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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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    Packt

    Unity 2022 by Example

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Augmented Reality, Animations, 3D Assets, Virtual Reality, Application Deployment, UI Components, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Code Reusability, C# (Programming Language), DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, CI/CD, Collaborative Software, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    Packt

    Unity 2022 for Mixed Reality and Game Publishing

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Design, Augmented Reality, Video Game Development, Virtual Reality, Application Deployment, DevOps, CI/CD, Collaborative Software, Build Tools, Configuration Management, C# (Programming Language), Version Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    EDUCBA

    Build and Enhance a Box Sprint Game in Unity

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Event-Driven Programming, C# (Programming Language), Game Design, UI Components, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Animation and Game Design, Scripting, Project Design, Interactive Design, Development Environment, Code Reusability, Environment, Mechanics

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine 3D Pacman: Design, Build & Animate Game

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Environment, Scripting, Event-Driven Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    Packt

    Tower Defense Game Development – Unity 6 & Blender

    Skills you'll gain: Animations, Program Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Game Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Model Optimization, Data Import/Export, Image Quality, Artificial Intelligence

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    University of London

    Narrative Foundations for Immersive Media and Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Virtual Reality, Storytelling, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Interactive Design, Virtual Environment, Experience Design, Visual Storytelling

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
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    Packt

    Unreal Engine 5 – Create A Zombie Survivor FPS Game

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, 3D Assets, Game Design, Development Testing, Virtual Environment, Artificial Intelligence, User Interface (UI)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), File Systems, Video Game Development, Software Design Patterns, Local Area Networks, File I/O, Game Design, Computer Programming, Scripting, Software Architecture, Animation and Game Design, Programming Principles, Maintainability, Scripting Languages, Code Reusability, Data Persistence, Other Programming Languages, Graphic Design, Design and Product

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
    New
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    Packt

    Master Unity Android Game Development in 30 Days

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), Android (Operating System), Android Development, C# (Programming Language), UI Components, Video Game Development, Game Design, Interactive Design, GitHub, Mobile Development Tools, Software Development Tools, User Interface (UI) Design, Scripting, Mobile Development, 3D Assets, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Installation

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    Packt

    Core Game Setup and Basic Horror Mechanics

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    Packt

    Intermediate C# Concepts and 2D Game Development

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Design, Android Development, Android (Operating System), User Interface (UI) Design, Animation and Game Design, Mobile Development, Application Deployment, Code Reusability, Linear Algebra

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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    Packt

    Fundamentals of Tower Defense Game Development

    Skills you'll gain: Program Development, User Interface (UI) Design, C# (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular game design courses

  • Unity 2022 by Example: Packt
  • Unity 2022 for Mixed Reality and Game Publishing: Packt
  • Build and Enhance a Box Sprint Game in Unity: EDUCBA
  • Unreal Engine 3D Pacman: Design, Build & Animate Game: EDUCBA
  • Tower Defense Game Development – Unity 6 & Blender: Packt
  • Narrative Foundations for Immersive Media and Video Games: University of London
  • Unreal Engine 5 – Create A Zombie Survivor FPS Game: Packt
  • Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4: Packt
  • Master Unity Android Game Development in 30 Days: Packt
  • Core Game Setup and Basic Horror Mechanics: Packt

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