Abertay Digital Graduate Show

Thursday 14 May-Saturday 16 May 2026.

Abertay Digital Graduate Show 2026 highlights

The Abertay Digital Graduate Show 2026 brought together outstanding work from final-year students across our Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business.

Held from Thursday 14 May to Saturday 16 May, the show marked 20 years of ADGS with its largest exhibition to date, featuring more than 180 honours projects spanning areas such as concept art, animation, programming and games design, and virtual and augmented reality.

The exhibition took place across Levels 1 and 2 of the Kydd Building, within our National Centre for Excellence in Games Education, with visitors able to explore, play and experience a wide range of innovative projects.

Prizewinners

All projects showcased at ADGS 2026 were judged by industry representatives, who selected prize winners from across the show – scroll through  to view year’s winners. 

Grace Audrey Cooney

Categories

2D Art - For work in concept art, UI, illustration and 2D visual design

Narrative & Storytelling - For work with narrative design, worldbuilding, dialogue and emotional impact

Sponsors

4J Studios

Blazing Griffin

Project Title

Cepheus Hare

Learn more about Grace's work ➡

Kieran Murray

Category

3D Art - For work in 3D modelling, sculpting and texturing

Sponsor

Electric Square

Project Title

Transformers & Their Evolution of Aesthetics into Modern Cinema

Learn more about Kieran's work ➡

Thomas Macleod

Categories

Animation - For work with moving image, expressive characters and environmental animation

Technical Art - For work bridging Art and Code, powering pipelines, rigging, shaders and performance

Sponsor

RARE

Project Title

Bringing Music to the Visual Medium Through 2D Animation

Learn more about Thomas's work ➡

Chris Rourke

Category

Level Design

Sponsor

Rivet Games

Project Title

Guided Edge

Learn more about Chris's work ➡

Josie Law

Category

Sound Design - For work in immersive, impactful soundscapes and audio design

Sponsor

Gobo

Project Title

The Modern Symphony

Learn more about Josie's work ➡

Michael Eaton

Category

Game and System Design - For work across game design; player experience, gameplay, combat, feel, balance or technical design

Sponsor

GameMaker

Project Title

Tangible Zoning Simulation

Learn more about Michael's work ➡

 

Innes Aitken

Category

Production - For work in collaboration, planning, management and getting it done

Sponsor

HLG

Project Title

Floppy Coffee

Learn more about Innes's work ➡

 

Gregor Roden

Category

Games Programming - For work bringing networking, mechanics, AI and graphics to life through code

Sponsor

Ninja Kiwi

Project Title

Chunklands

Learn more about Gregor's work ➡

 

Cormac Somerville

Category

Game Technology - For work with tools, haptics, systems, real-time simulation for games and beyond

Sponsor

Playground Games

Project Title

Performance Doesn’t Grow on Trees

Learn more about Cormac's work ➡

 

Snow White

Category

Emergent Technology - For work in software development and technical innovation across systems, cybersecurity, tools and applied computing

Sponsor

NCR Atleos

Project Title

Inclusive Threat Modelling: Identifying and Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks Faced by People with Multiple Sclerosis 

 

Aaron Lochiel

Category

Cultural Award - For work with diversity, inclusion, accessibility, representation and cultural awareness

Sponsor

Dundee Contemporary Arts

Project Title

Cassava: Caribbean culture in cartoons

Learn more about Aaron's work ➡

 

Ruairidh Booth

Category

Technical Innovation - For work with creative technical solutions, experimental features or breakthrough tools

Sponsor

Pocket Sized Hands

Project Title

Emotion-Based Gaming

Learn more about Ruairidh's project ➡

 

Online Exhibition

Explore the innovative honours projects on display at the Abertay Digital Graduate Show 2026, covering everything from concept art, character design, animation, applied games, programming and games design, through to UI/UX, motion capture, 3D modelling, virtual/augmented reality and emerging tech.

Enter the exhibition

Event Sponsors 

We're very grateful to our event sponsors Ninja Kiwi Europe, Team Terrible and Playground Games for their kind and generous support.

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