Student Showcase 2024
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2024 took place on Thursday 6th June at Staffordshire University, with 14 universities and colleges, 50 projects and 150 students – the biggest showcase yet, and the largest games industry Student Showcase in the UK. Participating universities and colleges including University of Hull, Sheffield Hallam University, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Bolton, University Campus Doncaster, University Centre Grimsby, University of Leeds, University Centre Leeds, University of Huddersfield, Staffordshire University, University of York, York St John University , Leeds City College and University of Sunderland.
“The Game Republic Student Showcase has been a highlight of the annual games education calendar for years. It is a fantastic opportunity for students to engage directly with the games industry and to have their talents recognised. This is a special year for games courses, and our award-winning department at Staffordshire University and so we were delighted to have been selected by Game Republic to host this prestigious event.”
Professor Chris Headleand – Head of Staffordshire University Games Institute
Game Republic games companies including Rebellion North, Red Kite Games, Revolution Software, Sumo Digital, Distinctive Games and PitStop Productions judged the student projects and presented 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in awards such as Game Design, Best Team and Game Technology. All the judges commented on the quality of the work presented and how difficult their job was in judging the awards – with 50 to judge, the games companies had an extremely busy afternoon of playing games and deliberation.
“This was our biggest Student Showcase yet and I’m so proud of the students, who showed off such fantastic projects to our games companies judging the awards. With this level of skill and passion, the future of the games industry in Yorkshire, the North of England and the UK is going to be very bright.”
Jamie Sefton – Game Republic
Huge thanks to our sponsor games company judges, the support staff and tutors at Staffordshire University for hosting such a fantastic event, to the university and college course leaders and students for taking part, the amazing students and teams that showcased their work and our Official Partners Red Kite Games, Barclays and Escape Technology. Gallery below, alongside video showing just some of the games and the winners!
The winners
Every student and team selected to be part of the Game Republic Student Showcase to represent their courses should be very proud. Here are the winners of the Game Republic Student Showcase 2024.
The Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize
University of Huddersfield – Redacted Games – Ultraren
Arran Rafot, Wilfred Clay, Tyler Hewitt, Jack Hoyosa-Taylor, Matthew Leatherbarrow, Ethan Weston
2nd Prize
University of Huddersfield – Logic Labyrinth The Eternal Exodus
Elise Barry, Alexander Braekevelt, Morgan Crossley, Aleksander Seroka, Lexxie Black, George Robson
3rd Prize
University of Huddersfield – Small Man Studios – Rebound Rivals
Jake Goodes, Sarah Hellawell, Thomas Lee, Yusuf Manjra, Bradley Curtis, Jack Dyson
The Rebellion North Award for Game Art & Animation
1st Prize
University of Huddersfield – Logic Labyrinth The Eternal Exodus
Elise Barry, Alexander Braekevelt, Morgan Crossley, Aleksander Seroka, Lexxie Black, George Robson
2nd Prize
University of Bolton – Blue Dino – Fruit Frenzy
Adam Preece, Brandon Lynch, Kristian McGuigan, James Leigh, Zakiyah Patel, Ben Higham
3rd Prize
Staffordshire University – Art Portfolio
Elliot Crompton
The Distinctive Games Award for Game Level Design
1st Prize
Manchester Metropolitan University – Team BOXY – Boxy
Chung Yiu Ting (Timothy, aka Snoala), Hashaam Bin Shahzad, Babatunde Taofik Raifu, Vineet Nihalani Lalwani, Chimdi Obinna Anumudu, Will Bowles
2nd Prize
Sheffield Hallam University – TombStone Interactive – Entombed
Joshua Briggs, Liam Hamit, Oliver Callaghan, Jay Burrows, Harvey Wright, Brandon Garrett
3rd Prize
University of Hull – Spirit Studios – Moksha Manor
Travis Cook, Nathan Cooper, Abiel La Malfa
The Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology
1st Prize
Staffordshire University Non-Euclidean Geometry in Vulkan using Ray-Tracing
Morgan Zoroch
2nd Prize
University of Hull -3D Procedural Cave Generation
Louie Waterfall
3rd Prize
Sheffield Hallam University – TombStone Interactive – Entombed
Joshua Briggs, Liam Hamit, Oliver Callaghan, Jay Burrows, Harvey Wright, Brandon Garrett
The PitStop Productions Award for Game Audio
1st Prize
University of Huddersfield – Axle Authority – Call to the Cinder Circus
Louis Jonas, Rhys Wadley, Jack Beddows, Benjamin Forrester, Wimula Kanchela, Jack Ryan
