Best Game Design Courses

These free online game design courses will further develop your creativity and design skills to develop a game for entertainment, experimental, or educational purposes. You will explore the basic concepts that affect the way gamers interact with games which will help you design aesthetically beautiful and intricate gaming environments that the users will love....…Read More

20 Free Courses
102,482 Learners
3,182 Certificates & Diplomas Earned

Diploma

Advanced Level

Information Technology

Diploma in 3D Game Development With Unity Engine

15-20 hrs 13,936 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain the basic structure and user interface of the Un...
Outline the procedures used to remodel, rig, animate and...
Select the appropriate Mecanim animation and ... Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

Information Technology

The Art of Adapting Video Games

2 - 3 hrs 206 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define the core concepts of video game adaptations
List the primary challenges and opportunities involved i...
Describe the unique narrative structures and storytellin...
Explain how to create compelling characters a... Read More

Certificate

Advanced Level

Information Technology

Introduction to Scratch Programming

2 - 3 hrs 3,650 learners

You Will Learn How To

Discuss the basic concepts of Scratch and define terms l...
Explain how to use tempo, events and variables in Scratc...
Describe the use of coordinates and condition... Read More

Certificate

Fully Dynamic Pacman Game using JavaScript

Intermediate Level

personal-development

Fully Dynamic Pacman Game using JavaScript

2 - 3 hrs 1,517 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain how to create and design assets for a game using...
Describe how to build a game board using CSS Grid in Jav...
Explain the method for adding movement patter... Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

education

Foundations of Video Gaming

4-5 hrs 778 learners

You Will Learn How To

Discuss the early innovations and technologies that pave...
Identify the key milestones and pioneers in the creation...
Analyze the transition from arcade to home gaming, focus...
State how personal computers became a key pla... Read More

Certificate

Simple Catcher Game Using HTML 5 Canvas and JavaScript

Beginner Level

personal-development

Simple Catcher Game Using HTML 5 Canvas and JavaScript

2 - 3 hrs 808 learners

You Will Learn How To

Create and develop a simple catcher game from scratch us...
Apply JavaScript in HTML 5 Canvas to create an interacti...
Apply game design and logic to the gameplay w... Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

Information Technology

Level Design with Blender and Unity 3D

5-6 hrs 2,312 learners

You Will Learn How To

Recognise how to create modular environment pieces in Bl...
Recall how to navigate in the Blender software
Identify the keyboard shortcuts for manipulat... Read More

Certificate

Understanding Ethical Dilemmas in Video Games

Intermediate Level

education

Understanding Ethical Dilemmas in Video Games

2 - 3 hrs 70 learners

You Will Learn How To

Review the concept of ethics in video games
List the ethical theories and their applications to vide...
Discuss the importance of gender, race, ethni... Read More

Certificate

Advanced Level

Information Technology

3D Game Development using Modern OpenGL

5-6 hrs 1,632 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define a process for OpenGL using SDL and GLEW on a Wind...
Recall the set-up process for GLFW and GLEW on Visual St...
Distinguish between absolute and relative lin... Read More

Certificate

3D Mobile Game Vegetation Modeling in Maya and Unity

Beginner Level

Information Technology

3D Mobile Game Vegetation Modeling in Maya and Unity

2 - 3 hrs 2,391 learners

You Will Learn How To

Describe the process of modeling the base of a low-poly ...
Recall how to model and duplicate the branch of a tree t...
Explain the process of finishing the branches Read More

Diploma

Beginner Level

business

Diploma in HTML5 Game Development

10-15 hrs 9,906 learners

You Will Learn How To

Describe how to create and setup a map for your game
Describe how to load sprites and other images into your ...
Describe how to add a playable character to y... Read More

Certificate

SFML C++ Game Development - Flappy Bird Clone

Intermediate Level

personal-development

SFML C++ Game Development - Flappy Bird Clone

2 - 3 hrs 2,252 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain how to set up SFML for Windows OS and Mac OS
State the role of a project directory folder and how to ...
Explain how to hide the console on a Windows ... Read More

Certificate

Beginner Level

Information Technology

Master Unity from Zero - Foundations

2 - 3 hrs 1,906 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain the process of launching Unity
Identify where Unity is installed on your computer
Recognize the features that you need to creat... Read More

Certificate

Beginner Level

Information Technology

Build a Text-Based RPG With C++

4-5 hrs 3,676 learners

You Will Learn How To

Identify how to store object information and data with c...
List the steps in creating a text-based dungeon crawler ...
State how to create custom classes
Explain how to organize project files Read More

Certificate

HTML5 Game Development - Lessons and Development Planning

Beginner Level

business

HTML5 Game Development - Lessons and Development Planning

2 - 3 hrs 4,584 learners

You Will Learn How To

Identify updates and tools for your visual studio develo...
Explain the importance of making effective plans for dev...
Discuss topics and issues you will need to ad... Read More

Certificate

Beginner Level

personal-development

SFML Game Development : Tic-Tac-Toe

2 - 3 hrs 1,617 learners

You Will Learn How To

Identify the method for SFML setup on Windows and Mac ma...
Describe how to implement the State Machine to switch be...
Describe how to implement an Asset Manager fo... Read More

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