Level design courses can help you learn spatial storytelling, gameplay mechanics, player navigation, and environmental aesthetics. You can build skills in creating immersive experiences, balancing difficulty, and designing interactive elements that engage players. Many courses introduce tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, that support implementing your designs, as well as techniques for prototyping and testing levels to refine player experiences.

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, C# (Programming Language), Animation and Game Design, Software Design, Conceptual Design, Social Impact, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Studies, Ideation, Scripting, Social Sciences, Peer Review
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Architectural Drawing, AutoCAD, Technical Drawing, Drafting and Engineering Design, Computer-Aided Design, Engineering Drawings, Commercial Construction, Building Design, Architectural Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Game Design, Design Strategies, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, 3D Assets, Game Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Video Game Development, Computer Graphics, Post-Production, Storytelling, Visual Storytelling, Layout Design, Design Elements And Principles, Aesthetics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, User Research, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, User Experience, UI/UX Research, Design Research, Ideation, Design Thinking, User Centered Design, User Flows, Creativity
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Game Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Video Game Development, Debugging, Computer Graphics, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Code Reusability, Animations, Unity Engine, Motion Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Game Design, Software Visualization, Video Game Development, Application Performance Management, Scalability, Software Development Tools, System Monitoring, Application Frameworks, Computer Graphics, Performance Tuning, Memory Management, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

L&T EduTech
Skills you'll gain: Structural Analysis, Building Codes, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Simulation and Simulation Software, Engineering Practices, Drafting and Engineering Design, Design Specifications, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Calculations, Planning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Storytelling, Design Software, Design, Storytelling, Layout Design, Adobe InDesign, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Organizational Change, Engineering Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Systems, Organizational Development, Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, Leadership, Mitigation, Natural Resource Management, Infrastructure Security, Complex Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, UI Components, Computer Graphics, Game Design, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), Virtual Environment, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Animations, Interactive Design, Scripting, Simulations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Spatial Analysis, C# (Programming Language)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months