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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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    Politecnico di Milano

    Archaeoastronomy

    Skills you'll gain: Ancient History, Art History, Architectural Design, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Social Studies, Architecture and Construction, World History, Physical Science, Cultural Diversity, General Science and Research

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    Coursera

    Audit SEO Gaps with SEMrush Reports

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Competitive Intelligence, Keyword Research, Performance Analysis, Market Intelligence, Market Analysis, Auditing, Gap Analysis

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Niel Asher Education

    Yoga for Every Body

    Skills you'll gain: Rehabilitation, Exercise Therapy, Adaptive Equipment, Mindfulness, Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, Clinical Practices, Kinesiology, Injury Prevention, Anatomy, Adaptability, Stress Management, Human Musculoskeletal System

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Se préparer à devenir Professional Cloud Network Engineer

    Skills you'll gain: Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Network Planning And Design, Network Troubleshooting, Network Architecture, Virtual Networking, Network Monitoring, Event Monitoring, Network Administration, Network Performance Management, Google Cloud Platform, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, General Networking, Cloud Computing Architecture, Network Infrastructure, Network Support, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Kubernetes, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)

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    University of Colorado System

    Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unreal Games

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Video Game Development, Unreal Engine, Event-Driven Programming, Unity Engine, C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), Data Structures

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    University at Buffalo

    Blockchain Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cryptography, Transaction Processing, Network Protocols, Encryption, Data Structures, Distributed Computing, FinTech, Data Integrity, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Machines, Data Validation, Algorithms, Verification And Validation

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    AI CERTs

    Prompt Engineering Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Engineering Tools, Prompt Patterns, Responsible AI, OpenAI, LLM Application, Generative AI, LangChain, Generative AI Agents, ChatGPT, Vibe coding, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, AI Personalization, Debugging, Ideation, Productivity, Code Review, Computer Programming Tools, Ethical Standards And Conduct

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    Packt

    Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Cloud-Native Computing, Serverless Computing, Kubernetes, DevOps, Cloud Deployment, CI/CD, Scalability, Microservices, Application Deployment, Prometheus (Software), System Monitoring, Distributed Computing, Docker (Software), Grafana, GitHub

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    Coursera

    Ethical Governance & Risk in Agentic AI

    Skills you'll gain: Agentic systems, Responsible AI, Compliance Management, Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Artificial Intelligence, Risk Analysis, Case Studies, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Risk Management, Accountability, Regulatory Requirements

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    AI Data: Analyze, Govern, Plan

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Data Strategy, Data Ethics, Data Management, Data Pipelines, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Quality, Dataflow, Technical Communication, Data Processing, Personally Identifiable Information, Compliance Auditing, Jira (Software), Regulation and Legal Compliance, Project Planning, Data Storage, Process Analysis, Performance Analysis

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    Coursera

    Process Real-Time Data with Spark Streams

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Apache Spark, Data Pipelines, PySpark, Scalability, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Processing, Event Monitoring, Data Transformation, JSON, Data Integrity, Event Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Datadog: Performance Monitoring Tool

    Skills you'll gain: Interactive Data Visualization, Enterprise Application Management, Cloud Deployment, Business Metrics, Event Monitoring, Kubernetes, Continuous Monitoring, Docker (Software), Microservices, Problem Management, Distributed Computing, Anomaly Detection

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Archaeoastronomy: Politecnico di Milano
  • Audit SEO Gaps with SEMrush Reports: Coursera
  • Yoga for Every Body: Niel Asher Education
  • Se préparer à devenir Professional Cloud Network Engineer : Google Cloud
  • Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unreal Games: University of Colorado System
  • Blockchain Basics: University at Buffalo
  • Prompt Engineering Mastery: AI CERTs
  • Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud: Packt
  • Ethical Governance & Risk in Agentic AI: Coursera
  • AI Data: Analyze, Govern, Plan: Coursera

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