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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.


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Popular Game Design Courses and Certifications


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    Coursera

    YouTube Editing: Enhance Videos

    Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Video Editing, Video Production, Post-Production, Graphic and Visual Design, Writing and Editing, Editing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Indian Institute of Science

    Sensors and Systems for Biomedical Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Biomedical Engineering, Medical Devices, Medical Equipment and Technology, Vital Signs, Chemistry, ISO 13485 Standard, Materials science, Diagnostic Tests, Electrophysiology, Biology, Neurology, Electronics, Artificial Intelligence, Oncology

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    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Google Digital Customer Engagement

    Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Point of Sale, Social Media, Brand Loyalty, Customer Retention, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Engagement, Shipping and Receiving, Customer Analysis, E-Commerce, Relationship Building, Marketing Planning, Digital Marketing, Content Creation, User Feedback, Process Optimization, Content Strategy, Business Marketing, Contextual Advertising

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of London

    إدارة شركات المستقبل

    Skills you'll gain: Team Motivation, Business Modeling, Business Management, Change Management, Business Transformation, Personal Development, Decision Making, Organizational Structure, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Goal Setting, Leadership, Coordination, Innovation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    103 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Learn Data Governance Workflows with Databricks Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Databricks, Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Infrastructure, Data Strategy, Information Management, Data Quality, Data Security, Real Time Data

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    Rating, 2.8 out of 5 stars
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    34 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    L&T EduTech

    Construction Practices in Metro Rails

    Skills you'll gain: Construction, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering, HVAC, Transportation Operations, Electrical Systems, Construction Management, Sustainable Engineering, Sustainable Development, Emerging Technologies, Building Design, Architectural Design, Structural Analysis

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Vanderbilt University

    Functional Programming with Java and Threads

    Skills you'll gain: IntelliJ IDEA, Java Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Open Source Technology, Programming Principles, Scalability, Functional Design

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Building with OpenAI API

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, OpenAI API, LangChain, ChatGPT, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Patterns, OpenAI, Generative AI, No-Code Development, LLM Application, Microsoft Power Platform, Email Automation, Application Development, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Serverless Computing, JSON, Microsoft Azure, Application Programming Interface (API), Large Language Modeling, Python Programming

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    Rating, 3.3 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    How to edit photos for Social media with Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Photo Editing, Instagram, Social Media Content, Social Media, Content Creation, Social Media Marketing, Photography, User Accounts, Dashboard, Graphic Design

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Supervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Python Programming, NumPy, Matplotlib, Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Machine Learning, Embeddings, Pandas (Python Package), Convolutional Neural Networks, Natural Language Processing, Regression Analysis

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Large-Scale Database Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Apache Hadoop, Distributed Computing, Scalability, Databases, Transaction Processing, Database Systems, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Relational Databases, Database Management, Database Architecture and Administration, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning Software, Query Languages, Big Data, Data Processing, Machine Learning, SQL, Data Access

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Collect and Share Employee Feedback with Officevibe

    Skills you'll gain: Performance Review, Employee Surveys, Employee Performance Management, Meeting Facilitation, Constructive Feedback, Team Building, Goal Setting, Collaboration, Team Management, Teamwork, Employee Engagement, Leadership and Management, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Development

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • YouTube Editing: Enhance Videos: Coursera
  • Sensors and Systems for Biomedical Applications: Indian Institute of Science
  • Google Digital Customer Engagement: Google
  • إدارة شركات المستقبل: University of London
  • Learn Data Governance Workflows with Databricks Tools: Board Infinity
  • Construction Practices in Metro Rails: L&T EduTech
  • Functional Programming with Java and Threads: Vanderbilt University
  • Building with OpenAI API: Packt
  • How to edit photos for Social media with Canva: Coursera
  • Machine Learning: O.P. Jindal Global University

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