• Current Games Jobs
  • News
  • Get a Job in Games
    • Get in the Game Careers Events
    • Get In The Game Online Resources
    • Search for a Star & Rising Star GameDev Challenges
      • Search For A Star 2021
      • d3t Rising Star 2021
      • 2020 Winners
      • 2019 Winners
      • 2018 Winners
      • Project Spotlight
        • Games Environment Art Projects | SFASX
        • Games Animation Projects | SFASX
        • Games Programming Projects | SFASX
        • Games Character Art Projects | SFASX
        • Games VFX Projects | SFASX
    • Take our Practice C++ Test
    • The Grads In Games Awards
      • 2020 Winners
      • 2019 Winners
      • 2018 Winners
  • About Us
    • Our Industry Partners 2020/21
    • Meet The Team
  • Partnership Opportunities
    • Become a Partner Studio
    • Become a Student Ambassador
    • Our Industry Advocates
    • Get Your University Involved
  • Log In / SignUp
Toggle navigation Grads In Games
  • Current Games Jobs
  • News
  • Get a Job in Games
    • Get in the Game Careers Events
    • Get In The Game Online Resources
    • Search for a Star & Rising Star GameDev Challenges
      • Search For A Star 2021
      • d3t Rising Star 2021
      • 2020 Winners
      • 2019 Winners
      • 2018 Winners
      • Project Spotlight
        • Games Environment Art Projects | SFASX
        • Games Animation Projects | SFASX
        • Games Programming Projects | SFASX
        • Games Character Art Projects | SFASX
        • Games VFX Projects | SFASX
    • Take our Practice C++ Test
    • The Grads In Games Awards
      • 2020 Winners
      • 2019 Winners
      • 2018 Winners
  • About Us
    • Our Industry Partners 2020/21
    • Meet The Team
  • Partnership Opportunities
    • Become a Partner Studio
    • Become a Student Ambassador
    • Our Industry Advocates
    • Get Your University Involved
  • Log In / SignUp

Tag: Games VFX

Rising Star games VFX Winner 2020 - Elie Van Ravels

Sumo Digital Rising Star Games VFX Winner 2020 : Elie Van Ravels

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Elie van Ravels from Howest DAE, our Games VFX winner of Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020! Elie reached the finals after creating a great VFX sequence for the project stage, impressing our Search For A Star Animation assessors with a complex multi-part shield sequence! Elie discussed his technical skills, VFX knowledge and ambitions […]

Posted in Games, Games VFX, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersElie Van Ravels Games VFX Howest DAE Rising Star SFASX
Reece Kuby - Search For A Star 2020 Winner Games VFX

SFASX Games VFX Winner 2020 : Reece Kuby

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Reece Kuby from the University of Huddersfield, our Games VFX winner of Search For A Star 2020! After scoring highly across all criteria in the project stage with his VFX energy projectile project, Lilith’s Ion, Reece made his way to the final stage interview. It’s not even the first time he’s made it […]

Posted in Games VFX, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersGames VFX Reece Kuby SFASX University of Huddersfield
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
SFASX Games VFX Projects 2020

Games VFX Projects | SFASX

March 12, 2020March 18, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Since we first launched the Games VFX challenge in 2017, it’s been a struggle to get a large number of entrants. VFX for games isn’t something that most universities cover and there’s only a few that really go into any detail on games-specific VFX. As a result, it’s also one of the few areas where […]

Posted in Games VFX, Projects, Search For A StarGames VFX SFASX
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
Jacob Beckley, VFX Artist at Cloud Imperium & Search For A Star VFX winner 2018

What are the benefits of Search For A Star? We speak with Cloud Imperium’s Jacob Beckley, our 2018 VFX Winner

December 14, 2018December 18, 2018 Ebony Green 0

“Search for A Star was an opportunity for me to focus solely on one piece of work and get it to the highest standard I could.”
We speak with Cloud Imperium’s Jacob Beckley, the 2018 winner for Search For A Star VFX, about why students should take part in the challenges

Posted in News, Search For A StarCloud Imperium games jobs Games VFX Jacob Beckley Search For A Star Star Citizen VFX Winner
The Essential Tool To Help You Get Your First Role In The Games Industry

The Essential Tool To Help You Get Your First Role In The Games Industry

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Rachel Frost 0

So, you’re at University studying 3D Character or Environment Art, VFX, Animation, Programming, Comp Sci or Game Design, right? You might not be thinking about it just yet, especially not in your first or second year, but you’re going to be hoping to get your first role in the games industry pretty soon aren’t you? You’ll […]

Posted in News, Search For A Star2019 3D Art Animation Boss Alien C++ Challenges Character art Code d3t Environment Art Epic Games Firesprite First Touch games development Games industry Games VFX Get In The Game Grads In Games Graduates Jobs nDreams Programming Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS19 Sumo Digital TT Games TT Odyssey Unity 3D VFX
Search For A Star 2018 Games VFX Directory

Stage 2 VFX Entries | Search For A Star 2018

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Dan Dudley 0

For 2018 we had three submissions for the Stage 2 Games VFX projects, each creating a chained sequence of game effects to an industry brief. All were given creative control over the style and theme of their artwork, leading to three distinctively different but excellent pieces. Jacob Beckley Adam Phillips Reece Kuby Search For A […]

Posted in Games VFX, Search For A StarAdam Phillips Games VFX Jacob Beckley Reece Kuby SFAS18
Search for a Star

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 […]

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarAssessors Boss Alien Coatsink d3t Games Animation Games Art Games Programming Games VFX Microsoft nDreams Playtonic Red Kite Games Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS18 SFAS2018 Stage 2 Sumo Digital Ubisoft

Recently added games jobs

  • Junior Programmer

    • Leeds, UK
    • Red Kite
    • Permanent
  • Junior C++ Programmer

    • Sheffield, UK
    • Sumo Digital
    • Permanent
  • Intern C++ Programmer

    • Brighton, UK
    • NaturalMotion Games
    • Internship
Tweets by GradsInGames
Grads In Games - Games Jobs & Careers

Grads In Games

Find a job or Post a job

Recent Posts

  • SFAS 2020 – Where are they now? January 15, 2021
  • The Grads In Games Awards 2021 January 12, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVcrwWNNKOs&t=14s

Featured Jobs

  • Intern C++ Programmer

    • Brighton, UK
    • NaturalMotion Games
    • Internship
  • Junior 3D Artist

    • Runcorn, UK
    • d3t
    • Permanent

Keep up to date by following Grads In Games on social media

© 2011-2021 Aardvark Swift | Grads In Games

  • Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy & Data Usage