Game design courses can help you learn level design, character development, storytelling techniques, and game mechanics. You can build skills in prototyping, user testing, and balancing gameplay to enhance player experience. Many courses introduce tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, that support creating interactive environments and implementing game logic. Additionally, you might explore programming languages such as C or C++ to bring your ideas to life, along with graphic design software for creating compelling visuals.

Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Data Management, Blueprinting, Video Game Development, Scripting, UI Components, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of London
Skills you'll gain: Virtual Reality, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Unity Engine, Virtual Environment, Video Game Development, Application Design, Display Devices, Technical Design, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics, Human Factors
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Django (Web Framework), Version Control, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Unix Commands, HTML and CSS, Git (Version Control System), API Testing, GitHub, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), React.js, Mobile Development, SQL, Database Design, Python Programming
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Creative Problem-Solving, New Product Development, Ideation, Business Transformation, Product Management, Technology Strategies, Innovation, Creativity, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategic Thinking, Product Improvement, Case Studies, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Analysis, Leadership and Management, Marketing, Storytelling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Ajax, Javascript, Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Development, Development Environment, Web Development Tools, Web Design and Development, JSON, Web Applications, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Scripting, Browser Compatibility, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Event-Driven Programming
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Database Design, LLM Application, Productivity, OpenAI, Data Migration, Generative AI, AI Enablement, Software Documentation, SQL, Dashboard, Artificial Intelligence, Database Management, Data Visualization, Large Language Modeling, Gap Analysis, Data Analysis, Automation
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Web Applications, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programming, Scientific Visualization, Game Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), C (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C and C++, Programming Principles, Software Design Patterns, Debugging, Computer Programming, Algorithms, File I/O, Data Structures, Computational Thinking, Pseudocode, Command-Line Interface, Graph Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Game Design
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Video Game Development, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Computer Graphics, Animation and Game Design
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

IBM
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Software Development Life Cycle, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Software Architecture, LangChain, ChatGPT, Responsive Web Design, Restful API, LLM Application, Computer Vision, Generative AI, Responsible AI, IBM Cloud, Data Import/Export, AI Workflows, Python Programming, Engineering Software, Machine Learning, Data Science
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Application Development, Interactive Design, Animations, Programming Principles, Computer Graphics, Python Programming, Game Design, Computer Programming
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months