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Games Programming Projects | SFAS23

Games Programming Projects | SFAS23

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

Check out our Games Programming student projects for Search For A Star & Rising Star 2023! This year we decided to focus purely on C++ coding for our programming challenge, as it’s the primary language that most studios are looking for from graduate coders. While the increased challenge caused a significant drop in the number […]

Posted in Games, Programming, Projects, Search For A StarGames Programming SFAS23
Games Programming Projects | SFAS22

Games Programming Projects | SFAS22

February 16, 2022March 21, 2022 Dan Dudley 0

Check out our Games Programming student projects for Search For A Star & Rising Star 2022! It’s been another great year for our game development category, with another wide range of creative responses to the project brief! For their Search For A Star projects, our student programmers were given a very basic prototype of a […]

Posted in Games, Programming, Projects, Search For A StarGames Programming SFAS22
Francisco Nicolau, Search For A Star Games Programming Winner 2021

Francisco Nicolau: Search For A Star Games Programming Winner 2021

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Dan Dudley 0

We caught up with this year’s Search For A Star Games Programming winner, Francisco Nicolau from the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico, to find out what it’s been like to win the challenge and what he’s learned since reaching the finals last year. On winning Search For A Star “When I saw the announcement, […]

Posted in Interviews, News, Programming, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersFrancisco Nicolau Games Programming Instituto Superior Técnico Programming Winner SFAS 2021 SFAS Winners University of Lisbon
SFAS 2021 | The Finalists

SFAS 2021 | The Finalists

March 11, 2021March 17, 2021 Dan Dudley 0

We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with 225 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 for 2021! These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the course […]

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Justyna Kwiatkowska- Sumo Digital Rising Star Winner Games Programming

Sumo Digital Rising Star Games Programming Winner 2020 : Justyna Kwiatkowska

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Justyna Kwiatkowska from the University of Central Lancashire, our Games Programming winner of Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020! Justyna topped the project stage with her excellent game development project, The Catgeon, earning her a place in the finals. Our assessors were really impressed by Justyna’s project, ranking it first overall, ahead of even […]

Posted in Games, News, Programming, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersGames Programming Justyna Kwiatkowska Rising Star SFASX UCLAN
SFASX | THE FINALISTS

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 […]

Posted in Search For A StarCharacter art Environment Art Games Animation Games Programming Games VFX graduate artists Graduate programmers SFAS Finalists SFASX student games
Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star: The 2019 Winners

Search For A Star 2019 : The Winners

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Dan Dudley 0

Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star have come to a close, with the winners for the 2019 student game dev challenges revealed!

Posted in News, Search For A Star, SFAS Winners2019 Winners Ben Merrick Breda University of Applied Sciences Bulkhead Interactive Claire McClaughry Dom Hood Ellie Brown Escape Studios Furious Bee Games Animation Games Art games development Games Programming Games VFX Howest DAE James Graves Jimmy Ghysens Kidman Lee Lee Taylor Lizi Attwood Maciej Osuch Melissa Hamer Nick Pearson Reece Parrinder Rob Berry SFAS Winners SFAS19 Steve Wilder Sumo Digital Tahar Meijs TT Games TT Odyssey University of Bristol University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield wargaming UK Well Played Games
Search For A Star 2018 Games Directory

Stage 2 Games Projects | Search For A Star 2018

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Dan Dudley 0

For the 2018 challenge, students were given a basic framework in Unity & asked to create a published game to an industry brief. Students worked from a local multiplayer arena as a base project, though were given full creative control in how they developed their game from that point. As a result, we’ve ended up […]

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Search for a Star 2017 Stage 2 Assessor Spotlight

February 28, 2018 Alex 0

Finals day is fast approaching, and as much as the entrants to Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star are important, so are the industry professionals who volunteer their time. These games industry professionals are providing individual feedback on everything from code and animation to art and gameplay. Their feedback in earlier stages […]

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