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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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    University of California, Irvine

    Productivity in Remote Work

    Skills you'll gain: Telecommuting, Virtual Teams, Collaborative Software, Productivity, Team Performance Management, Leadership, Meeting Facilitation, Employee Engagement, Collaboration, Leadership Development, Business Correspondence, People Management, Time Management, Communication, Business Writing, Communication Strategies

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    XHTML - Styling with CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Typography, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Semantic Web

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    Packt

    Advanced Modeling Techniques and Detailed Prop Creation

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Arizona State University

    Dark Data Migration and Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Data Transformation, Engineering Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Computational Thinking, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Storytelling, Data Integration, Capacity Management, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Data Warehousing, Data Strategy, Data Management, Small Data, Data Lakes, Unstructured Data, Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Access, Data Literacy

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)

    Valuing Excellence

    Skills you'll gain: Team Building, Team Management, Teamwork, Team Leadership, Team Motivation, Productivity, Collaboration, Professional Development, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Goal Setting, Coaching, Storytelling, Mindfulness

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Starweaver

    GenAI Foundations and AI Agents Development

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Generative Model Architectures, CrewAI, AI Orchestration, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Agentic systems, Prompt Patterns, Tool Calling, LLM Application, Model Deployment, Systems Architecture, Responsible AI, Context Management, Application Deployment, Collaboration, Data Integration, Job Evaluation, Logical Reasoning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Go Essentials: Concurrency, gRPC & More

    Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Debugging, Unit Testing, Verification And Validation, Application Frameworks, Programming Principles, Web Development, Web Applications, Data Structures, Development Environment, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design, Command-Line Interface

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Backend Development: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & REST APIs

    Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, Server Side, MongoDB, Back-End Web Development, Restful API, Web Applications, Web Development, JavaScript Frameworks, Database Management, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Architecture, NoSQL, Web Servers, Authentications, Application Security, Middleware, Performance Tuning, Authorization (Computing), Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Vanderbilt University

    The History and Relevance of the Rise of Generative AI

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Algorithms

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Advanced 3D Animation in Unreal Engine: Character Movement

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animations, 3D Assets, Motion Graphics, Timelines, Data Import/Export

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    Packt

    Advanced JavaScript & Object-Oriented Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Data Persistence, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Javascript, Web Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), Programming Principles, JSON, User Interface (UI), Interactive Design, Front-End Web Development, Event-Driven Programming, Responsive Web Design, Debugging

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    XHTML Practical - Styling with XHTML and CSS

    Skills you'll gain: UI Components, HTML and CSS, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Verification And Validation, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI), Web Design and Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Development, Web Design, Interaction Design, Data Validation, Debugging, Development Testing, Maintainability

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

  • Productivity in Remote Work: University of California, Irvine
  • XHTML - Styling with CSS: EDUCBA
  • Advanced Modeling Techniques and Detailed Prop Creation: Packt
  • Dark Data Migration and Architecture: Arizona State University
  • Valuing Excellence: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
  • GenAI Foundations and AI Agents Development: Starweaver
  • Go Essentials: Concurrency, gRPC & More: Packt
  • Backend Development: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & REST APIs: Board Infinity
  • The History and Relevance of the Rise of Generative AI: Vanderbilt University
  • Advanced 3D Animation in Unreal Engine: Character Movement: Skillshare

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