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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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    Google

    Google Prompting Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Engineering, Data Presentation, Prompt Patterns, AI Enablement, AI Personalization, Generative AI, Email Automation, LLM Application, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Complex Problem Solving, Ideation, Business Correspondence, Report Writing, Solution Design, Critical Thinking, Document Management, Machine Learning

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Adobe

    Build your creative business using Adobe tools

    Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Ideation, Brand Strategy, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Problem-Solving, Target Audience, Conceptual Design, Creative Thinking, Branding, Creativity, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Design, Adobe Photoshop, Business Strategy, Adobe Illustrator, Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Digital Marketing

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Build Dynamic No-Code Apps

    Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, User Centered Design, Mobile Development, Web Applications, User Interface (UI) Design, Experience Design, UI/UX Research, User Feedback, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Root Cause Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Stanford University

    Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Sociology, Socioeconomics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Game Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Markov Model, Bayesian Statistics, Probability, Simulations

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    759 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Introduction to Software Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Software Design, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design Patterns, Development Environment, Unified Modeling Language, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Application Deployment, Programming Principles, Front-End Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Software Documentation, Computer Programming, Python Programming

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    École Polytechnique

    How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course)

    Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Journals, Scientific Methods, Research, Research Design, Proofreading, Research Methodologies, Editing, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Data Management

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

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    EDUCBA

    Master Computer Graphics Programming in C# .NET

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), C# (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Graphical Tools, Animations, Animation and Game Design, Image Analysis, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Application Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Business Value and Project Management

    Skills you'll gain: Organizational Change, Project Closure, Revenue Recognition, Agile Methodology, Waterfall Methodology, Organizational Structure, Organizational Leadership, Accrual Accounting, Project Planning, Organizational Strategy, Project Management Life Cycle, Business Ethics, Change Management, Cash Flows, Sprint Retrospectives, Accounting, Project Implementation, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Project Management

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Logical Operations

    Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2017): Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Usability, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Multimedia, Web Design and Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Interface (UI), Email Marketing, Front-End Web Development, Adobe Creative Cloud, Web Development, Web Content, Web Development Tools, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Marketing, Content Management, File Management

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Using Databases with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Databases, Data Visualization Software, Web Scraping, Data Modeling, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Processing, Geographic Information Systems, Python Programming, Application Programming Interface (API)

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    22K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Introductory C Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, File I/O, Programming Principles, Maintainability, Software Testing, Program Development, C (Programming Language), Algorithms, Simulations, System Programming, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Software Development, Software Engineering, Command-Line Interface, Development Environment, User Interface (UI), Solution Design, Problem Solving, Software Design

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    SAP

    SAP Technology Consultant

    Skills you'll gain: SAP S/4HANA, System Design and Implementation, Solution Sales Engineering, Relationship Building, ABAP RESTful Programming Model (RAP), Project Management, Test Script Development, Rapport Building, Project Implementation, Software As A Service, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Resource Planning, Consultative Approaches, Solution Architecture, Project Closure, Stakeholder Communications, Test Planning, Workforce Development, Requirements Analysis, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Google Prompting Essentials: Google
  • Build your creative business using Adobe tools: Adobe
  • Build Dynamic No-Code Apps: Coursera
  • Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis: Stanford University
  • Introduction to Software Engineering: IBM
  • How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course): École Polytechnique
  • Master Computer Graphics Programming in C# .NET: EDUCBA
  • Business Value and Project Management: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2017): Part 2: Logical Operations
  • Using Databases with Python: University of Michigan

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