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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


  • Status: Free Trial
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    Xbox

    Fundamentals of Graphic Design

    Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Layout Design, Typography, Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Visual Design, Design, Graphics Software, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Creative Design, Visual Storytelling, Creativity

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    68 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Unity Procedural Generation & Game Mechanics

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Code Reusability, Unity Engine, Animations, 3D Assets, Software Design Patterns, Video Game Development, Software Visualization, User Interface (UI), Application Performance Management, Game Design, Virtual Environment, Software Development Tools, Development Environment, Visualization (Computer Graphics), System Monitoring, Application Frameworks, Computer Graphics, Performance Tuning, Verification And Validation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    AI for Course Design

    Skills you'll gain: AI literacy, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Education Software and Technology, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Digital pedagogy, AI Integrations, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    32 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Python Game Development: Build & Design with Pygame

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Video Game Development, Interactive Design, Animations, Event-Driven Programming, Debugging, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Code Reusability, Program Development, Python Programming, Development Environment, Functional Design

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    M

    Michigan State University

    Low Poly Art For Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, Color Theory, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, Game Design, Autodesk Maya, Video Game Development, Design Elements And Principles, Adobe Photoshop

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    73 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
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    P

    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, Devops Tools, C# (Programming Language), DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, CI/CD, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine: Design Game HUD, Menus & States

    Skills you'll gain: UI Components, Interactive Design, User Flows, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Animation and Game Design, Event-Driven Programming, Scripting

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine: Design & Build 3D Game Worlds for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Unity Engine, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Software Installation, Game Design, Development Environment, User Interface (UI), Cross Platform Development, Scripting

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of California, Irvine

    Games, Sensors and Media

    Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, iOS Development, Video Game Development, Mobile Development, Geographic Information Systems, Game Design, Interactive Design, Animation and Game Design, Geospatial Information and Technology, Animations, Interaction Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, Knowledge of Apple Hardware

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    55 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of California San Diego

    Interaction Design

    Skills you'll gain: Design Research, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Statistical Analysis, Usability, Experience Design, UI/UX Research, Ideation, User Interface (UI), UI/UX Strategy, Experimentation, Interactive Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction, A/B Testing, Human Factors, Collaborative Software, Telecommuting, R Programming, Storyboarding

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    4K reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Unity Breakout Game: Design, Implement, and Optimize

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Interactive Design

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    California Institute of the Arts

    Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Prototyping, Software Design Documents, Video Game Development, Ideation, Conceptual Design, Software Visualization, Usability Testing, Graphic and Visual Design, Peer Review

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    295 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Fundamentals of Graphic Design: Xbox
  • Unity Procedural Generation & Game Mechanics: EDUCBA
  • AI for Course Design: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Python Game Development: Build & Design with Pygame: EDUCBA
  • Low Poly Art For Video Games: Michigan State University
  • Unity 2022 by Example: Packt
  • Unreal Engine: Design Game HUD, Menus & States: EDUCBA
  • Unreal Engine: Design & Build 3D Game Worlds for Beginners: EDUCBA
  • Games, Sensors and Media: University of California, Irvine
  • Interaction Design: University of California San Diego

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Game Design (11)
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Graphics (10)
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Video Game Development (7)
Web Design (7)
Adobe Photoshop (6)

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