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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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    Skillshare

    Surface Pattern Design: Principles, Drawing and Collections

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Photoshop, Journals, Design Thinking, Software Design Patterns, Creative Design, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity, Design Strategies, Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Digital Design

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    L&T EduTech

    Pavement Materials and Design (IRC and MoRTH)

    Skills you'll gain: Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Materials science, Construction, Engineering Software, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Analysis, Technical Standard, Laboratory Testing

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Northeastern University

    UX Web Design: Build User-Centric Websites

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, UI/UX Research, User Experience Design, Logo Design, User Centered Design, Experience Design, Usability, Wireframing, Mockups, Prototyping, Persona Development, Graphic and Visual Design

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidade de São Paulo

    UX / UI: Fundamentos para o design de interface

    Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Usability, Wireframing, Information Architecture, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, User Experience Design, Prototyping, Human Computer Interaction, User Research, Style Guides, Design Elements And Principles, Responsive Web Design, Verification And Validation

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Software Creation: Version Control, Debugging, Object Design

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Git (Version Control System), Programming Principles, Software Design, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Integrated Development Environments, Command-Line Interface

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Handshake Ready: Design Specs & Handoff in Figma

    Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Software Design Documents, Technical Documentation, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Design, Prototyping, Technical Communication, Style Guides, UI Components

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Material Design 3 for Beginners : Customizing Components

    Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), User Experience Design, Design, Web Design, Design Elements And Principles, Color Matching, Style Guides, Typography

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Optimizing 3G Layer 1 Firmware: Design to Debug

    Skills you'll gain: Real-Time Operating Systems, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Telecommunications, Performance Tuning, System Programming, Electronics Engineering, Debugging, Electronic Systems, C (Programming Language), Real Time Data, Power Electronics, Software Architecture

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Design Brainstorming diagrams for businesses with Creately

    Skills you'll gain: Brainstorming, User Accounts, Process Design, Business Process Modeling, Strategic Thinking, Team Building

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing

    Skills you'll gain: Typography, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design Software, Design Elements And Principles, Color Theory

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    282 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    GraphQL Fundamentals–Design APIs,Schema,Frontend Integration

    Skills you'll gain: JavaScript Frameworks

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    XHTML Front-End Web Design with CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Browser Compatibility, Responsive Web Design, UI Components, HTML and CSS, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Semantic Web, Verification And Validation, User Interface (UI), Typography, Interactive Design, Web Development Tools, Usability, Web Development, Data Validation, Debugging

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Surface Pattern Design: Principles, Drawing and Collections: Skillshare
  • Pavement Materials and Design (IRC and MoRTH): L&T EduTech
  • UX Web Design: Build User-Centric Websites: Northeastern University
  • UX / UI: Fundamentos para o design de interface: Universidade de São Paulo
  • Software Creation: Version Control, Debugging, Object Design: Coursera
  • Handshake Ready: Design Specs & Handoff in Figma: Coursera
  • Material Design 3 for Beginners : Customizing Components: Coursera
  • Optimizing 3G Layer 1 Firmware: Design to Debug: Coursera
  • Design Brainstorming diagrams for businesses with Creately: Coursera
  • Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing: University of Colorado Boulder

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