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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Power Pages for Beginners: Create Website for Your Company

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), No-Code Development, Microsoft 365, UI Components, Development Environment, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Content Management

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    L&T EduTech

    Bridge Deck Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Building Codes, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials science, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Design Process, Vibrations, Safety Standards

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    CSS3 Flexbox - Mastering the Basics

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

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    17 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Test, Learn, Evolve: Usability Testing in Figma

    Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Usability, Figma (Design Software), User Experience Design, User Centered Design, UI/UX Research, User Research, Prototyping, Test Planning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    University of Maryland, College Park

    Construction Management Field Operations and Admin Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Construction Management, Project Controls, Construction Estimating, Project Schedules, Change Control, Contract Management, Timelines, Occupational Safety And Health, Scheduling, Project Coordination, Project Documentation, Communication Planning, Project Planning, Safety Assurance, Cost Control, Arbitration

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Preview
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    I

    IBM

    Architecting Applications for IBM Z and Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Containerization, Restful API, Event-Driven Programming, DevOps, Data Integration, z/OS, Solution Architecture, Cloud Applications, Microservices, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Cloud, Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud-Native Computing, Application Design, CI/CD, Systems Integration, Software Architecture, Mainframe Computing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    B

    Board Infinity

    Scaling SAP ABAP with RESTful Programming Model (RAP)

    Skills you'll gain: ABAP RESTful Programming Model (RAP), SAP S/4HANA, Restful API, Core Data (Software), Secure Coding, Security Controls, HTML and CSS, UI Components

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Codio

    Select Topics in Python: Django

    Skills you'll gain: GitHub, Django (Web Framework), Git (Version Control System), Application Deployment, Unit Testing, Cloud Deployment, Database Development, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Model View Controller, Virtual Environment, Application Frameworks, PostgreSQL, HTML and CSS, Python Programming

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
    É

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Geographical Information Systems - Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Spatial Analysis, Spatial Data Analysis, GIS Software, Geographic Information Systems, Geospatial Mapping, Geostatistics, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Integration, Data Mapping, Augmented Reality, Sampling (Statistics)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    L&T EduTech

    Formwork Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Construction, Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Construction Estimating, Cost Estimation, Architecture and Construction, Structural Engineering, Engineering Practices, Commercial Construction, Building Codes, Assembly Drawing, Structural Analysis, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Drawings, Blueprint Reading, Safety Standards

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Packt

    Building Microservices API in Go

    Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Go (Programming Language), Restful API, Authentications, Application Programming Interface (API), Secure Coding, API Design, Application Security, Software Testing, Microservices, Authorization (Computing), Database Development, Web Servers, Server Side, Databases, Software Architecture, JSON, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Maintainability, Software Design Patterns

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Simplilearn

    Generative AI in Software Testing Training

    Skills you'll gain: Test Tools, Acceptance Testing, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Execution Engine, Test Planning, Software Quality Assurance, Generative AI, Test Data, Test Case, Requirements Analysis, Software Documentation

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Power Pages for Beginners: Create Website for Your Company : Coursera
  • Bridge Deck Analysis: L&T EduTech
  • CSS3 Flexbox - Mastering the Basics: Coursera
  • Test, Learn, Evolve: Usability Testing in Figma: Coursera
  • Construction Management Field Operations and Admin Tools: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Architecting Applications for IBM Z and Cloud: IBM
  • Scaling SAP ABAP with RESTful Programming Model (RAP): Board Infinity
  • Select Topics in Python: Django: Codio
  • Geographical Information Systems - Part 2: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Formwork Practices: L&T EduTech

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