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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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    EDUCBA

    QlikView & QlikSense: Build & Analyze Data Models

    Skills you'll gain: Data Modeling, Enterprise Resource Planning, Dashboard, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization Software, Workflow Management, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Import/Export, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Microsoft Excel, Data Transformation, Data Security, Scripting

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Skillshare

    Level Up in Affinity Photo: Intermediate to Advanced Skills

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Photography, Image Quality, Color Theory, Color Matching, Editing, Graphic and Visual Design, Computer Graphic Techniques

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Edureka

    Protecting and Managing APIs

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Authentications, Application Programming Interface (API), OAuth, API Design, Cloud API, Authorization (Computing), Secure Coding, API Testing, Restful API, Threat Modeling, Application Security, Data Security, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Identity and Access Management, Encryption, Prometheus (Software), Flask (Web Framework), Grafana, Python Programming

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Configuring Vector Search in AlloyDB

    Skills you'll gain: Vector Databases, Embeddings, Google Cloud Platform, Database Administration, Database Design, Query Languages, Database Management Systems, Generative AI, Machine Learning

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Starweaver

    AI Agents for Cybersecurity

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, AI Security, LLM Application, Threat Detection, Endpoint Detection and Response, Threat Modeling, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Threat Hunting, Generative AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, Cyber Governance, Incident Response, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Operations, Data Ethics, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Technology Strategies

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Master HTML5: Build, Apply, and Optimize Web Pages

    Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI), Web Design and Development, Frontend Performance, Web Applications, Web Content, Application Programming Interface (API), Real Time Data, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Semantic Web, Browser Compatibility, Data Storage, Data Validation

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) EX294: Unit 4

    Skills you'll gain: Ansible, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IT Automation, Devops Tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), YAML, Linux, Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Scenario Testing, Verification And Validation, Configuration Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Eindhoven University of Technology

    Lightcap 3: Light in outdoor contexts

    Skills you'll gain: Energy and Utilities, Human Factors, Psychology, Environmental Science, Aesthetics, Safety Standards, Environmental Issue, Research, Technical Standard, Safety and Security

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    JavaScript Prototypes 2025 – The Complete Course

    Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), JavaScript Frameworks, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Maintainability, Software Architecture

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    PyMongo - Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Databases, Data Pipelines, Performance Tuning, Data Transformation, Data Structures, Data Analysis

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Network Visualization and Intervention

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Network Analysis, Relational Databases, Data Visualization Software, Social Network Analysis, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Social Impact, Human Factors, Innovation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Data Visualization Fundamentals in Python

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization, Matplotlib, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Seaborn, Data Analysis, Graphic and Visual Design, Python Programming, Jupyter, Pandas (Python Package), Data Manipulation, NumPy

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • QlikView & QlikSense: Build & Analyze Data Models: EDUCBA
  • Level Up in Affinity Photo: Intermediate to Advanced Skills: Skillshare
  • Protecting and Managing APIs: Edureka
  • Configuring Vector Search in AlloyDB: Google Cloud
  • AI Agents for Cybersecurity : Starweaver
  • Master HTML5: Build, Apply, and Optimize Web Pages: EDUCBA
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) EX294: Unit 4: Pearson
  • Lightcap 3: Light in outdoor contexts : Eindhoven University of Technology
  • JavaScript Prototypes 2025 – The Complete Course: Packt
  • PyMongo - Advanced : EDUCBA

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