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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: WordPress, Content Management, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Content Creation, Creativity
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentation, Customer Engagement, Canva (Software), Video Production, Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Copywriting, Promotional Strategies, Multimedia, Product Promotion, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Target Audience, Value Propositions, Content Creation, Animations
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of London
Skills you'll gain: Brand Management, Branding, Brand Marketing, Brand Strategy, Brand Awareness, Employee Engagement, Marketing Management, Global Marketing, Internal Communications, Customer experience strategy (CX), Human Resources, Organizational Change, Consumer Behaviour, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 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

National Taiwan University
Skills you'll gain: Revenue Management, Service Design, Customer experience improvement, Financial Services, Innovation, Economics, Product Design, Case Studies, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Business Modeling, Business Strategy, Consumer Behaviour
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Javascript, Front-End Web Development, Web Content, Responsive Web Design, Web Design
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Software Development Life Cycle, Cloud-Native Computing, Istio, Software Architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Deployment, React Redux, Node.JS, Responsive Web Design, Restful API, Django (Web Framework), Git (Version Control System), Server Side, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cloud Computing, Data Import/Export, Engineering Software
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Case Western Reserve University
Skills you'll gain: Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship, Global Marketing, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, New Business Development, Community Development, Economic Development, Commercialization, Mentorship, Governance, Case Studies, Public Policies, Program Evaluation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Computer Graphic Techniques, Computer Graphics, Virtual Environment, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Animations, Performance Tuning, Video Game Development, Data Import/Export, Game Design
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Live Streaming, Systems Thinking, Aesthetics, Social Sciences, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Interactive Design, Socioeconomics, Culture, Psychology, Storytelling, Journalism, User Experience, Media Strategy, Critical Thinking, Digital Media Strategy, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, SketchUp (3D Modeling Software), 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Virtual Environment, Architectural Design, Image Quality, Performance Tuning, Design, Creative Design, Game Design, Design Elements And Principles, Aesthetics
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months