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Search For A Star 2024 : Games Programming Winners

Search For A Star 2024 : Games Programming Winners

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 Dan Dudley 0

Looking back at this year’s winners in more detail, we hear what our industry judges thought of the Games Programming winners. A huge thanks to all of the devs who took the time to sit on our judging panels and interview all of the finalists, and a well-earned congratulations to our winners this year! Search […]

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Search For A Star | Games Programming Finalists 2024

Search For A Star | Games Programming Finalists 2024

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Dan Dudley 0

The assessments have been completed and we have our finalists selection for this year’s Search For A Star and Rising Star challenges in Games Programming! Our programming category is the original challenge that we started out with back in 2010, and is designed to help students create a high level portfolio project based on a […]

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SFAS 2024 | The Finalists

SFAS 2024 | The Finalists

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 Dan Dudley 0

We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with over 200 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 2024! These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the […]

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RS23 Games Programming Winner : Robbe Mahieu

RS23 Games Programming Winner : Robbe Mahieu

April 21, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Robbe Mahieu from Howest DAE, our winner in the Games Programming category in Rising Star 2023!

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SFAS23 Games Programming Winner : Luke McFarlane

SFAS23 Games Programming Winner : Luke McFarlane

April 20, 2023 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Luke McFarlane from Abertay University, our winner in the Games Programming category in Search For A Star 2023!

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Search For A Star | Games Programming Finalists 2023

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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