Game Design Courses and Certifications

Game Design - Clients for Assignment 3 Visit - Lecture 30

Explore game design for psychiatric training simulations as medical experts discuss conflict resolution strategies for managing agitated patients in clinical settings.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Game Design - Puzzles - Lecture 18

Explore puzzle design principles, rulesets, and solution mechanics in game development through MIT's comprehensive game design framework.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Strategy, Skill, and Chance in Game Design - Part 1 - Lecture 8

Explore how strategy, skill, and chance elements shape game design and create diverse player experiences through balance adjustments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

PapersWeLove

Collaborative and Creative Content Generation in Game Design

Explore collaborative content generation in game design, focusing on two-way feedback between players and AI systems for more engaging, human-like, and challenging experiences.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Puzzle Game Design Tools - Week 2 Lecture 10

Explore essential tools and techniques for designing engaging puzzle games, focusing on mechanics, difficulty progression, and player experience.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ethereum Engineering Group

Web3 Game Design and Implementation with 14Numbers as a Case Study

Explore Web3 game design principles and implementation strategies through the 14Numbers case study with blockchain gaming experts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Escape Studios

Game Design Principles and Industry Insights with Veteran Designer

Discover the core principles of irresistible game design from veteran designer Glyn Fairweather, who shares 30+ years of experience crafting engaging physical and digital games.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Devoxx

I Wish My Manager Was a Game Designer - Making Work More Engaging Through Game Design Principles

Explore how game design principles can transform work motivation, making tedious tasks engaging and rewarding like video games do, with practical steps to implement these techniques in your workplace.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unity

The Difficulty Curve: Building Monetization into Game Design

Learn how to integrate monetization into game design using difficulty curves, motivating users to make purchases or watch rewarded videos at optimal moments.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

2D Game Design and Development with Unity

Build a 2D platformer in Unity using tile-based levels, GameObjects, and Prefabs to apply core game-development skills.

• Udacity
• 40 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Narrative Foundations for Immersive Media and Video Games

Design and prototype branching interactive narratives for VR and games: build a Twine story, craft location-based walks, and produce a portfolio-ready immersive narrative concept.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Epic Games

Game Development and Prototyping

23 ratings at Coursera

Prototype six game modes — stealth survival, platformer, capture the flag, action combat, crafting and story — planning in Obsidian, implementing mechanics in Unreal Engine, and packaging a portfolio project.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Game Design and Development with Unity

673 ratings at Coursera

Build four Unity games — a 2D shooter, 2D platformer, first-person shooter, and 3D platformer — then design and prototype an original game of your own.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Game Design and Development 1: 2D Shooter

544 ratings at Coursera

If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How to Design Addictive Games

1 rating

A personal, playtesting-based account of how game designers create experiences that draw players into a flow state.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video