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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

    Blender for Filmmakers: Turn 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, Motion Graphics, Adobe After Effects, Computer Graphics, Post-Production, Cinematography, Video Production

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    GitHub Copilot & ChatGPT for Devs - Code Smarter in 2024

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Docker (Software), ChatGPT, Google Gemini, OpenAI, AI Workflows, Development Environment, GitHub, Integrated Development Environments, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Git (Version Control System), Debugging

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Systems Engineering Fundamentals Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Engineering, Verification And Validation, Systems Architecture, Configuration Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Design, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Systems Integration, Change Control, Requirements Analysis, Maintainability, Human Factors

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Using Educational Technology with English Learners

    Skills you'll gain: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, digital literacy, Education Software and Technology, English Language, Learning Management Systems, Lifelong Learning, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cultural Responsiveness, Communication

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Relational Database Administration Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: Database Administration, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management, Apache Airflow, Operational Databases, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Database Design, SQL, Data Architecture, Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    UBITS

    Comunicación para equipos multigeneracionales

    Skills you'll gain: Communication Strategies, Team Management, Leadership, Productivity, Diversity Awareness, Collaboration, Workplace inclusivity, Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Empathy

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Peking University

    Nursing Research: Principles and Methods(护理研究:基本原理与方法)

    Skills you'll gain: Nursing, Science and Research, Clinical Research, Scientific Methods, Clinical Research Ethics, Medical Science and Research, Biostatistics, Epidemiology

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    تنميط متقدم بتصميم سريع الاستجابة

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Wireframing, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Browser Compatibility, User Interface (UI), Mobile Development, Prototyping, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Javascript

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Goldman Sachs

    Fundamentos de la Administración con Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

    Skills you'll gain: Human Resources Management and Planning, Employee Performance Management, Employee Training, Performance Management, Human Resources, Delegation Skills, Subcontracting, Workforce Management, Culture Transformation, Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Organizational Strategy

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Verification and Synthesis of Autonomous Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Verification And Validation, Computational Logic, Theoretical Computer Science, Automation, Agentic systems, System Requirements, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms

    Build toward a degree

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    إنشاء تصاميم تسويقية لمنصات التواصل الإجتماعي على Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Presentations, Animations, LinkedIn, Marketing Design, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Facebook, Marketing Materials, Marketing Budgets, Graphic Design, Marketing

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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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 · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Blender for Filmmakers: Turn 2D Photos into 3D Scenes: Skillshare
  • GitHub Copilot & ChatGPT for Devs - Code Smarter in 2024: Packt
  • Systems Engineering Fundamentals Part 2: University of Colorado System
  • Using Educational Technology with English Learners: Rice University
  • Relational Database Administration Capstone Project: IBM
  • Comunicación para equipos multigeneracionales: UBITS
  • Nursing Research: Principles and Methods(护理研究:基本原理与方法): Peking University
  • تنميط متقدم بتصميم سريع الاستجابة: University of Michigan
  • Fundamentos de la Administración con Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women: Goldman Sachs
  • Verification and Synthesis of Autonomous Systems: University of Colorado Boulder

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