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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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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    العمل الجماعي والإبداع

    Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Creativity, Professional Development, Teamwork, Team Building, Creative Thinking, Brainstorming, Collaboration, Innovation, Social Impact, Cognitive flexibility, Open Mindset, Influencing, Communication, Decision Making

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-110)

    Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Application Security, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Security Requirements Analysis, Security Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Code Review, Software Design, Encryption, Vulnerability Management, Data Security, Cryptography, Continuous Monitoring, Authentications, Development Testing, System Monitoring, Authorization (Computing)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    SkillUp

    Authorization and Managing Identity in Azure

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Active Directory, Authorization (Computing), Authentications, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Single Sign-On (SSO), Kubernetes, Encryption, Data Integration

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Create a Process Map using a Canva Template

    Skills you'll gain: Process Mapping, Process Flow Diagrams, Content Creation, User Accounts, Business

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    23 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Microsoft

    Web Development Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Data Persistence, Event-Driven Programming, HTML and CSS, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Semantic Web, Javascript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Data Storage Technologies, Application Security, User Interface (UI), Data Validation

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    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Securing and Integrating Components of your Application 日本語版

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Cloud Development, Cloud API, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Google Cloud Platform, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud-Based Integration, Authentications, Serverless Computing, Identity and Access Management, API Design, Event-Driven Programming, OAuth, Microservices, Node.JS, Authorization (Computing), Scalability

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    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    36 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Advanced Machine Learning Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Transfer Learning, Data Preprocessing, Hugging Face, Model Evaluation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California, Irvine

    بدء المشاريع والتخطيط لها

    Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Conflict Management, Planning, Project Planning, Project Management, Organizational Structure, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Scoping, Leadership and Management, Influencing

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Embedded Systems Object-Oriented Programming in C and C++

    Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Development Testing, System Programming, C (Programming Language), Development Environment, Verification And Validation, Integrated Development Environments, Software Design Patterns, Peripheral Devices, Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

    Relational Databases

    Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Databases, Database Theory, Database Design, Database Systems, Database Management, SQL, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management Systems, Query Languages, Data Modeling, Transaction Processing, Data Management, Data Integrity, System Design and Implementation, Information Technology, Data Analysis, Information Architecture, Problem Solving, Logical Reasoning

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    EDUCBA

    3DS Max Character Modeling: Build & Refine

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Animation and Game Design, Computer Graphics

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Creating a DAO website with HOTGLUE

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, No-Code Development, HTML and CSS, Web Content, Open Source Technology, Creativity, Web Development, Usability

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • العمل الجماعي والإبداع: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-110) : Packt
  • Authorization and Managing Identity in Azure: SkillUp
  • Create a Process Map using a Canva Template: Coursera
  • Web Development Fundamentals: Microsoft
  • Securing and Integrating Components of your Application 日本語版: Google Cloud
  • Advanced Machine Learning Techniques: Coursera
  • بدء المشاريع والتخطيط لها: University of California, Irvine
  • Embedded Systems Object-Oriented Programming in C and C++: Packt
  • Relational Databases: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

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