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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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    MathWorks

    MATLAB Skills for the AI Era

    Skills you'll gain: Plot (Graphics), Scripting, Matlab, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Data Manipulation, Data Visualization Software, Generative AI, Interactive Data Visualization, Mathematical Modeling, Data Visualization, LLM Application, Data Sharing, Scientific Visualization, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Code Review, Descriptive Statistics, User Interface (UI) Design, Engineering Calculations, Programming Principles

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Getting Started with GameMaker

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, Graphics Software, No-Code Development, Development Environment, Scripting

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Michigan State University

    How to Start Your Own Business

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Intellectual Property, Value Propositions, Business Planning, Design Thinking, Ideation, Innovation, Income Statement, Entrepreneurship, Customer Acquisition Management, Business Modeling, Product Development, Balance Sheet, Market Opportunities, Verification And Validation, Creative Thinking, Lean Methodologies, Open Mindset, Resource Management, Leadership

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    CertNexus

    Internet of Things: Connectivity and Data Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Internet Of Things, TCP/IP, Network Protocols, Telecommunications, General Networking, PIC Microcontrollers, Communication Systems, Wireless Networks, Cloud Services, Electrical Wiring, Cloud Storage, Microarchitecture, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Restful API, Cloud Solutions, Electrical Equipment, Basic Electrical Systems, Power Electronics, Electrical Power, Electric Power Systems

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Generative AI Engineering with LLMs

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative Model Architectures, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Vector Databases, LLM Application, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Embeddings, Natural Language Processing, Hugging Face, Transfer Learning, Data Pipelines, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Data Ethics, Data Preprocessing, Artificial Intelligence, Text Mining, Performance Tuning

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Generative AI Leader

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Google Gemini, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Google Workspace, Google Cloud Platform, Gemini, AI Product Strategy, AI Enablement, AI Workflows, Productivity Software, AI Security, Unstructured Data, Tool Calling, Data Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Collaboration

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Princeton University

    Computer Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Computer Systems, Computer Engineering, Distributed Computing, Operating Systems, Performance Tuning, Scalability

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    Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Dassault Systèmes

    SOLIDWORKS Foundations: Sketching and Extrusion

    Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), Computer-Aided Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, Engineering Drawings, 3D Modeling, Mechanical Engineering

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Transformers in Action: A Practical Approach to NLP and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Hugging Face, Model Evaluation, Embeddings, Transfer Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Model Deployment, Data Preprocessing, Performance Tuning

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    Packt

    JavaScript Foundations Course

    Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Scripting Languages, Application Programming Interface (API)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Microsoft Power BI and Power Platform for Productivity

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Star Schema, Microsoft Power Platform, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Dashboard, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Power BI, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Copilot, Data Presentation, No-Code Development, Data Transformation, Data Literacy, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    AI-Powered Presentations with Copilot – PowerPoint

    Skills you'll gain: Multimedia, Writing and Editing, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Branding

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • MATLAB Skills for the AI Era: MathWorks
  • Getting Started with GameMaker: University of Colorado System
  • How to Start Your Own Business: Michigan State University
  • Internet of Things: Connectivity and Data Intelligence: CertNexus
  • Generative AI Engineering with LLMs: IBM
  • Generative AI Leader: Google Cloud
  • Computer Architecture: Princeton University
  • SOLIDWORKS Foundations: Sketching and Extrusion: Dassault Systèmes
  • Transformers in Action: A Practical Approach to NLP and AI: Board Infinity
  • JavaScript Foundations Course: Packt

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