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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

    Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals

    Skills you'll gain: Digital Design, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity, Peer Review, Color Theory

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Microsoft DirectX 3D Graphics Development

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Application Development, C++ (Programming Language), Software Design, Microsoft Windows, Software Architecture, Application Lifecycle Management, Context Management, System Configuration, Debugging, Mathematical Theory & Analysis, Data Structures, Applied Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Algebra

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Build a Developer Portfolio with SvelteKit & Sanity CMS

    Skills you'll gain: Web Components, Responsive Web Design, UI Components, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Content Management Systems, Full-Stack Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Application Deployment, Data Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Data Engineering on AWS - The Complete Training

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Kinesis, Data Engineering, Amazon Redshift, Apache Kafka, Cloud Computing Architecture, Data Lakes, Real Time Data, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Data Management, Apache Hive, Data Visualization Software, Cloud Storage, Amazon S3, Data Integration, Data Architecture, Data Migration, Performance Tuning, Serverless Computing, Database Architecture and Administration, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    HTML for Beginners: Classes and ID

    Skills you'll gain: Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design, Javascript

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Create an Advertising Concept Testing Study in Qualtrics

    Skills you'll gain: Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, User Feedback, Marketing Materials, Online Advertising, Business Research, Marketing, Promotional Materials, Market Research, Branding

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    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Airbus Beyond

    Supply Chain Sustainability

    Skills you'll gain: Corporate Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Standards, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Supply Chain, Environmental Regulations, Environment and Resource Management, Environmental Laws, Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics, Logistics Management, Environmental Monitoring, Logistics, Environmental Policy, Governance

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Master Java Unit Testing with Spring Boot and Mockito

    Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, JUnit, Integration Testing, Restful API, Test Driven Development (TDD), Software Testing, Java Programming, Hibernate (Java), Verification And Validation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Securing Generative AI

    Skills you'll gain: AI Security, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, AI Orchestration, Responsible AI, LangChain, AI Workflows, Threat Modeling, Generative AI, Vector Databases, Embeddings, Application Security, Secure Coding, Large Language Modeling, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Threat Management, Security Testing, Security Controls, Prompt Engineering, MITRE ATT&CK Framework

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    American Council on Exercise

    Personal Training: Sales and Client Retention

    Skills you'll gain: Selling Techniques, Sales, Customer Retention, Consultative Selling, Customer Acquisition Management, Performance Measurement, Customer Relationship Building, Professional Development, Customer Engagement, Exercise Science, Goal Setting

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    The Zero Trust Framework

    Skills you'll gain: Zero Trust Network Access, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Security Assessment, IT Security Architecture, Network Security, Threat Modeling, Security Strategy, Security Controls, Cloud Security, Authentications, Identity and Access Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Santa Cruz

    لغة البرمجة C++ لمبرمجي C، الجزء (ب)

    Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Graph Theory, C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Debugging, Data Structures, Game Design, Software Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals : Skillshare
  • Microsoft DirectX 3D Graphics Development: EDUCBA
  • Build a Developer Portfolio with SvelteKit & Sanity CMS: Packt
  • Data Engineering on AWS - The Complete Training: Packt
  • HTML for Beginners: Classes and ID: Coursera
  • Create an Advertising Concept Testing Study in Qualtrics: Coursera
  • Supply Chain Sustainability: Airbus Beyond
  • Master Java Unit Testing with Spring Boot and Mockito: Packt
  • Securing Generative AI: Pearson
  • Personal Training: Sales and Client Retention: American Council on Exercise

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