At 9 am on the 22nd of April, students who had taken place in Search for a Star flocked to Sheffield Hallam University for our Finals Day Event! This served as a celebration of all the amazing work submitted to the gamedev competition but also allowed the lucky finalists to have interviews with industry professionals […]
Next week our Search For A Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star Finalists will be facing our expert industry judges in the final stage of the challenges! This is the culmination of months of work across the 10th anniversary of Search For A Star, with students creating & publishing over 200 gamedev projects across programming, […]
Due to the continuing situation with COVID-19 & for the safety of our attendees we have made the decision to cancel our upcoming Grads In Games conference, originally scheduled for the 15th April.
We’d like to extend a massive thank you to all of our SFASX Assessors! It’s always a mammoth task to get so many student projects marked with actionable feedback, and every year we’re humbled to see the industry step up to the challenge! Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star literally couldn’t happen […]
Rounding up our 2019 academic year with the ninth annual Search For A Star finals, conference day & the return of the Grads In Games Awards
Founded in 2011 in Cheshire, d3t is a work-for-hire studio that has contributed to some brilliant projects for the games industry and beyond. As a result, they have partnered on projects with the likes of Boss Key, the BBC, Sony, and SEGA. They will now be offering up their years of experience and industry insight […]
One of the most important features of Search for a Star is the support of games professionals. Their expert knowledge informs the challenges; their feedback on the submissions makes a real difference to entrants, and their years of industry experience make them the perfect judges to conduct the interviews at Finals Day. You have already […]
Yesterday we held our 7th annual Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Code Final’s Day competition! Ten finalists from all over the UK and Europe travelled to Staffordshire University for a day of interviews, networking and presentations by representatives from leading UK studios including Sumo Digital, Playground Games and Boss Alien. […]
We’re excited to announce that Frontier will be present at both Search For A Star Code and Art Finals Day. Founded in 1994, Cambridge-based Frontier is one of the games industry’s leading independent developers. With over 300 staff, Frontier are able to design, develop and publish genre defining games such as Zoo Tycoon, Elite […]
Search For A Star Finals Day is just around the corner for both Art and Code. On both days, we’ll be hosting a number of presentations from various studios and guests who’re attending the day. There’s something for everyone , from how to ace a AAA games studio interview, to a light-hearted history of […]