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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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    Arizona State University

    The Limits of Human Perception

    Skills you'll gain: Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, User Interface (UI), Human Machine Interfaces, Usability, Computer Displays, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Experience Design, Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Beauty, Form & Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

    Skills you'll gain: Geometry, Design Elements And Principles, Materials science, Chemistry, Art History, Architectural Design, Chemical Engineering, Physical Science, Applied Mathematics, Biology

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Dassault Systèmes

    xDesign Assemblies and Exam Level Part Modeling

    Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), 3D Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, Assembly Drawing, Mechanical Design, Engineering Design Process, Mechanical Engineering

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Edureka

    Mastering NLP: Tokenization, Sentiment Analysis & Neural MT

    Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Modeling, Model Evaluation, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Classification Algorithms, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Text Mining, Transfer Learning, Machine Learning Methods, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Artificial Neural Networks, Data Preprocessing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Deep Learning, Data Processing, Embeddings, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    Crea Anuncios para las Redes Sociales con Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Video Editing, Social Media Content, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Management, Facebook, Content Creation, Advertising, Animations, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, User Accounts

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Scrimba

    Build AI Apps with LangChain.js

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, LangChain, LLM Application, AI Workflows, Vector Databases, Scalability, User Interface (UI), Embeddings, Databases, Performance Tuning, Maintainability, Data Preprocessing

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Advanced Spring Cloud Microservices & Deployment with Docker

    Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Deployment, YAML, Restful API, Load Balancing, Configuration Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Xi'an Jiaotong University

    系统平台与C#程序基础

    Skills you'll gain: Operating Systems, Computer Systems, Debugging, Microsoft Visual Studio, OS Process Management, Computer Hardware, C# (Programming Language), Computer Architecture, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Programming Principles, Integrated Development Environments, Computational Logic, System Design and Implementation

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SkillUp

    Java Development with Databases 

    Skills you'll gain: Hibernate (Java), Object-Relational Mapping, Spring Boot, Restful API, Java, NoSQL, Database Development, SQL, Databases, Database Design, Application Frameworks, Java Programming, Data Access, Database Management, Relational Databases, Back-End Web Development, Software Development

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Comercialice su nuevo negocio con Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Brochures, Canva (Software), Logo Design, Marketing Materials, Marketing Design, Promotional Materials, Graphic Design, Marketing, Design, Branding

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Cómo usar Canva para maestros

    Skills you'll gain: Education Software and Technology, Teaching, Digital pedagogy, Graphic Design, Creativity

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    DeepLearning.AI

    Open Source Models with Hugging Face

    Skills you'll gain: Hugging Face, LLM Application, Generative AI, Model Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, User Interface (UI), API Design, Computer Vision

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • The Limits of Human Perception: Arizona State University
  • Beauty, Form & Function: An Exploration of Symmetry: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • xDesign Assemblies and Exam Level Part Modeling: Dassault Systèmes
  • Mastering NLP: Tokenization, Sentiment Analysis & Neural MT: Edureka
  • Crea Anuncios para las Redes Sociales con Canva: Coursera
  • Build AI Apps with LangChain.js: Scrimba
  • Advanced Spring Cloud Microservices & Deployment with Docker: Packt
  • 系统平台与C#程序基础: Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Java Development with Databases : SkillUp
  • Comercialice su nuevo negocio con Canva: Coursera

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