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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


  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin

    Skills you'll gain: Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Layout Design, Marketing Design, Writing, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Design, Creative Design, Typography, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Customer Engagement

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    OpenCL Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Computing, Scalability, Performance Tuning, C++ (Programming Language), System Programming, Computer Architecture, Cross Platform Development, Hardware Architecture, C (Programming Language), Application Performance Management, Development Environment

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Midjourney Advanced Prompt Guide: Master AI Art Prompts

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, Creativity, Image Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    The Complete Vue.js Course for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Vue.JS, JavaScript Frameworks, Front-End Web Development, Web Applications, UI Components, Web Design and Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Event-Driven Programming, Data Validation, Data Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Programming APIs with C# and .NET

    Skills you'll gain: GraphQL, API Design, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, ASP.NET, Authentications, Data Validation, .NET Framework, Authorization (Computing), C# (Programming Language), Serverless Computing, Software Documentation, Microsoft Azure, Software Architecture, Verification And Validation, Application Deployment, Debugging

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Deep Learning with ANN in Python: Build & Optimize

    Skills you'll gain: Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Artificial Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Data Preprocessing, Model Evaluation, Customer Analysis, Applied Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Development Environment, Predictive Analytics, Pandas (Python Package), Data Cleansing

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Build a Product Landing Page with Stripe Integration

    Skills you'll gain: UI Components, Email Automation, Payment Systems, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Interface (UI), HTML and CSS, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, JavaScript Frameworks, User Interface (UI) Design, Application Deployment

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    MathWorks

    Creating Custom Apps in MATLAB

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Data Sharing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Database Management and Core Application Development

    Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, Database Development, Database Management, Object-Relational Mapping, Back-End Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development, C# (Programming Language), Database Design, Application Frameworks, Authorization (Computing), Model View Controller, Authentications, Data Modeling, Data Migration, Data Mapping, Business Logic, Software Design Patterns, Data Validation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Master PL/SQL: Apply, Integrate & Optimize Database Logic

    Skills you'll gain: PL/SQL, SQL, Business Logic, Stored Procedure, Database Design, Oracle Databases, Database Development, Relational Databases, Data Integrity, Scalability, Procedure Development, Debugging

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Cleaning, Organizing, and Speeding Up SQL

    Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Database Design, Data Integration, Data Import/Export, SQL, Data Maintenance, Data Manipulation, Database Management, Relational Databases, Data Quality, Stored Procedure, Data Integrity, Performance Tuning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    B

    Board Infinity

    GraphQL Mastery: From Fundamentals to Production

    Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, Application Programming Interface (API), Secure Coding, Cloud Deployment, JavaScript Frameworks, Frontend Performance, Database Development, Maintainability, Node.JS, Server Side, Authentications, Application Performance Management

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin: University of Colorado Boulder
  • OpenCL Programming: Coursera
  • Midjourney Advanced Prompt Guide: Master AI Art Prompts: Skillshare
  • The Complete Vue.js Course for Beginners: Packt
  • Programming APIs with C# and .NET: Packt
  • Deep Learning with ANN in Python: Build & Optimize: EDUCBA
  • Build a Product Landing Page with Stripe Integration: Packt
  • Creating Custom Apps in MATLAB: MathWorks
  • Database Management and Core Application Development: Packt
  • Master PL/SQL: Apply, Integrate & Optimize Database Logic: EDUCBA

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