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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


  • O

    O.P. Jindal Global University

    MBA Business Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Operations Management, Design Thinking, Data Visualization, Active Listening, Business Ethics, Sampling (Statistics), Working Capital, Database Management, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Project Estimation, Financial Statements, Marketing Management, Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Predictive Analytics, Human Resources Management and Planning, Internet Of Things, Big Data, Operations Research, Pivot Tables And Charts

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Value Chain Management Graduate Certificate

    Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Organizational Change, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Project Closure, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Entrepreneurship, Data Governance, Financial Auditing, Generative AI, Supply And Demand, Statistical Inference

    Credit offered

    Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Comprende Cloud Spanner

    Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Database Administration, Google Cloud Platform, Databases, Database Systems, Database Management, SQL, Database Architecture and Administration, Cloud Applications, Data Migration, Database Design, Dataflow, Query Languages, Cloud Management, Application Deployment, Transaction Processing, System Monitoring, Authentications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • O

    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Bachelor of Science in Psychology

    Skills you'll gain: Correlation Analysis, Research Design, Regression Analysis, Social Sciences, Psychology, Research, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Social Skills, Statistical Methods, Research Methodologies, Interpersonal Communications, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Scientific Methods, Decision Making, Analysis, Physiology, Communication Strategies, Personal Development, Emotional Intelligence, Mental Health

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Financial Management Graduate Certificate

    Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Organizational Change, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Project Closure, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Entrepreneurship, Data Governance, Financial Auditing, Generative AI, Supply And Demand, Statistical Inference

    Credit offered

    Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Production Deployment and Advanced Patterns

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Version Control, Test Automation, Software Testing, Git (Version Control System), Software Architecture, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development (TDD), Maintainability, Test Script Development, Acceptance Testing, Software Design, Regression Testing, Agile Methodology, Angular, Usability, Software Engineering, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Application Design, Software Design Patterns

    Credit offered

    Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    G

    Google Cloud

    Prepárate para tu recorrido como PCNE

    Skills you'll gain: Network Monitoring, Network Planning And Design, Network Troubleshooting, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Engineering, Network Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Virtual Networking, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Network Routing, Firewall, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Cloud Security, Test Planning

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • N

    Northeastern University

    Master of Science in Data Analytics Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Text Mining, Data Warehousing, Unsupervised Learning, Database Design, Data Governance, Data Mining, Interactive Data Visualization, Generative AI, Web Scraping, Plotly, Classification Algorithms, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Operations Research, Supervised Learning, NoSQL, Database Theory, Exploratory Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Natural Language Processing

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    University of London

    Graduate Diploma in Computer Science

    Skills you'll gain: Virtual Reality, Game Design, Full-Stack Web Development, Mobile Development, Human Computer Interaction, Agile Software Development, Animations, Data Ethics, Event-Driven Programming, Git (Version Control System), Web Applications, Incident Response, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Unsupervised Learning, Combinatorics, Database Design, Web Development, Generative AI, Usability Testing

    Credit offered

    Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

  • I

    Illinois Institute of Technology

    Bachelor in Information Technology

    Skills you'll gain: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Data Storytelling, Serverless Computing, Javascript and jQuery, Network Troubleshooting, Database Management Systems, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Open Source Technology, Cloud-Native Computing, Project Scoping, Networking Hardware, Virtualization, Unified Modeling Language, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Computer Hardware, Design Thinking, Team Oriented, DevSecOps

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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

  • MBA Business Analytics: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Value Chain Management Graduate Certificate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Comprende Cloud Spanner: Google Cloud
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Financial Management Graduate Certificate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Production Deployment and Advanced Patterns: Coursera
  • Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®: Universidad de los Andes
  • Prepárate para tu recorrido como PCNE: Google Cloud
  • Master of Science in Data Analytics Engineering: Northeastern University
  • Graduate Diploma in Computer Science: University of London

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