2nd Prize
York St John University – OiaOrb
Joseph Maltby
3rd Prize
University of Hull – Spirit Studios – Moksha Manor
Travis Cook, Nathan Cooper, Abiel La Malfa
The Revolution Software Award for Game Narrative Design
1st Prize
University of Hull – Hidden Arts – REDACTION
Kuba Krysztofiak, Khadijah “Jas” Samsudeen, Charlie Cottrell, Damien Fee
2nd Prize
University of Hull – Spirit Studios – Moksha Manor
Travis Cook, Nathan Cooper, Abiel La Malfa
3rd Prize
University of Huddersfield – Arcane Studios – Emlis
Harvey Russell, Thomas Hickling, Jordan Hargreaves, Kaitlyn Crimson Taylor, Lewis Russell, Megan Thompson
The Award for Best Team
1st Prize
Staffordshire University – Team Ffeast – Into The Abyss
Ethan Williams, Frazer Beckett, Tori Miller, Shannon Brabbin, Amy Wozny, Freyja Weller
2nd Prize
University of Hull – Hidden Arts – REDACTION
Kuba Krysztofiak, Khadijah “Jas” Samsudeen, Charlie Cottrell, Damien Fee
3rd Prize
University of Bolton – Blue Dino – Fruit Frenzy
Adam Preece, Brandon Lynch, Kristian McGuigan, James Leigh, Zakiyah Patel
Getting into the games industry
The prizegiving finished with a panel on “Getting into the games industry” with John Stopforth (Escape Technology), Sam Hayes (Revolution), Jason Yong (Rebellion) and Daryl Marples (Staffs Uni), hosted by Dr Jackie Mulligan (Game Republic), Jackie ended the panel with the words: “Everyone in this room should be proud of themselves that they were selected to be part of the Game Republic Student Showcase – here with leading global games studios that have assessed their work. That is a huge achievement – the next part of your journey in the games industry starts now.”
Promo video of the Student Showcase with examples of projects from each university/college below. We’ll have a full video of the Showcase with interviews from the day soon.
Gallery of the Game Republic Student Showcase
Game Republic Student Showcase 2023
The University of Bradford played host to the biggest Game Republic Student Showcase on 6th June 2023. Displays, demos, designs and even cupcakes appeared in a fantastic array of 35 projects in the stands at the Atrium on the day. Final-year teams from Staffordshire University, University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College, University of Huddersfield, University of Hull, York St John University, Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Bradford and the University of Sunderland competed in seven categories: game art and animation; narrative design; game technology; level design; game design; game audio and best team.
Here are this year’s winners of the Game Republic Student Showcase:
The Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize SPLI/T by Morgan Piercy (University of Hull)
Morgan Piercy
2nd Prize
Book of Bhanu by Snowglobe Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Jacob Blanchard, Ewan Miller, Louis Mills, Bailey Pellegrina, Daniel Powell, Janet Rebecca
3rd Prize
My Lost Blue Jay by Olivia Cross (Staffordshire University)
Olivia Cross
Thanks to Graeme Allarton, Barry Soilleux and Oli Knight from Sumo Digital for judging and presenting the award.
The Rebellion North Award for Game Art & Animation
1st Prize
Bite Club by Waterfront Bandits (University of Huddersfield)
Ethan Gangotra, Cameron Greenway, Joseph Hughes, James Pawson, Elijah Powell, Reinaldo Ramirez
2nd Prize
Book of Bhanu by Snowglobe Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Jacob Blanchard, Ewan Miller, Louis Mills, Bailey Pellegrina, Daniel Powell, Janet Rebecca
3rd Prize
Dragan’s Showreel by Dragan Mihai Adrian (Sheffield Hallam University)
Dragan Mihai Adrian
Thanks to Akshat Singh, Sujeet Kumar and Pablo Sedano from Rebellion North for judging and presenting the award.
The Distinctive Games Award for Game Level Design
1st Prize
Auntie Gravity by James Kilduff (York St. John University)
James Kilduff
2nd Prize
Book of Bhanu by Snowglobe Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Jacob Blanchard, Ewan Miller, Louis Mills, Bailey Pellegrina, Daniel Powell, Janet Rebecca
3rd Prize
My Lost Blue Jay by Olivia Cross (Staffordshire University)
Olivia Cross
Thanks to Nigel Little and Tom Savage from Distinctive Games for judging and presenting the award.
The Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology
1st Prize
GOVision: Real-Time Insights into Virtual Worlds by Szymon Mach (University of Hull)
Szymon Mach
2nd Prize
Candy Kingdom Tower Defence by Mary Cookies (Sheffield Hallam University)
Javier Benito Abolafio, Jose Luis García-Morales Santamaría, Tyler Towers, Tom Hockenhull, Dragan Mihai Adrian, Laia Parcet Riu
3rd Prize
Companion Plus by Tori Miller (Staffordshire University)
Tori Miller
Thanks to Simon Iwaniszak and the Red Kite Games team for judging and presenting.
