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Game Design Courses

Game design courses can help you learn level design, character development, storytelling techniques, and game mechanics. You can build skills in prototyping, user testing, and balancing gameplay to enhance player experience. Many courses introduce tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, that support creating interactive environments and implementing game logic. Additionally, you might explore programming languages such as C or C++ to bring your ideas to life, along with graphic design software for creating compelling visuals.


Popular Game Design Courses and Certifications


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    Scrimba

    Build a Hometown Homepage with HTML and CSS

    Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Semantic Web, Typography

    Intermediate Ā· Guided Project Ā· Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Crear una presentación empresarial con Microsoft Powerpoint

    Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentation, Presentations, Sales Presentations, Product Demonstration, Microsoft PowerPoint, Customer Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Communication, Team Oriented

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    36 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Guided Project Ā· Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Microsoft

    Secure your Cloud Data

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Security, Data Security, Network Security, Cloud Applications, Authorization (Computing), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Application Security, Microsoft SQL Servers, Web Applications, Database Application, Cloud Development, Azure Active Directory, Firewall, Relational Databases, Cloud Management, Key Management, Threat Detection, Authentications, Encryption

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    19 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Skillshare

    Adobe Illustrator Super Speed: Boost Workflow & Efficiency

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Illustrator, Typography, Design Software, Graphical Tools, Adobe Creative Cloud, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Skillshare

    Blender 3D for Beginners: Learn to Model a Balloon Dog

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Creativity

    Mixed Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of California San Diego

    Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Cybersecurity, Pedagogy, Data Security, Cryptography, Information Privacy, Encryption, Responsible AI, AI Personalization, Computer Science, Information Technology, Web Applications, Web Servers, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    L

    LearnQuest

    Visual Basic Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Unified Modeling Language, Visual Basic (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Data Modeling, Microsoft Development Tools, Computer Programming, .NET Framework, Software Engineering, Data Structures

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    A

    Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)

    Creating Trust & Support

    Skills you'll gain: Trustworthiness, Team Building, Team Motivation, Team Management, Team Leadership, Teamwork, Honesty, Relationship Building, Empathy, Collaboration, Professional Development, Storytelling, Mindfulness

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Building Production-Ready Apps with Large Language Models

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, LLM Application, Model Deployment, Responsible AI, Application Deployment, Application Development, Hugging Face, Data Ethics, Generative AI, AI Security, Application Security, Continuous Monitoring

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    28 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
    S

    Scrimba

    Build a Mobile App with Firebase

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, HTML and CSS, Web Development, Mobile Development, Database Application, Responsive Web Design, Real Time Data, User Interface (UI) Design, Secure Coding, Javascript, Data Storage Technologies

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Starweaver

    How to Build an Entrepreneurial AI Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, AI Enablement, Market Opportunities, Scalability, Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, ChatGPT, Business Process Automation, Business Analysis, Cost Reduction, Innovation, Automation

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    X

    Xi'an Jiaotong University

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    Skills you'll gain: File Management, C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, UI Components, Programming Principles, User Interface (UI), Computer Graphics, Operating Systems, Graphical Tools, Application Development, Interactive Design, Event-Driven Programming, Human Computer Interaction

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Mixed Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular game design courses

  • Build a Hometown Homepage with HTML and CSS:Ā Scrimba
  • Crear una presentación empresarial con Microsoft Powerpoint:Ā Coursera
  • Secure your Cloud Data:Ā Microsoft
  • Adobe Illustrator Super Speed: Boost Workflow & Efficiency:Ā Skillshare
  • Blender 3D for Beginners: Learn to Model a Balloon Dog:Ā Skillshare
  • Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy:Ā University of California San Diego
  • Visual Basic Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism:Ā LearnQuest
  • Creating Trust & Support:Ā Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
  • Building Production-Ready Apps with Large Language Models:Ā Coursera
  • Build a Mobile App with Firebase:Ā Scrimba

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