Game development courses can help you learn programming languages like C and C++, game design principles, 3D modeling, and animation techniques. You can build skills in level design, user interface creation, and game mechanics implementation. Many courses introduce tools such as Unity and Unreal Engine, that support creating immersive gaming experiences and allow you to apply your skills in real projects.
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Restful API, Web Services, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Extensible Languages and XML, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Software Installation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Design, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Game Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Animations, Virtual Environment, Performance Tuning, Model Optimization, Prototyping, Aesthetics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Game Design, Video Game Development, Maintainability, User Interface (UI), Software Development Tools, UI Components, Program Development, Development Environment, Python Programming, Application Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Tokyo
Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Political Sciences
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Graph Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Behavioral Economics, Probability, Economics, Problem Solving, Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Probability Distribution
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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), Back-End Web Development, API Testing, GitHub, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Database Management, Code Reusability, React.js, Python Programming
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Development, Javascript, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Scripting, Browser Compatibility, Application Programming Interface (API), Back-End Web Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Full-Stack Web Development, Software Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design Patterns, Development Environment, Unified Modeling Language, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Application Deployment, Programming Principles, Front-End Web Development, Web Language, Python Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Django (Web Framework), Full-Stack Web Development, Version Control, Restful API, Data Structures, Unix Commands, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Git (Version Control System), Back-End Web Development, API Testing, GitHub, Relational Databases, Front-End Web Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Database Management, Code Reusability, Python Programming, Computer Programming, Cloud Hosting
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Deployment, Software Development Life Cycle, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Istio, Cloud-Native Computing, Linux Commands, Software Architecture, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Bash (Scripting Language), Restful API, Shell Script, Django (Web Framework), Object-Relational Mapping, OpenShift, Git (Version Control System), Grafana, Microservices, Python Programming
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months