The PitStop Productions Award for Game Audio
1st Prize
Amber’s Tale by Thomas Lawrence (Sheffield Hallam University)
Thomas Lawrence
2nd Prize
Bite Club by Waterfront Bandits (University of Huddersfield)
Ethan Gangotra, Cameron Greenway, Joseph Hughes, James Pawson, Elijah Powell, Reinaldo Ramirez
3rd Prize
Love, Grandma by Quicksave Games (University of Huddersfield)
Connor Treherne, Andrew Jackson, Liam Hall, Henry Kirk-Pennington, Umar Ahmed, Reece Gillott
Thanks to Tim Beedall from PitStop Productions for judging and presenting.
The Revolution Software Award for Game Narrative Design
1st Prize
Love, Grandma by Quicksave Games (University of Huddersfield)
Connor Treherne, Andrew Jackson, Liam Hall, Henry Kirk-Pennington, Umar Ahmed, Reece Gillott
2nd Prize
Nighttime City by Mara Solomon (University of Bradford)
Mara Solomon
3rd Prize
My Lost Blue Jay by Olivia Cross (Staffordshire University)
Olivia Cross
The Award for Best Team
1st Prize
Book of Bhanu by Snowglobe Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Jacob Blanchard, Ewan Miller, Louis Mills, Bailey Pellegrina, Daniel Powell, Janet Rebecca
2nd Prize
Cheftopus by Cool Tea (University of Huddersfield)
Konrad Marcjanowicz, Valentino Worstenholme, Jack Colton, Reece Fenton, Maria Koukoulitsa, Daniel Munteanu
3rd Prize
Deaths Rebuke (Sheffield Hallam University)
Benjamin Kimberly, Jamie Daines, Aaron Smith
Game Republic Student Showcase 2022
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2022 returned as an in-person event on Tuesday 7th June 2022 at York St John University! 33 projects were entered by the Educational Partner universities and colleges for awards including Best Team, Game Design and Game Art and Animation. A big thanks to the Game Republic games company judges – Rebellion North, Red Kite Games, Distinctive Games, Rockstar Leeds and Sumo Digital – as well as our event sponsors Revolution Software and Barclays Games!
All the winners of the awards are listed below, as well as a video of some of the fantastic student projects from the day.
Distinctive Games Award for Game Audio
1st Prize (pictured)
Lethal Deal by Inline 9 (University of Huddersfield)
Rebecca Emmett, Aspen Thompson, Daniel Scott-Wilson, Wes Etherington, Liam Bradbury, Migle Ignotaite, Niall Crabtree
2nd Prize
Junkyard Pool by Team Junkyard Pool (Sheffield Hallam University)
Josh Busby, Adam Thomson, Damien Bruce
3rd Prize
Code Rain by Onsite (University of Huddersfield)
Radd Garratt-Owen, Adam Booth, Daniel Haynes, Daniel King Rowan, Jason Berry-Hemmer, Joshua Prasser
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize (pictured)
Dinky Dragons by Harrison Hogarth (York St John University)
Harrison Hogarth
2nd Prize
Shuttle Revolution by Team Four (University of Huddersfield)
Abigael Southam, Layla Grinney, May Thornborrow, Shaun Kennie
3rd Prize
Code Rain by Onsite (University of Huddersfield)
Radd Garratt-Owen, Adam Booth, Daniel Haynes, Daniel King Rowan, Jason Berry-Hemmer, Joshua Prasser
Red Kite Game Award for Game Technology
1st Prize (pictured)
Labyrinth by Team Labyrinth (Sheffield Hallam University)
Chae Taylor, Casey Kenny and Josh Long
2nd Prize
Zool Vulkan Port by Team Zool (Sheffield Hallam University)
Olaf Oude Reimer, Dom Mccollum, James Smith
3rd Prize
Pinecone Networking by Ben Nilsson (Staffordshire University)
Ben Nilsson
Rebellion North Award for Art and Animation
1st Prize (pictured)
Code Rain by Onsite (University of Huddersfield)
Radd Garratt-Owen, Adam Booth, Daniel Haynes, Daniel King Rowan, Jason Berry-Hemmer, Joshua Prasser
2nd Prize
Lethal Deal by Inline 9 (University of Huddersfield)
Aspen Thompson, Daniel Scott-Wilson, Wes Etherington, Liam Bradbury, Migle Ignotaite, Niall Crabtree
3rd Prize
Max Ouaddane – art portfolio (Staffordshire University)
Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize (pictured)
Labyrinth by Team Labyrinth (Sheffield Hallam University)
Chae Taylor, Casey Kenny and Josh Long
2nd Prize
Lethal Deal by Inline 9 (University of Huddersfield)
Aspen Thompson, Daniel Scott-Wilson, Wes Etherington, Liam Bradbury, Migle Ignotaite, Niall Crabtree
3rd Prize
Dimension Drifters by David’s Angels (University of Huddersfield)
Molly Price, Rachel Conroy, David Kershaw, Joshua Sabin, Keamuhetsi Sibanda, William Rose
Congratulations to all the winners!
