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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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    Whizlabs

    Design Security Ops, Identity, and Compliance capabilities

    Skills you'll gain: User Provisioning, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Security, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Security Controls, Multi-Factor Authentication, Authorization (Computing), Authentications, Continuous Monitoring, Threat Detection, Incident Response, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Automation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Irvine

    The Nature of Data and Relational Database Design

    Skills you'll gain: Decision Support Systems, Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Management, Database Management Systems, SQL, Descriptive Statistics, Data Literacy, Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Excel, Extract, Transform, Load, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analytics, Data Manipulation, Data Science

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Adobe

    Creative Process and Project Design with Adobe Illustrator

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Illustrator, Ideation, Brainstorming, Conceptual Design, Professional Development, Design Strategies, Planning, Graphic and Visual Design, Creativity, Workflow Management, Adobe Creative Cloud, Creative Design, Design, Mockups, Visual Design, Prototyping, Collaboration, Process Optimization

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    How to design Facebook and IG stories using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Animations, Content Creation, Social Media, Creative Design, Graphical Tools, Design, Graphic Design, Digital Marketing

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    157 reviews

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    Skillshare

    Surface Pattern Design: Key Principles for Amazing Patterns

    Skills you'll gain: Layout Design, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Master Character Design in Blender for Unity, Unreal Engine

    Skills you'll gain: Animations, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Game Design, Creative Design, Data Import/Export

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, User Centered Design, Responsive Web Design, Human Centered Design, Design, Design Thinking, Usability Testing, User Research, Prototyping, Generative AI, Ideation

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Reliable Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process en Español

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Security, Microservices, Service Level Agreement, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Storage, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Network Architecture, Restful API, Systems Architecture, Scalability, Load Balancing, System Monitoring, Disaster Recovery

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Biostatistics Study Design and Analysis for Grant Writing

    Skills you'll gain: Grant Writing, Sample Size Determination, Biostatistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Clinical Research, Statistical Methods, Statistical Reporting, Science and Research

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Design, Develop, and Deploy Multi-Agent Systems with CrewAI

    Skills you'll gain: CrewAI, AI Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, LLM Application, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, System Monitoring, Workflow Management, Tool Calling, Continuous Monitoring, Scalability, Prompt Engineering, Code Review, Integration Testing, User Feedback

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Foundations of Unreal Engine 5 and Basic Environment Design

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphics, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Design, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI), Scalability, Performance Tuning, Design

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Functional Program Design in Scala (Scala 2 version)

    Skills you'll gain: Scala Programming, Functional Design, Software Design Patterns, Unit Testing, Data Structures, Simulations

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Design Security Ops, Identity, and Compliance capabilities: Whizlabs
  • The Nature of Data and Relational Database Design: University of California, Irvine
  • Creative Process and Project Design with Adobe Illustrator: Adobe
  • How to design Facebook and IG stories using Canva: Coursera
  • Surface Pattern Design: Key Principles for Amazing Patterns: Skillshare
  • Master Character Design in Blender for Unity, Unreal Engine: Packt
  • Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs: Google
  • Reliable Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process en Español: Google Cloud
  • Biostatistics Study Design and Analysis for Grant Writing: University of Colorado System
  • Design, Develop, and Deploy Multi-Agent Systems with CrewAI: DeepLearning.AI

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