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.

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, Application Development, User Experience, User Interface (UI), Data Modeling, Application Design, Cloud-Based Integration, Application Deployment, Automation, Cloud Applications, Salesforce, ServiceNow
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Creative Design, Design Elements And Principles, Graphical Tools, Digital Design, Graphics Software, Storytelling, Creativity, Color Theory
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Systems Thinking, Leadership, Strategic Communication, Resilience, Business Continuity, Communication, Risk Analysis, Systems Engineering, Complex Problem Solving, Decision Making, Organizational Strategy, Vulnerability Assessments, Systems Analysis
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Testing, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Business Logic, Secure Coding, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Test Case, Identity and Access Management, Authentications, Vulnerability Assessments, Threat Modeling, Encryption, Data Validation, Network Protocols, Authorization (Computing), Web Applications
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, LLM Application, AI Workflows, AI Orchestration, No-Code Development, OpenAI API, Tool Calling, Generative AI Agents, Vector Databases, Application Programming Interface (API)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Radio y Televisión Española
Skills you'll gain: digital literacy, Research, Investigation, Social Network Analysis, Trend Analysis, Verification And Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Application Deployment, Development Environment, Hibernate (Java), OAuth, Back-End Web Development, Eclipse (Software)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

EDUCBA
Skills you'll gain: Scripting, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Scripting Languages, Python Programming, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Development Environment, Software Installation, Virtual Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Application Development, Development Environment, User Interface (UI), Python Programming, Integrated Development Environments, User Interface (UI) Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Data Sharing, Organizational Skills, User Accounts, Telecommuting, Teamwork, Graphic Design, Productivity, Content Marketing, Business Communication, Marketing Communications
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

NIIT
Skills you'll gain: React.js, Front-End Web Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Application Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, UI Components, User Flows, Unit Testing, Data Validation, Javascript
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Skills you'll gain: Public Safety and National Security, Security Management, Program Evaluation, Governance, Social Justice, Policy Analysis, Policy Development, Public Policies, Criminal Investigation and Forensics, Social Work, Community Development, Conflict Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months