More photos from the event – big thanks to York St John University for hosting such a fantastic Showcase too.
Game Republic Student Showcase 2021
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2021 Award Show was held online on Wednesday 26th May 2021 and had a record-breaking 47 projects entered by the Educational Partner universities and colleges for awards including Best Team, Game Design and Game Art and Animation. A big thanks to the Game Republic games company judges – Revolution Software (and PitStop Productions), Rebellion North, Red Kite Games, Rockstar Leeds and Sumo Digital – as well as our event sponsor Barclays.
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize (pictured)
Big Bad Bunnies From Another Dimension by Naughty Frog (University of Huddersfield)
Aaron Cant, Brad Cullen, Lauren Westcott, Lewis Banks, Oliver McGrath, David Shields
2nd Prize
A World’s End by Huw Warren-Roberts (York St. John University)
Huw Warren-Roberts
3rd Prize
Mira’s Tale by Canalside (University of Huddersfield)
Aaron Cant, Lauren Westcott, Lewis Banks, Oliver McGrath, Joshua Pritchard, Chris Rhodes
Red Kite Game Award for Game Technology
1st Prize (pictured)
Raven Engine by Raven (University of Leeds)
Ammar Herz Allah, Ben Hulse, Thomas Moreno Cooper, Sulagna Singha, Tian Zeng
2nd Prize
Real Time Vulkan Raytracing on RTX by Davide Contini (University of Hull)
Davide Contini
3rd Prize
Phantom scripting language by Ashley Barrell (Staffordshire University)
Ashley Barrell
Rebellion North Award for Art and Animation
1st Prize (Pictured)
Big Bad Bunnies From Another Dimension by Naughty Frog (University of Huddersfield)
Aaron Cant, Brad Cullen, Lauren Westcott, Lewis Banks, Oliver McGrath, David Shields
2nd Prize
Art Portfolio by Chris Rhodes (University of Huddersfield)
Chris Rhodes
3rd Prize
A World’s End by Huw Warren-Roberts (York St. John University)
Huw Warren-Roberts
Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize (pictured)
Bind & Banish by Indie-Shark Games (University of Huddersfield)
Adam Fautley, Dean Holland, Nathaniel Waterworth, Raimund Kod, Joshua Fisher, Natalia Miekina
2nd Prize
Warhouse by Warhouse (Sheffield Hallam University)
Joe Garlick, Matt Hunt, Conor Rogerson, Jackie Dong
3rd Prize
Jointly between:
Payloaders by The Tolerable 6 (University of Huddersfield)
Oliver Fayers, Daniel Lush, Melissa Hamer, Luke Dicken-Jones, Andy Radulescu, Chris Rhodes
and
Big Bad Bunnies From Another Dimension by Naughty Frog (University of Huddersfield)
Aaron Cant, Brad Cullen, Lauren Westcott, Lewis Banks, Oliver McGrath, David Shields
Congratulations to all the winners!
Game Republic Student Showcase 2020
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2020 Award Show was held online on Tuesday 26th May 2020 and had 35 projects entered by the Educational Partner universities and colleges for awards including Best Team and Game Art and Animation. A big thanks to the Game Republic games company sponsors – Revolution Software, Rebellion North, Red Kite Games, Rockstar Leeds and Sumo Digital – as well as our event sponsor Barclays.
Revolution Software Award for Game Audio
1st Prize (pictured)
Nebulux by Team Saucy (Leeds Beckett University)
Adam Georgeson, Aaron Rawlinson, Sam Bradley
2nd Prize
Regal Mortis by Team Chanco (University of Huddersfield)
Alex Chan, Bradley Pratt, Reece Kuby, Kial Oliver Gibson, Oliver Sheard, Jack Hurst
3rd Prize
Tenacious Odyssey: Chimera by Kane Challis (University Centre Leeds)
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize (pictured)
Wibble Wobble Wabble by Team Spaghetto (University of Huddersfield)
David Lambert, Joe Taylor, Lewis Scrivens, Sonny Blyth, Bradley Lagota, Jason Morley
2nd Prize
STÜF by James Moore (York St. John University)
James Moore
3rd Prize
Stealing Stuff by Patchwork Games (Sheffield Hallam University)
Alistair Keen, Jack Magnay, William Birchall, Jonathan Cunnew
Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology
1st Prize (pictured)
ECS Game Engine by William Taylor (University of Hull)
William Taylor
2nd Prize
Regal Mortis by Team Chanco (University of Huddersfield)
Alex Chan, Bradley Pratt, Reece Kuby, Kial Oliver Gibson, Oliver Sheard, Jack Hurst
3rd Prize
Red.exe by Jamie Tranter (Staffordshire University)
Jamie Tranter
Rebellion North Award for Game Art & Animation
1st Prize (pictured)
Character Art Portfolio by Kial Oliver-Gibson (University of Huddersfield)
Kial Oliver-Gibson
2nd Prize
Tenacious Odyssey: Chimera by Kane Challis (University Centre Leeds)
3rd Prize
Environmental Art Portfolio by Joe Taylor (University of Huddersfield)
Joe Taylor
Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize (pictured)
Wibble Wobble Wabble by Team Spaghetto (University of Huddersfield)
David Lambert, Joe Taylor, Lewis Scrivens, Sonny Blyth, Bradley Lagota, Jason Morley
2nd Prize
Regal Mortis by Team Chanco (University of Huddersfield)
Alex Chan, Bradley Pratt, Reece Kuby, Kial Oliver Gibson, Oliver Sheard, Jack Hurst
3rd Prize
Stealing Stuff by Patchwork Games (Sheffield Hallam University)
Alistair Keen, Jack Magnay, William Birchall, Jonathan Cunnew
Game Republic Student Showcase 2019
The 12th Game Republic Student Showcase took place at the University of Hull for the first time on Monday 3rd June 2019. This was our biggest Showcase yet, featuring 12 Educational Partners, 100 students, 33 projects and 5 Game Awards – kindly sponsored by games companies including Red Kite Games, Sumo Digital, Rebellion North and Revolution Software.
The judging started at 1.45 and went on all afternoon until 5.50pm in categories for Game Design, Game Art & Animation, Game Technology, Best Team and new award, Game Audio.
Participating universities and colleges included Staffordshire University, Leeds City College, Sheffield Hallam University and University of Huddersfield.
Judges included Simon Iwaniszak (Red Kite Games), Wes Arthur and Rhianne Murphy (Sumo Digital), David Vaughan-Jackson (Revolution Software) and Arden Aspinall and Bridie Wright (Rebellion North).
After the awards, the audience of 100+ students, course leaders and games companies were treated to an industry panel “So you want a job in games?” featuring Sumo Digital, Red Kite Games and Revolution.
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2019 Award Results!
The Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize (photo)
Tether by Sysiphian (University of Huddersfield)
Matthew Throup
Sam Sharpe
George Blackwell
Nathaniel Whitaker
Peter Sutherland
Ruben Chatha
2nd Prize
Boom Tag by Onloft Studios (Leeds Beckett University)
Bradley Rapson
Jack Gillies
Will Elliott
3rd Prize
Kami’s Descent (Sheffield Hallam University)
Ismail Movahedi
Aman Gill
Jas Kullar
Adrian Jones
Jo Osborne
The Revolution Software Award for Art & Animation
1st Prize (Photo above)
Environmental Art by Sam Sharpe (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize
Farmyard Frenzy by Threedom (Sheffield Hallam University)
Elliott Hill
Tom McKechnie
Joshua Edwards
Freya Jones
3rd Prize
Knightfall by Twoti Frutti (Sheffield Hallam University)
Adam Dann
Damian Korcz
Bradley Lam
Adam Wildman
Charlie Walker
The Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology
1st Prize (Photo above)
Hogs of War Reheated by Hogs (Sheffield Hallam University)
Luke Melville
Matt Stephenson
Daniel Hart
Louisa Diep
William Brookes-Clancy
Josh Nursall
2nd Prize
Kodebolds by Kodebolds Game Engine (University of Hull)
Dean Barnard
Jake Scrivener
Tony Beacock
3rd Prize
Fluid Dynamics Simulation in CUDA by Angelina Ouchakova (University of Hull)
The Rebellion North Award for Game Audio
1st Prize (photo above)
Tether by Sysiphian (University of Huddersfield)
Matthew Throup
Sam Sharpe
George Blackwell
Nathaniel Whitaker
Peter Sutherland
Ruben Chatha
2nd Prize
Coin-op Kingdom by Canalside Studios (University of Huddersfield)
Chloe McCann
Matthew Watling
Omar Qattan
Matthew Throup
George Blackwell
Nathaniel Whitaker
3rd Prize
Project ECO by XLR8ED Studios (University of Hull)
Ryan Connor (Game Design & Dev)
Natalie Gall (Music & SFX)
The Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize (photo above
Tether by Sysiphian (University of Huddersfield)
Matthew Throup
Sam Sharpe
George Blackwell
Nathaniel Whitaker
Peter Sutherland
Ruben Chatha
2nd Prize
Coin-op Kingdom by Canalside Studios (University of Huddersfield)
Chloe McCann
Matthew Watling
Omar Qattan
Matthew Throup
George Blackwell
Nathaniel Whitaker
3rd Prize
Boom Tag by Onloft Studios (Leeds Beckett University)
Bradley Rapson
Jack Gillies
Will Elliott
Thanks to all the brilliant Educational Partners for supporting the event, to the students for showing their excellent projects and to the University of Hull for hosting. We’ll be back again next year!
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Game Republic Student Showcase 2018
The 11th Game Republic Student Showcase was held at Leeds Beckett University on Thursday 7th June 2018.
The Game Republic Student Showcase is a yearly event that brings together all the Educational Partners of the network to show their students’ final-year projects to industry. The projects are judged by our region’s games companies in four categories – Game Art & Animation, Game Technology, Game Design and Best Team.
The Student Showcase has been running for 11 years in the region and has resulted in hundreds of games industry placements and full-time jobs for graduates. The awards are important, but it’s also a fantastic opportunity for students to meet and network with industry, get essential advice and useful feedback on their games.
The evening event include the award presentation and also a panel featuring Charles Cecil MBE (Revolution Software), Fee Laming (GaMaYo), David Dino (Sumo Digital) and Dave Roberts (Red Kite Games).
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2018 Awards results!
The Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize (photo above)
Flux 8 by 504 Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Harry Kay
Dayna Davison
Dimitae Dimitrov
Matthew Oldfield
Reuben Briggs
Jonathan Cotterill
2nd Prize
Code 10-52 by Vault Studios (University of Huddersfield)
Martin Kruger
Liam Hoe
Josh Gee
Jordan Emsley
Danny Newsom
3rd Prize
The Light by Team Awesome (Leeds Beckett University)
Jozsef Farkas
Marco A Valerio
Jason Holland
Joe Handley
Also a special mention to the eye-tracking game Tobias the Snake and his Aztec Adventure from Team Snake Eyes (Sheffield Hallam University)
The Revolution Software Award for Game Art & Animation
1st Prize (photo above)
Great Dionysia by CDTX (Leeds Beckett University)
Tristan Dawkins
Xavier Gibbons
Cadija Blyden
Declan Miller
2nd Prize
The Light by Team Awesome (Leeds Beckett University)
Jozsef Farkas
Marco A Valerio
Jason Holland
Joe Handley
3rd Prize
Observer Environment art portfolio by Tanraaj Cheema
The Red Kite Games for Game Technology
1st Prize (photo above)
Gatling Games Engine by Gatling Games (University of Leeds)
George Loines
Joshua Crinall
Michael Nisbet
2nd Prize
Flux 8 by 504 Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Harry Kay
Dayna Davison
Dimitae Dimitrov
Matthew Oldfield
Reuben Briggs
Jonathan Cotterill
3rd Prize
Code 10-52 by Vault Studios (University of Huddersfield)
Martin Kruger
Liam Hoe
Josh Gee
Jordan Emsley
Danny Newsom
Best Team Award
1st Prize (photo above)
Flux 8 by 504 Interactive (University of Huddersfield)
Harry Kay
Dayna Davison
Dimitae Dimitrov
Matthew Oldfield
Reuben Briggs
Jonathan Cotterill
2nd Prize
Code 10-52 by Vault Studios (University of Huddersfield)
Martin Kruger
Liam Hoe
Josh Gee
Jordan Emsley
Danny Newsom
3rd Prize
The Light by Team Awesome (Leeds Beckett University)
Jozsef Farkas
Marco A Valerio
Jason Holland
Joe Handley
Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to Leeds Beckett University for hosting the event, for the games companies for sponsoring and judging (Revolution Software, Sumo Digital and Red Kite Games), our Educational Partners for supporting the event and the students for taking part. See you next year!
Game Republic Student Showcase 2017
The tenth Game Republic, supported by Autodesk, Student Showcase took place for the first time at the University of Leeds on Thursday 8th June 2017.
The Student Showcase is a yearly opportunity for final-year and postgraduate students from GR’s Educational Partner universities and colleges to showcase their work to the region’s games industry.
The 23 projects were judged in four categories – the Sumo Digital Award for Game Design, the Revolution Software Award for Art & Animation, the Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology and a special Best Team Award. Previous Game Republic Student Showcase events have resulted in dozens of placements and full-time jobs for the winning teams and individuals at companies including Sumo Digital, Distinctive Games and Rockstar Leeds.
The evening event included the awards prizegiving (results below) and talks from Kathryn Penny, Festivals Director at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, and Mike Taulty, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft.
The winners of this year’s Student Showcase are listed below:
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize
VR Partyware by Shutter Shade Heroes (University of Huddersfield)
Parampal Singh
Kiera Hayman
Joe Cooper
Marcus Nichols
Liam Ford
Chris Vickery
2nd Prize
Wavelength (University of York)
Carlos Gonzalez Diaz
Sam Hughes
Janet Gibbs
Tara Collingwoode-Williams
Daniel Berio
Rob Homewood
3rd Prize
This Dead Winter by Rob Potter (University of Huddersfield)
Red Kite Games Award for Game Technology
1st Prize
Voxelised Shadow Map Compression by George Loines
2nd Prize
VR Partyware by Shutter Shade Heroes (University of Huddersfield)
Parampal Singh
Kiera Hayman
Joe Cooper
Marcus Nichols
Liam Ford
Chris Vickery
3rd Prize
Global Illumination using Voxel Cone Tracing by Chris Haslehurst (Sheffield Hallam University)
Revolution Software Award for Art & Animation
1st Prize
This Dead Winter by Rob Potter (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize
Art portfolio by Andrew Weir (Sheffield Hallam University)
3rd Prize
Mala by Diversity Entertainment (Leeds Beckett University)
Bradley Boorer
Komal Khan
Bradley Reiblein
Sufyaan Akhtar
Timothy Duggan
Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize
VR Partyware by Shutter Shade Heroes (University of Huddersfield)
Parampal Singh
Kiera Hayman
Joe Cooper
Marcus Nichols
Liam Ford
Chris Vickery
2nd Prize
Mala by Diversity Entertainment (Leeds Beckett University)
Bradley Boorer
Komal Khan
Bradley Reiblein
Sufyaan Akhtar
Timothy Duggan
3rd Prize
Dungeon Master VR by Red Skyline Games (Sheffield Hallam University)
Brad Redfern
Paddy Loxley
Jamie Prosser
Jake Missing
Thomas Wells
Nicholas Sims
Thanks and see you again in 2018!
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Game Republic Student Showcase 2016
The ninth Game Republic Student Showcase took place on Thursday 2nd June at Sheffield Hallam University!
The evening event with more than 100 people was sponsored by Insight Studios Ltd, featured the prizegiving, a talk by the Head of Digital Entertainment & Games at BBC Worldwide, Bradley Crooks, and a panel “Careers in the Games Industry”, followed by networking and drinks. BBC Look North also featured the Student Showcase which was part of a report on the Sheffield and Yorkshire games industry.
Panel: Fee Stewart, Charles Cecil (Revolution), Brad Davey (Sumo) and Bradley Crooks (BBC Worldwide)
The winners of the Game Republic Student Showcase 2016 are listed below.
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize
Escalate by Tom Williams and Aniket Datta (University of York)
2nd Prize
Rink Riot by Steel Minions Console Team (Sheffield Hallam University)
3rd Prize
Pocket Galaxy by French Toast Mafia (University of Huddersfield)
Dubit Award for Game Technology
1st Prize
Relativity by Nathan Boxhall-Burnett (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize
Pocket Galaxy by French Toast Mafia (University of Huddersfield)
3rd Prize
Rink Riot by Steel Minions Console Team (Sheffield Hallam University)
Revolution Software Award for Game Art & Animation
1st Prize
Shivam Devani (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize
Pocket Galaxy by French Toast Mafia (University of Huddersfield)
3rd Prize
Rink Riot by Steel Minions Console Team (Sheffield Hallam University)
Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize
Pocket Galaxy by French Toast Mafia (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize
Seven Hells by Landmine Games (Leeds Beckett University)
3rd Prize
Rink Riot by Steel Minions Console Team (Sheffield Hallam University)
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Game Republic Student Showcase 2015
The Ga
me Republic Student Showcase 2015 took place on Tuesday 2nd June at the University of York and featured six Educational Partners of Game Republic (a record!) showing 24 projects.
The projects were judged in four categories by games companies Rockstar Leeds, Sumo Digital, Team17 and Revolution, with the evening networking event sponsored by NatWest ESpark.
Jon Georgious from Sumo Digital judging an entry for the Game Design award.
Kevin Carthew from Team17 playing Acquisition by Team Unity (University of Huddersfield).
Lee Stott from Microsoft and Tony Warriner from Revolution Software check out the Florobots game from the University of Bradford.
So, the winners of the Game Republic Student Showcase 2015 are as follows:
Team17 Award for Game Technology
1st Prize
MCTS by Nick Sephton, Daniel Whitehouse – University of York (pictured)
2nd Prize
Acquisition by Team Unity (Christopher Fagan, Ben Watts, Shaun McNair, Richard O’Brien, Simon Wall, Rumen Petrov) – University of Huddersfield
3rd Prize: Piecefall by Steel Minions (Steve Hartin, Carl Jones) – Sheffield Hallam University
Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize
Detective Squad by Sam Read – University of Huddersfield (pictured)
2nd Prize
Sublevel Zero by Sigtrap (Gary Lloyd) – University of Huddersfield
3rd Prize
Florobots by Florobots (Olga Maksimenko, Carl Waddingham) -University of Bradford
Revolution Software Award for Game Art
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Game Republic Student Showcase 2014
The Game Republic Student Showcase 2014 was held on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 at the University of Huddersfield, and featured 26 projects, 85 students and four of the network’s games companies judging four awards.
The Showcase also featured Huddersfield-based developers Hypersloth Games showing their story-driven first-person adventure Dream running on the Oculus Rift.
Guest judges for the day included Lee Stott (Microsoft) and Callum Underwood (Oculus).
Fee Stewart from Huddersfield-based games developer FormerDroid checks out the Fairy Garden art portfolio by Bradford University student Emma Bates.
Here are the Game Republic Student Showcase 2014 winners – congratulations!
The Four Door Lemon Award for Game Technology
1st Prize – Elemental Assault by Steel Minions (Thomas Avison, Matthew Driver, Martyn Mees, Robert Whitley, Edward Willoughby, Anna Mellor-Meecham)
Sheffield Hallam University
2nd Prize – Arena Brawler by RJJ Productions (Rhys Thompson, Jake Sharp, Josh Bell)
Leeds Beckett University
3rd Prize – Skin Rendering Technology by David Ramsden
Sheffield Hallam University
The Sumo Digital Award for Game Design
1st Prize – Redneck Renovator by Stemsells (Jonathan Stewart, Jonathan Saunders, Lisa Tran, Mitchell Mellard, Shane Ecclestone)
Sheffield Hallam University
2nd Prize – Aspect by Team Aspect (Scott Simpson, Wesley Arthur, Mark Carrigan, Joe Allen, Luke Hobson, Deirdre McGrath)
Sheffield Hallam University
3rd Prize – RageGauge by Breakfast Time (Liam Boyer, Nathan Williams, Luke Avery, Marc Richmond, Reece Crawford, Gurjiv)
University of Huddersfield
The Just Add Water Award for Game Art (presented by Oculus VR)
1st Prize – James Chilton (University of Huddersfield)
2nd Prize – Sanctuary by Alex Bernal (Leeds College of Art)
3rd Prize – Josh Pears (Sheffield Hallam University)
The Rockstar Leeds Award for Best Team
1st Prize – Aspect by Team Aspect (Scott Simpson, Wesley Arthur, Mark Carrigan, Joe Allen, Luke Hobson, Deirdre McGrath)
Sheffield Hallam University
2nd Prize – Arena Brawler by RJJ Productions (Rhys Thompson, Jake Sharp, Josh Bell) Leeds Beckett University
3rd Prize – The Adventures of Steven Seagull by Team Seagull (Phil Allcock, Lawrence Youngs)
Leeds Beckett University
The Game Republic Student Showcase also featured a talk on the Skills Investment Fund by Gina Jackson, Skillset, plus a panel “The Future of the Games Industry” with (from left to right) Phil Scott (NVIDIA), Callum Underwood (Oculus VR), Lee Stott (Microsoft), Gina Jackson (Skillset) and Simon Barratt (Four Door Lemon).
Thanks to all our speakers, the universities and colleges (especially the University of Huddersfield for hosting the event), the students who took part and the generous games company sponsors – Four Door Lemon, Sumo Digital, Rockstar Leeds and Just Add Water.
See you next year!
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Game Republic Student Showcase 2013
The sixth Game Republic Student Showcase was held at Leeds College of Art. Here is a video of the event.
A special TV report on the event was broadcast by BBC Look North on Friday 31st May 2013.