Search For A Star Assessors 2019
A massive thank you to all of our assessors and contributors to Search For A Star this year; your help & support means everything to us and the students!
What are the benefits of Search For A Star? We speak with Cloud Imperium’s Jacob Beckley, our 2018 VFX Winner
“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
Search for a Star + Sumo Digital Rising Star 2019 are open for registration!
There’s just two weeks left to register for Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2019! We’re on the search for talented games students wanting to show off their gamedev skills & get jobs with top games studios across the UK!
The Essential Tool To Help You Get Your First Role In The Games Industry
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 […]
Partner Spotlight – Wacom
A hugely appreciated prize sponsor for 2018 is Wacom, who have generously provided several exceptional prizes for the winners of the art challenges. Want to know what our 2018 art winners think of their Wacom prizes? Let’s take a look at what they’ve received… Wacom Intuos Pro Our Search for a Star Character Art & Environment […]
Search for a Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 – The Winners!
The Search for a Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 challenges have come to a close. 2018 has been one of the best so far, with such a high calibre of students that even getting to the finals was a close challenge, let alone our judges having to make a final decision on the […]
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – Character Art
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – Character Art You have already been able to read about some of the amazing video games veterans who have helped assess this year’s submissions. Today, we will introduce our Character Art Finalists. Where environment art defines levels and set scenes, it’s the characters that bring life to […]
The Finalists 2018 – Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Code
You have already been able to read about some of the amazing video games veterans who have helped assess this year’s submissions. Today, we will introduce our coding finalists. This is the nitty-gritty of games development, turning matrix style lines of alpha-numeric encryption into games you can play. These finalists have been assessed, not only on […]
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – VFX
Meet the Finalists – VFX It has been almost 6 months since this year’s Search for a Star started accepting its 1st Round of submissions back in September last year. Now, with Final’s Day almost upon us, we have whittled things down to a handful of amazing finalists. You have already been able to read […]
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – Animation
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – Animation It has been almost 6 months since this year’s Search for a Star started accepting its 1st Round of submissions back in September last year. Now, with Final’s Day almost upon us, we have whittled things down to a handful of amazing finalists. You have […]