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Sam Mayson, Search For A Star Games VFX Winner 2021

Sam Mayson: Search For A Star Games VFX Winner 2021

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Dan Dudley 0

We caught up with this year’s Search For A Star Games VFX winner, Sam Mayson from the University of Hertfordshire, to find out what it’s been like to win the challenge and what they’ve learned since reaching the finals last year. On winning Search For A Star “I’m absolutely bloody chuffed that I’ve won! After […]

Posted in Art, Interviews, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersSam Mayson SFAS 2021 SFAS Winners University of Hertfordshire VFX Winner
Staffordshire breaks record with 100 entrants in Search For A Star 2021, and still 3 weeks left to enter!

Staffordshire breaks record with 100 entrants in Search For A Star 2021, and still 3 weeks left to enter!

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

With three weeks still to register, over 700 students from over 100 universities across the UK, Europe & worldwide have already signed up for the Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star challenges.

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarAbertay University Birmingham City University De Montfort University Falmouth University SFAS21 Sheffield Hallam University Staffordshire University UCLAN University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield University of South Wales
SFASX Leading Games Universities 2020

SFASX Leading Games Universities 2020

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

A key aspect of our Search For A Star challenges is to help improve the links between the games industry and education. We work closely with leading studios to create the challenges, based directly on the skills and knowledge those studios are looking for when hiring graduate and junior developers. By incorporating studio expectations & […]

Posted in News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersDe Montfort University Escape Studios Falmouth University Howest DAE SAE Institute Staffordshire University Teesside University UCLAN University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield University of Portsmouth
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
Partner Spotlight - Wacom

Partner Spotlight – Wacom

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 Alex 0

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 […]

Posted in News, Partner Spotlight, Search For A StarBradford University Futureworks Howest DAE Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS18 Southampton Solent University Sumo Digital University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield Wacom
Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 : The Winners

Search for a Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 – The Winners!

April 10, 2018 Alex 0

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 […]

Posted in Art, Articles, Games, Games Animation, Games VFX, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersAdelaide Coldham Boss Alien Cloud Imperium Futureworks Get In The Game Grads In Games Howest Jacob Beckley Jimmy Ghysens Joe Bamber John Green Kial Oliver-Gibson nDreams Newcastle University NHTV Programming Rising Star Robert Arnold Saif Munawar Search For A Star SFAS18 Shannon Symonds Sheffield Hallam University Southampton Solent Sumo Digital UCLAN Unity University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield
Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Finalists 2018

Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Finalists – Animation

April 1, 2018April 4, 2018 Alex 0

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 […]

Posted in Games Animation, News, Search For A StarAbertay University Animation Bradford University Leeds Arts University Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS18 Sheffield Hallam University Sumo Digital University of Hertfordshire
Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Finalists 2018

Search for a Star 2018 – Finalists Confirmed

March 22, 2018March 29, 2018 Alex 0

Search for a Star 2018 – Finalists Confirmed With Final’s Day a little over 2 weeks away we are proud to announce the full list of this year’s lucky challenge Finalists. With months of hard work behind them, these lucky few will progress to Final’s Day, at Sheffield Hallam University. There they will face an expert […]

Posted in Art, Articles, Games, Games Animation, Games VFX, News, Search For A StarAbertay University Art ArtStation Bradford University Brunel University finalists Futureworks Media School Graduates Howest Newcastle University NHTV Programming Ravensbourne Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS Finalists SFAS18 Sheffield Hallam University Southampton Solent University Sumo Digital UCL UCLAN University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield UWE
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Record-breaking university signups for Search For A Star 2018!

January 24, 2018February 12, 2018 Alex 0

Thank you to all the lecturers, tutors and universities for their support and encouraging students to get involved. It is no coincidence that almost all of the top 10 universities below can boast multiple Search for a Star winners, finalists and high achievers!

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarAbertay University DAE ESNE Howest Newcastle University Sheffield Hallam University Staffordshire University Teesside University UCLAN University of Central Lancashire University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield
Grads In Games & University of Hertfordshire Games Audio Challenge - Winter 2017

Game Audio students showcased in University of Hertfordshire winter challenge

December 21, 2017 Dan Dudley 0

As a companion to our core Search For A Star challenges, we’ve worked with the University of Hertfordshire on a winter-themed game audio challenge to showcase their outstanding audio students.

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarDan Farley Game Audio Michael Lane Steinberg Steven Coltart University of Hertfordshire Vasilis Natsou

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