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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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    Skillshare

    Video Game Design in Unreal Engine: Build Your World

    Skills you'll gain: Interactive Design, Application Deployment

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Character Design for Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Animations, Game Design, Design, Technical Design, Conceptual Design, Design Strategies, Design Elements And Principles, Creative Design

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    1K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Pennsylvania

    Gamification

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Project Design, Driving engagement, Social Impact, Drive Engagement, Employee Engagement, Motivational Skills, Positive Behavior Support, Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Marketing

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    2.4K reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    AI CERTs

    Modern Game Design Mastery with AI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, AI powered creativity, AI Product Strategy, AI Workflows, AI literacy, Storytelling

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Advanced Unity Projects: RPG, Level Design & VFX

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Unity Engine, Animations, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Virtual Environment, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Software Design, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, System Implementation, Physics

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Michigan State University

    Art for Games

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Animations, 3D Modeling, Storyboarding, Color Theory, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Cinematography, Video Game Development, Game Design, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Computer Graphics, Design Elements And Principles, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Conceptual Design, Graphics Software, Photo Editing, Computer Graphic Techniques, Design

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    441 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Michigan State University

    Pixel Art for Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Animations, Storyboarding, Animation and Game Design, Unity Engine, Color Theory, Video Game Development, Adobe Photoshop, Game Design, Graphics Software, Graphical Tools, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    281 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Xbox

    Fundamentals of Graphic Design

    Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Layout Design, Typography, Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Visual Design, Design, Game Design, Graphics Software, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Creative Design, Editing

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    70 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Unity: Design & Develop a Tower Defense Game

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Michigan State University

    Low Poly Art For Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, Color Theory, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, Game Design, Autodesk Maya, Video Game Development, Design Elements And Principles, Adobe Photoshop

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    75 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine: Design & Build 3D Game Worlds for Beginners

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    12 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Intermediate Game Development and Monetization

    Skills you'll gain: Mobile Development, Game Design, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Unity Engine, Android Development, Android (Operating System), C# (Programming Language), Animations, Scripting

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Video Game Design in Unreal Engine: Build Your World: Skillshare
  • Character Design for Video Games: California Institute of the Arts
  • Gamification: University of Pennsylvania
  • Modern Game Design Mastery with AI: AI CERTs
  • Advanced Unity Projects: RPG, Level Design & VFX: EDUCBA
  • Art for Games: Michigan State University
  • Pixel Art for Video Games: Michigan State University
  • Fundamentals of Graphic Design: Xbox
  • Unity: Design & Develop a Tower Defense Game: EDUCBA
  • Low Poly Art For Video Games: Michigan State University

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