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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.


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Popular Game Design Courses and Certifications


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    Coursera

    TikTok Features: Duets & Stitches

    Skills you'll gain: Driving engagement, Collaboration, Cooperation, Smart Goals

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Getting Started with Strapi and Content Types

    Skills you'll gain: Content Management Systems, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Web Components, Content Management, TypeScript, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Analytics and SEO, Restful API, Web Applications, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Web Development Tools, Software Installation, Data Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Advanced WordPress Development Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: WordPress, Ajax, Content Management Systems, Web Development, PHP (Scripting Language), Database Development, MySQL, Javascript and jQuery, Database Management, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Accounts

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    AI CERTs

    Enterprise Blockchain & Auditing

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Private Cloud, Restful API, Go (Programming Language), Compliance Auditing, Program Development, Frontend Integration, Software Development Tools, Application Programming Interface (API), Enterprise Security, Auditing

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Canvas de propuesta de valor con Miro

    Skills you'll gain: Value Propositions, Collaborative Software, Business Modeling, Project Design, Customer experience strategy (CX), Productivity Software, Process Development, Customer Analysis

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Pearson

    Go Fundamentals: Presented by Gopher Guides

    Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Package and Software Management, Data Structures, Debugging, Software Testing, Programming Principles, Unit Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), File Management, Performance Tuning, Software Design Patterns, Context Management, Embeddings

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Houdini Procedural Modeling: Build & Refine Assets

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Prototyping, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Graphical Tools

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Hands-on with GNS3

    Skills you'll gain: System Requirements, Virtual Networking, Network Architecture, ESXi Installation, Computer Networking, Ubuntu, Virtual Machines

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Octave Programming: Analyze, Apply & Implement

    Skills you'll gain: Plot (Graphics), Scripting, Scientific Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Graphing, Programming Principles, Debugging, Matlab, Computational Thinking, Numerical Analysis, Data Manipulation, Linear Algebra

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Mendix Advanced Workflows and Integrations

    Skills you'll gain: Middleware, Web Services, Data Mapping, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Restful API, Software Technical Review, Application Development, Cloud Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), System Monitoring, Application Performance Management, Data Integration, Enterprise Application Management, Software Architecture, Business Process Automation, Performance Tuning, Scalability, Debugging, Application Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Building Idiomatic Rust with Traits and Collections

    Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Data Structures, Maintainability, Debugging, Software Design Patterns

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals - Français

    Skills you'll gain: Network Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, Virtual Networking, Google Cloud Platform, General Networking, Network Infrastructure, Network Performance Management, Network Planning And Design, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Service Level

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • TikTok Features: Duets & Stitches: Coursera
  • Getting Started with Strapi and Content Types: Packt
  • Advanced WordPress Development Techniques: Packt
  • Enterprise Blockchain & Auditing: AI CERTs
  • Canvas de propuesta de valor con Miro: Coursera
  • Go Fundamentals: Presented by Gopher Guides: Pearson
  • Houdini Procedural Modeling: Build & Refine Assets: EDUCBA
  • Hands-on with GNS3: Packt
  • Octave Programming: Analyze, Apply & Implement: EDUCBA
  • Mendix Advanced Workflows and Integrations: Coursera

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