Video Game Designer Course
This course teaches you to design and prototype engaging 2D video games, covering gameplay mechanics, user experience, balancing, level design, and playtesting.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Video Game Designer Course equips you with hands-on skills to create engaging 2D games from concept to testing. You will establish a solid game vision, develop essential gameplay cycles, fine-tune mechanics, difficulty levels, and rewards, and design user-friendly interfaces, feedback systems, and accessibility features. Gain knowledge in reviewing similar games, crafting levels and encounters, conducting organised playtests, and producing documentation that enables quick and efficient prototyping and refinement.
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Develop skills
- Core gameplay loop design: build tight, replayable systems in days, not months.
- 2D game UX & feedback: craft clear HUDs, inputs, and readable on-screen signals.
- Balancing & difficulty tuning: adjust stats, rewards, and pacing for fair challenge.
- Level and encounter design: prototype modular 2D levels that teach through play.
- Playtesting & docs: run focused tests and write dev-ready design specifications.
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