Game Development Courses
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.
Popular Game Development Courses and Certifications
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, 3D Modeling, Software Design Documents, Peer Review, Cross Platform Development, Animation and Game Design, Prototyping, C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Experience Design, Storytelling, Software Documentation, User Experience Design, Conceptual Design, Software Design, UI Components
Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Ideation, 3D Modeling, Software Documentation, Software Design Documents, 3D Assets, User Experience Design, Computer Graphics, Usability, User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Collaborative Software, Virtual Environment, Prototyping
University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Unity Engine, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, Video Game Development, Software Design Patterns, Data Structures, C# (Programming Language), Software Design, Game Design, Prototyping, Programming Principles, Graph Theory, Code Reusability, Computer Programming, Data Management, Event-Driven Programming, Software Architecture, Application Design, Algorithms
University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, File I/O, C++ (Programming Language), C and C++, Debugging, Game Design, Computer Programming, Event-Driven Programming, Computer Programming Tools, Video Game Development, Unity Engine, Data Structures, C# (Programming Language), Data Storage, 3D Assets, Development Environment, Software Documentation, Program Development
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, User Interface (UI), Interactive Design, Prototyping, Virtual Environment, Virtual Reality, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Simulations, Artificial Intelligence, User Interface (UI) Design, 3D Assets, Event-Driven Programming, UI Components, Development Environment, Graphic and Visual Design
Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Prototyping, Unreal Engine, System Design and Implementation, Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling
What brings you to Coursera today?
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Debugging, Programming Principles, Algorithms, Video Game Development, Computer Programming Tools, Game Design, Computer Programming, Program Development, Animation and Game Design, Interactive Design, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Science
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Performance Tuning, User Interface (UI), 3D Assets, Event-Driven Programming, Virtual Environment, C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI) Design, Program Development, Debugging, Animations, UI Components, Computer Graphics, Interactive Design, Scripting, Development Environment, Code Reusability
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Video Game Development, Debugging, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Program Development, Algorithms, Computer Programming, Problem Solving, Design, Computer Science
University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unity Engine, Debugging, Program Development, Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Animations, No-Code Development, Integrated Development Environments, Graphics Software, Computer Programming, C++ (Programming Language), Event-Driven Programming, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Code Reusability, C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), Software Installation
California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Prototyping, Conceptual Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Technical Communication, Design, Virtual Environment, Art History, Technical Design, Software Visualization, Design Strategies, Design Elements And Principles, Usability Testing, Creative Design, Visual Storytelling
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Game Design, Maintainability, Code Reusability, Software Design, Software Architecture, Video Game Development, Programming Principles, Animation and Game Design, Event-Driven Programming, Game Theory, Data Persistence, Artificial Intelligence, Animations, Algorithms
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular game development courses
- Game Design and Development with Unity: Michigan State University
- Epic Games Game Design: Epic Games
- C# Programming for Unity Game Development: University of Colorado System
- C++ Programming for Unreal Game Development: University of Colorado System
- Unreal Engine FPS & Action Game Development: EDUCBA
- Game Development and Prototyping: Epic Games
- Introduction to Basic Game Development using Scratch: Coursera
- Unity Game Development: Fun Mini-Game Projects: EDUCBA
- Basic Game Development with Levels using Scratch: Coursera
- Game Development with GameMaker: University of Colorado System
