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Concept
Be Unique
Game Design Canvas
Concept Document
Do Market Research
Utilize Your Theme
Know Your Target Group
Platforms
Mechanics
Goal & Objective
Challenge
Metagame
Features
Story In Games
Design
Basic Game Loop
Components Of A Game
Learning Curve
Communication To The Player
Design Document
Level Design
The Checklist
Bad Games
Where Your Design Fails
Good Design Principles
Game Design Guidelines
Working
Game Design Process
Being A Game Designer
Designer Requirements
Working As A Game Designer
Vision Must Exist
Core Extended Wishlist
Redesign A Classic
Biggest Designer Problems
Inspiration
Production
Game Production
Production Outline
Feature Presentation
Making Games
Roles In The Team
Use Priorities
Metrics
Playability Evaluation
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GAME DESIGN AND GAMEFICATION

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  • All pages available
  • Game Design Canvas
  • Downloads, Templates and Checklists
  • 20h of Videos
  • Game Design Certificate
  • 10 European Credits
This course is available for free for you thanks to Metropolia UAS. They are looking for international students and offer courses like this for free.
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How to get Certificate, 10 European Credits and Master Membership for Free


Game Design School

This course if provided in co-operation Metropolia Open University of Applied Sciences.
It is available to students anywhere in the world.

What is required:
1. Enroll as a student at Metropolia Open University of Applied Sciences.
2. Study the 270 hour course (theory, exercises, videos, canvas and more)
3. Complete at least 40 pages including the exercises on those pages.
4. Submit for approval once completed.

What you get:
- You will receive 10 European Credits upon completing the 8 Certificate Exercises.
- You will get a Transcript of Records in English showing your 10 European Credits (ECTS) from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (one of the biggest, if not the biggest, game education providers in Finland).
- You will receive a verified Game Design Certificate from Game Design School. (The Certificate can be validated online at the website at anytime).
- You will be upgraded to Pro Membership with access to all material and videos at Game Design School upon being certified.
- All this is completely free for you.

How is this possible?
- The studies are supported by Finnish government.
- Amount of workforce in Finland has decreased and we’re looking to promote Finland for future students and possible future workforce.
- Please note there is limited amount of seats available.

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What are the European Credits (ECTS)?

Game Design School

The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is used by universities all over Europe and is based on student workload.
ECTS helps students to have their studies recognised across Europe.
It helps students to move between countries as it makes international education more easily comparable across borders.
This course includes 270 hours which equals to 10 ECTS Credits.



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20 years game industry experience
12 years game design experience
10 years internationl game design teaching
​ 1000+ game ideas, game concepts, start-ups reviewed
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Juror for international game competitions
​Board member of Finnish game industry hub Neogames
Entrepreneur & startup mentor
Juha has worked in many roles in the industry: from Game Developer to Lead Game Designer and now General Manager.

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'It's really hard to find good courses on game design. I am loving the course!'
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  • 4.5 of 5 average user review score.
  • Dedicated for Game Design!
  • You'll learn really deeply all about game design.
  • Focus on game design, no programming or art skills required.
  • Unique combination of theory and practical exercises based on real-life cases.
  • Super efficient Game Design Canvas can not be found anywhere else.
  • Unique Tetris examples to deepen your understanding.
  • Created by 30 times awarded game designer and developer.
  • A course focusing on game design like ours is hard to find.
  • You'll get a Game Design Certificate upon completion and improve your job prospects.



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SOME QUESTION WE GET A LOT

To make a great game is not just about developing it. It needs to have a great game design in place.
Game Design School will teach you how to make that happen and make you into a certified designer.
It will also help you get to the industry. Developers who know game design do better!It will also be helpful for anyone in the industry or for startups.

Many of our former students now work in known game companies after studying here.

This varies depending on the plan.
Core includes a core set of pages but enough to give you really good understanding about game design.
Pro includes all the pages, plus videos and you will receive a Certificate upon completing the 8 Certificate Exercises.
Master is the same as Pro but includes also 10 European Credits.

Please contact to get detailed industry level feedback for your concept or game demo.

This is site is created by a multi awarded Finnish game industry veteran Juha Huhtakallio who has a long history reviewing game designs and teaching game design and doing game design.

It's for all beginners, game designers, game artists and game programmers.
​It's for beginners looking to learn about game design and for game developers looking to understand more about game creation.
Please notice that no previous experience, programming skill or art skills or any software is required. It's all here!

Yes. If you are not happy you may get a refund. Please contact us from here within 15 days.

Yes. We use the latest and biggest payment providers like Stripe and Paypal over an secured https connection. Your transaction will be safe.

Yes. We are secured in many ways. Our site uses the latest technology, is https and we are protected in many ways in addition to securing all our customer data.

There's multiple videos available. You may study the theory by watching the videos or by reading from the website.

There are templates for Concept Document, Design Document, Game Design Canvas, Feature Sheet and Pitch Deck to name a few.

Yes. This site has been sold to globally to numerous customers and educational facilities.