Video game courses can help you learn game design principles, programming basics, storytelling techniques, and level design. You can build skills in character development, user interface design, and sound design, which are crucial for creating engaging gameplay experiences. Many courses introduce tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, allowing you to apply your skills in real projects and understand how to bring your creative ideas to life.

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Ideation, Conceptual Design, Storytelling, Animation and Game Design, Game Theory, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Game Design, Prototyping, Layout Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, UI Components, Animation and Game Design, Interactive Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Theory
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Scrum (Software Development), Unity Engine, Value Propositions, Animations, Functional Specification, Proposal Development, Sprint Retrospectives, Business Modeling, Agile Methodology, Agile Software Development, Software Design Documents, Software Development Methodologies, Customer Analysis, Interaction Design, UI Components, Software Documentation, Interactive Design
★ 4.4 (393) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Functional Specification, Unity Engine, Interactive Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping
★ 4.6 (149) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

SAE Institute México
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Unity Engine, Game Design, Scripting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, Application Performance Management, Video Game Development, Frontend Performance, Software Development Tools, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Geometry, Computer Graphics, Performance Tuning, Design, Data Mapping, Animation and Game Design, Application Development, Build Tools, Systems Development, Software Visualization, Real Time Data, Computer Graphic Techniques, Control Systems
★ 4.8 (28) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Computer Programming, Artificial Intelligence
★ 4.3 (568) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Peer Review, Cross Platform Development, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), C# (Programming Language), UI Components, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Animations, Scripting, Creativity
★ 4.7 (545) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, Debugging, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Game Design, Frontend Integration, Program Development, Model Optimization, Scripting, C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Development Testing, Data Import/Export
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Design, Video Game Development, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Driving engagement, Animation and Game Design, Drive Engagement, Design Strategies, Experience Design, Music, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Game Theory, Systems Design, Commercialization
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months