10 free online courses Game Design

Useful knowledge for those who want to learn a new profession or simply interested in the gaming industry.

1. Game designer: how to create a game from scratch

Start classes: October 22, 2018, 15:00 Moscow time.
Duration of lessons: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Area: "Netologiya".
Tongue: Russian.

The lecturer will tell what the game designer, what is its role in the development of the team, what skills he has to learn and to which projects should be equal. And also you can go to work or intern in this profession.

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2. Introduction to game design

Course duration: 4 weeks.
Area: Soursera.
Organizer: California Institute of the Arts.
Tongue: English, with Russian subtitles.
Is free: 7 days trial period.

You will learn about the mechanics and rules of different games, the basic concepts of gaming and the reasons for which users start or, on the contrary, cease to take an interest in your project.

The course - theoretical, suitable for beginners. skills programming not required.

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3. Principles of game design

Course duration: 4 weeks.
Area: Soursera.
Organizer: Michigan State University.
Tongue: English.
Is free: 7 days trial period.

Having dealt with the basics and come up with the idea, it's time to start acting. Course authors tell how to go from concept to a prototype of the game and its testing - a complex and multi-step process.

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4. Create game "Snake" in Unity

Volume of the course: 5 lessons.
Area: Loftblog.
Tongue: Russian.

You will create a simple three-dimensional game with animation and voice acting in the Unity platform. The snake will crawl on the screen and grow, eating red cubes. In general, everything is as it should be.

To pass the course, you will need Unity (version not lower than 4.6), and the source code editor. It is also desirable to be able to write simple scripts and have a basic knowledge of the game engine.

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5. The history of game design

Start of the course: October 29, 2018.
Course duration: 5 weeks.
Area: EDX.
Organizer: Rochester Institute of Technology.
Tongue: English.
Is free: without a certificate.

If you want to be a good game designer, you should know the history of the industry - and it is already more than 50 years! When the first video game, why the industry collapsed in the '80s, at which point a virtual reality It became a part of it? Answers to these and other questions, you will learn by listening to a fascinating course.

The program was developed in collaboration with the National Museum of games, which houses the largest collection of video games and related materials.

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6. Game Design and Development: game characters

Of course, you will learn how to develop a character that will meet the demands of gamers. It is not only the study of anatomy, graphic design, creating a story and gameplay, but also insights about how and why the player identifies himself with a particular hero.

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7. Development of a simple game in Unity 5

Volume of the course: 6 lectures.
Area: Udemy.
Course author: Random Developer.
Tongue: Russian.

You will create a game in the genre of racing: Learn how to work with the gaming scene, establish communication between objects and adjust controls for touch mobile phones.

Suitable for anyone who wants to do a cross-platform game in Unity. A working current version of Unity 5. Also require a minimum knowledge of the C # language.

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8. Create your first game in Unity: 2D race for the "Dummies"

Volume of the course: 17 lectures.
Area: Udemy.
Course author: Roman Sakutin.
Tongue: Russian.

Stepping rate: the installation program to develop its first game. Learn how to work with the platform and the Unity Editor Tile Editor, write scripts and create a simple artificial intelligence.

For work you need the 2018 version of Unity. It is also necessary to know the basics of C #.

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9. Create your first games: arcade in JavaScript

Volume of the course: 12 lectures.
Area: Udemy.
Course author: Chris DeLeon.
Tongue: English.

To pass the course will be enough word processing and Internet access. You will learn the basics of the gameplay design, creating retroigru own hands and out.

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10. The history of music in video games

Course duration: 2 weeks.
Area: Future Learn.
Organizer: Abertay University.
Tongue: English.
Is free: without a certificate.

You will learn how to create soundtracks to the very first games and how they are now. The materials of the course - exclusive interviews with the composers of the gaming industry.

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