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: ASP.NET, Model View Controller, .NET Framework, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Management, Data Access, Full-Stack Web Development, Web Development, Web Applications, Software Architecture, Middleware, Software Design Patterns, User Interface (UI)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Conflict Management, Planning, Project Planning, Project Management, Organizational Structure, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Scoping, Leadership and Management, Influencing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Database Administration, Database Architecture and Administration, Relational Databases, Database Management, Apache Airflow, Operational Databases, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Database Design, SQL, Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Data Transformation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Application Development, User Interface (UI), Software Development Life Cycle, Data Management, User Interface (UI) Design, File I/O, Application Design, Development Environment, Integrated Development Environments
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Budgeting, Capital Budgeting, Budget Management, Operating Budget, Financial Management, Financial Analysis, Cash Flows, Financial Planning, Cash Flow Forecasting, Capital Expenditure, Return On Investment, Cost Benefit Analysis, Investments, Decision Making
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Virtual Networking, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Computing, Application Deployment, Network Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Firewall, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Planning And Design, Network Routing, Cloud Storage, Command-Line Interface
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Django (Web Framework), Model View Controller, Authentications, Chart.js, Data Import/Export, Full-Stack Web Development, Web Development, Data Modeling, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, Javascript, User Interface (UI), Development Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: MongoDB, Back-End Web Development, NoSQL, Data Transformation, Data Maintenance, Database Design, Databases, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, JSON
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Debugging, Computer Programming, Application Design, Computer Science, Maintainability, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Data Management, Algorithms, Software Architecture
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Database Management Systems, Database Design, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Application, Relational Databases, SQL, Data Modeling, Query Languages, Data Integrity, Data Manipulation, Data Security
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, LangChain, Large Language Modeling, Vector Databases, Model Deployment, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, Scalability, Embeddings, Generative AI, Data Integration, Data Science, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Content, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Management, Content Creation, Instagram, Scheduling, Facebook, Content Management, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours