2023 Festival
2023 Student Games Festival
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors without whom the event could not have gone ahead: Jagex and Frontier Developments; as well as our event partner for 2023, Mastered.
We’d like to give a big thanks to the 2023 host Anglia Ruskin University for providing such a welcoming space for us all.
Special thanks to Brains Eden and Game Anglia for their support and advice, as well as all those individuals who volunteered their time and expertise to make the event a success.
Event Numbers:
214 Attendees
Students from 43 different universities/colleges
Industry experts from 14 different games companies
134 Industry 1:1 chats & portfolio reviews
A showcase of 61 games and art pieces
Winners:
Best Team Project sponsored by Jagex
by Amy Coates-Walker,
Rhiannon Nash, Ewan Fisher,
Calum Sarjeant, Henry Neff,
Sandra Slaba, Rebekah Beattie
(Abertay University)
by Parham Sorooshian,
Thomas Porta, Nick McKenzie
Marcin Mazurek
(National Film and Television School)
Design Excellence sponsored by Frontier Developments
First Prize [£750] : SLK-1
by Elvis Dsouza (University of Southampton)
Runner-Up [£250] : Disorderly Combat
by Mo Abdulaziz (Brunel University London)
Artistic Excellence sponsored by Frontier Developments
First Prize [£750] : Raising A Family
by Athena Cole (University of Hertfordshire)
Runner-Up [£250] : 2D Concept Art Submission
by Sophie Li (Norwich University of the Arts)
Technical Excellence sponsored by Frontier Developments
First Prize [£750] : Laggy Buggy Leggy Bugs
by Andrew Jones (Anglia Ruskin University)
Runner-Up [£250] : The Cave
by Mateusz Parfienczyk (Anglia Ruskin University)
People’s Choice
Thank you to Anglia Ruskin University for creating this excellent video of the 2023 event