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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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    Goldman Sachs

    Innovation Strategy with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

    Skills you'll gain: Market Research, New Product Development, Product Development, Entrepreneurship, Product Design, Innovation, Focus Group, Market Analysis, Ideation, Business Development, Product Testing, Logistics

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    83 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Fractal Analytics

    Data Analysis Using SQL

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Manipulation, SQL, Relational Databases, Database Management, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Databases, Query Languages, Data Transformation, MySQL Workbench, Data Integrity

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    51 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Deep Teaching Solutions

    Making Math Click: Understand Math Without Fear

    Skills you'll gain: Differentiated Instruction, Willingness To Learn, Persistence, Learning Theory, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    24 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Preview
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    Exploratorium

    Tinkering Fundamentals: Circuits

    Skills you'll gain: Developing Training Materials, Electronics, Creativity, Design Thinking, Education Software and Technology, Basic Electrical Systems, Driving engagement, Experimentation, Design, Computational Thinking, Creative Design, Construction

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    48 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Scrimba

    Learn AI Agents

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, Tool Calling, Agentic systems, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    83 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
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    DeepLearning.AI

    AI Agents in LangGraph

    Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, LangChain, AI Workflows, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Prompt Engineering, Data Persistence, Context Management, Human Centered Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    258 reviews

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Customer Centric Innovation

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, New Product Development, Product Development, Customer Insights, Service Design, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Analysis, User Feedback, Consumer Behaviour, Market Research, Business Strategies, Customer Relationship Management, Case Studies

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    CertNexus

    Preparing for Your CertNexus Certification Exam

    Skills you'll gain: Learning Strategies, Test Planning, Goal Setting, Productivity, Registration, Professional Development, System Requirements, Collaboration

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    171 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Writing Clean Code: 20 Code Smells & How to Avoid Them

    Skills you'll gain: Maintainability, Code Review, Software Architecture, Software Design, Object Oriented Design, Debugging, Testability, Programming Principles, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Beginners Overview of Swagger Editor

    Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Software Documentation, API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Technical Documentation, Restful API, JSON, YAML, Software Design

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    35 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Berklee

    Guitar Performance Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Music Performance, Instrumental Music, Coordination, Mental Concentration

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    51 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    University of Michigan

    Creative Coding: Hands-On Python

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Unit Testing, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Databases, Data Visualization Software, Object Oriented Design, Web Scraping, Data Science, Creative Design, Scatter Plots, Data Structures, Programming Principles, File I/O, Integrated Development Environments, Software Visualization, Python Programming, Computer Programming, Program Development, Diversity and Inclusion

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Innovation Strategy with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women : Goldman Sachs
  • Data Analysis Using SQL: Fractal Analytics
  • Making Math Click: Understand Math Without Fear: Deep Teaching Solutions
  • Tinkering Fundamentals: Circuits: Exploratorium
  • Learn AI Agents: Scrimba
  • AI Agents in LangGraph: DeepLearning.AI
  • Customer Centric Innovation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Preparing for Your CertNexus Certification Exam: CertNexus
  • Writing Clean Code: 20 Code Smells & How to Avoid Them: Packt
  • Beginners Overview of Swagger Editor: Coursera

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