Game Design Courses and Certifications

Explore game development essentials: design, gameplay mechanics, asset creation, and industry tools. Gain foundational knowledge to kickstart your journey in video game creation.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Making HTML5 Games with Phaser 3

432 ratings at Udemy

Master HTML5 game development with Phaser 3 by building 3 games, creating reusable templates, and implementing mobile-friendly features while learning essential game development techniques.

• Udemy
• 4 hours 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Unreal Engine 5: Making Mario

411 ratings at Udemy

Love Mario, Meat Boy, or classic Metroid? Learn to use Unreal Engine as we create a side scrolling platformer.

• Udemy
• 16 hours 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Learn the ART of Level Design

385 ratings at Udemy

Learn Design Principles and Techniques so you too, can build video game levels like the pros.

• Udemy
• 13 hours 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

How to Create a 3D Survival Game in Godot 4 with GDScript

372 ratings at Udemy

Learn to Create a First Person Survival Game with Godot 4 and GDScript. Systems, Gameplay, Design, You'll Learn it All

• Udemy
• 14 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Unreal Engine 5: The Ultimate Endless Runner Course

368 ratings at Udemy

Create an Endless Runner and Learn Game Development with Blueprints

• Udemy
• 4 hours 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Make a fighting game in Unity

361 ratings at Udemy

Make a professional looking two player fighting game in Unity

• Udemy
• 23 hours 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

The Complete Guide to Unity 2D : Endless Runner

351 ratings at Udemy

Making games is easy! I Learn C# using Unity and create your very own endless runner for PC and Mobile

• Udemy
• 11 hours 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Unity Parkour & Climbing System

345 ratings at Udemy

Learn to Create a Third Person Parkour & Climbing System in Unity and C# | Learn Gameplay Programming in Unity

• Udemy
• 9 hours 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Embedded Systems - Shape The World: Multi-Threaded Interfacing

2 reviews

Build real-world embedded solutions using a bottom-up approach from simple to complex in this hands-on, lab-based course.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

2D Adventure Game Creation: Art, Music, Programming and More

334 ratings at Udemy

Learn to create a 2D "point and click" Adventure Game with hand-painted graphics, original music and voice acting!

• Udemy
• 19 hours 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Worldbuilding for Video Games

This course will soon be retired. Last day to enroll is June 11 2025 Learn the fundamentals of building video game worlds, from a writer’s perspective.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Writing Video Game Characters

Learn how to make effective, memorable video game characters, from protagonists and antagonists to NPCs.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Learn Magica Voxel - Create 3D Game Models For Unity3D

322 ratings at Udemy

Use Magica Voxel to create amazing 3D models for video games , to sell , 3D world , etc. No prior knowledge required.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Flappy Bird Clone - The Complete SFML C++ Game Course

307 ratings at Udemy

Learn to create a Flappy Bird clone using C++ and SFML. Master game mechanics, cross-platform development, and build an extendable game engine in this comprehensive programming course.

• Udemy
• 5 hours 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course