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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Agile Project: Product Prototype Touchpoint Analysis in Miro

    Skills you'll gain: Agile Product Development, Wireframing, Product Roadmaps, Customer experience strategy (CX), Agile Project Management, Persona Development, User Experience, Product Requirements, User Story, Product Development, User Research, Product Strategy

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    92 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Adobe

    AI Foundations for Creativity

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Firefly, Responsible AI, Generative AI, AI Enablement, Creativity, Prompt Engineering, Ideation, Brainstorming, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, AI Workflows, Design Thinking, Content Creation, Multimedia, Storytelling, Visual Design, Content Strategy

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    A

    Adobe

    Generative AI for Graphic Designers

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Adobe Illustrator, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Creativity, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, Computer Graphics, Creative Design, Creative Thinking, Color Theory, Digital Design, Visual Design, Content Creation, Branding

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    U

    University of Michigan

    Ethics in Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Failure Analysis, Engineering Practices, Biomedical Engineering, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Social Impact, Engineering, Case Studies, Civil Engineering, Software Engineering, Safety Assurance

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    81 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Northeastern University

    Data-Driven Systems: DBMS, SQL & Data Modeling

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Database Theory, MongoDB, Database Development, Database Management Systems, Databases, Data Modeling, Database Architecture and Administration, NoSQL, Relational Databases, Unified Modeling Language, SQL, Data Integrity, Performance Tuning, Diagram Design, Software Architecture, Conceptual Design

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of California, Irvine

    Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Data Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Cloud Computing, Market Analysis, Supervised Learning, Classification Algorithms

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    129 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Organize an event with Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Event Planning, Canva (Software), Event Management, Digital Content, Event Marketing, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media, Product Design, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Psychological Safety

    Skills you'll gain: Workplace inclusivity, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Empowerment, Resilience, Personal Development, Self-Awareness, Teamwork, Collaboration, Constructive Feedback, Relationship Building, Active Listening, Interpersonal Communications

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    55 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
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    Status: Free
    Free
    A

    Anthropic

    Building with the Claude API

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Model Context Protocol, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Anthropic Claude, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Tool Calling, Embeddings, Vector Databases, Model Evaluation

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    22 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    F

    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Teoria Geral da Administração para Executivos

    Skills you'll gain: Quality Improvement, Quality Management, Administration, Business Management, Business Administration, Organizational Effectiveness, Leadership and Management, Operational Efficiency, Organizational Structure, Production Management, Systems Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Knowledge Transfer

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    58 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    É

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Projet de programmation (en Java)

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design, Object Oriented Design, Java, Program Development, Graphical Tools, Simulations, Integrated Development Environments, Algorithms

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    24 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    A

    Arizona State University

    Assessing Achievement with the ELL in Mind

    Skills you'll gain: Instructional and Curriculum Design, Instructional Strategies, Differentiated Instruction, English Language, Student Engagement, Language Learning, Cultural Sensitivity

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    92 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Agile Project: Product Prototype Touchpoint Analysis in Miro: Coursera
  • AI Foundations for Creativity: Adobe
  • Generative AI for Graphic Designers: Adobe
  • Ethics in Engineering: University of Michigan
  • Data-Driven Systems: DBMS, SQL & Data Modeling: Northeastern University
  • Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence: University of California, Irvine
  • Organize an event with Canva: Coursera
  • Psychological Safety: Coursera
  • Building with the Claude API: Anthropic
  • Teoria Geral da Administração para Executivos: Fundação Instituto de Administração

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