Video Game Designer Course
This course teaches practical skills for designing 2D video games, from concept to playtesting, including gameplay loops, mechanics, UI, levels, and documentation.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Video Game Designer Course equips you with practical skills to design focused 2D games from concept to playtesting. You will establish a clear game vision, develop core gameplay loops, fine-tune mechanics, difficulty, and rewards, and create intuitive UI, feedback, and accessibility features. Learn to analyse reference games, design levels and encounters, conduct structured playtests, and produce documentation that enables quick, effective prototyping and iteration.
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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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