Steffen Salte

University of South Wales

Kiara De Angelis

University of Huddersfield

Luke Marchese

Staffordshire University

Radomír Fifik

Teesside University

Tadas Sadauskas

Pearson College

Tristan McGuire

Solent University

Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far. It is an exceptional achievement and one to be very proud of.

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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