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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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    Coursera

    UX Design: Research, Prototyping, Accessible Interactions

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Usability, Figma (Design Software), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Experience Design, Interactive Design, User Centered Design, Mockups, Usability Testing, Persona (User Experience)

    4.7
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    29 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Toronto

    Human-Centered Design for Inclusive Innovation

    Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, User Experience Design, User Research, Design Thinking, Design Research, Product Design, Prototyping, Qualitative Research, Innovation, User Feedback, Diversity and Inclusion, Ideation, Creativity, Needs Assessment, Product Testing, Interviewing Skills, Storytelling

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    173 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Clinical Research Ethics, Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Informed Consent, Biostatistics, Healthcare Ethics, Science and Research, Regulatory Compliance

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    337 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Interactive Document Design in Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Interactive Design, Canva (Software), Digital Design, User Experience, Information Architecture, Browser Compatibility, Graphic and Visual Design, Typography, Design Strategies, Color Theory, Design Elements And Principles, Quality Assurance

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Salesforce Design Mastery: CRM Customization

    Skills you'll gain: Salesforce, Salesforce Development, Customer Relationship Management, Data Security, Security Controls, No-Code Development, Automation, Identity and Access Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Resilience & Leadership: Design, Development, & Integration

    Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Business Continuity, Organizational Change, Engineering Management, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, Leadership, Innovation, Cross-Functional Collaboration

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    SSIS: Design, Implement & Automate ETL Workflows

    Skills you'll gain: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Extract, Transform, Load, Data Warehousing, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Microsoft SQL Servers, Data Integration, Data Processing, SQL, Dataflow, Workflow Management, Data Cleansing

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    CloverETL: Design, Analyze & Optimize Workflows

    Skills you'll gain: Data Mapping, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Validation, Workflow Management, JSON, Fraud detection, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Metadata Management, Process Design, Data Integration, Data Cleansing, Data Warehousing, Data Transformation, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Data Integrity, Anomaly Detection, Data Modeling

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Toronto

    App Design and Development for iOS

    Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, Swift Programming, Apple Xcode, Mobile Development, Application Design, Application Development, User Interface (UI), Interaction Design, Animations, Computer Graphics, Persistence, Network Model, Data Storage

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    269 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Siemens

    Siemens NX Mastery: Advanced Design & Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Assembly Drawing, Finite Element Methods, Mechanical Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, 3D Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, Technical Design, Engineering Software, Simulations

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    38 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Xbox

    Interaction Design and UX/UI Principles

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI), Interaction Design, Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, Usability, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Experience, User Centered Design, Web Design, Human Centered Design, Prototyping, Graphic Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Design Your Virtual Classroom with Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Virtual Environment, Graphical Tools, Design Elements And Principles, Data Sharing, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Graphic Design, Content Creation, Marketing

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • UX Design: Research, Prototyping, Accessible Interactions: Coursera
  • Human-Centered Design for Inclusive Innovation: University of Toronto
  • Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials: Johns Hopkins University
  • Interactive Document Design in Canva: Coursera
  • Salesforce Design Mastery: CRM Customization: Coursera
  • Resilience & Leadership: Design, Development, & Integration: University of Colorado Boulder
  • SSIS: Design, Implement & Automate ETL Workflows: EDUCBA
  • CloverETL: Design, Analyze & Optimize Workflows: EDUCBA
  • App Design and Development for iOS: University of Toronto
  • Siemens NX Mastery: Advanced Design & Applications: Siemens

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