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.

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Performance Tuning, Game Design, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, Virtual Environment, Scripting, Computer Graphics, Animations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Biological Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Design Process, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Technical Design, Research Design, Biology, Computational Logic, Laboratory Experience, Technical Standard
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Malware Protection, Threat Modeling, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, Security Engineering, User Accounts, Authorization (Computing), Identity and Access Management, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Geographic Information Systems
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), User Interface (UI), Mockups, Adobe XD, Responsive Web Design, User Experience, User Centered Design, Wireframing, Microsoft Copilot, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Prototyping, Mobile Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Open Mindset, Storytelling, Creativity, Curiosity, Data Visualization, Human Centered Design, Empathy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universiteit Leiden
Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis, Research Design, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Statistical Analysis, Clinical Research, Biostatistics, Quantitative Research, Public Health, Health Care, Research Methodologies, Risk Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

LearnKartS
Skills you'll gain: Java Programming, Application Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Centered Design, Usability, Requirements Analysis, UI/UX Research, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability Testing, User Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, UI Components, Usability, Typography
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design, Storyboarding, Adobe XD, Information Architecture, User Experience, UI/UX Research, Web Design, Usability Testing, Cross Platform Development, Figma (Design Software), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Centered Design, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Research, User Story, Presentations, Human Factors, Persona (User Experience)
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Javascript, Web Development Tools, Application Programming Interface (API), Game Design, Restful API, Software Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Data Structures, Interactive Design, Program Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Computer Programming, Java Programming, Software Development, Computational Logic, Computer Science
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours