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.

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: User Research, UI/UX Research, User Experience Design, Logo Design, User Centered Design, Experience Design, Usability, Wireframing, Mockups, Prototyping, Persona Development, Graphic and Visual Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, Selenium (Software), Apache Maven, CI/CD, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), JUnit, Java, Software Design Patterns, Test Automation, Software Testing, Maintainability, Test Case, Browser Compatibility, Software Design, Test Execution Engine
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), UI Components, Typography, Prototyping, Responsive Web Design, Interaction Design, UI/UX Strategy, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface (UI), Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Mockups, Layout Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Animations, Collaborative Software, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, AI Workflows, Design Strategies
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), Visualization (Computer Graphics), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Computer Graphics, Color Theory, Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Environment, Geospatial Mapping, C# (Programming Language), Data Structures, Computational Logic
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Diagram Design, Brainstorming, User Accounts, Business Process Modeling, Strategic Thinking, Team Building
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Integrity, Data Validation, Data Governance, Quality Assurance, Data Collection, Data Strategy, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Verification And Validation, Design Strategies, Sampling (Statistics)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Storyboarding, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Usability Testing, Design Thinking, Prototyping, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Conceptual Design, Virtual Environment, Human Centered Design, User Research, Wireframing, Data Ethics
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, Technical Communication, AI Enablement, Model Deployment, Generative AI Agents, Data Integration, AI Orchestration, Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Agentic systems, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Deep Learning, Data Visualization, Python Programming, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Anomaly Detection, Statistical Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Browser Compatibility, Responsive Web Design, UI Components, HTML and CSS, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Semantic Web, Verification And Validation, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI), Typography, Web Design and Development, Web Development Tools, Usability, Web Development, Interaction Design
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Human Factors, Human Factors Engineering, Control Systems, Sports Medicine, Human Musculoskeletal System, Mechanics, Human Centered Design, Product Design, Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: API Design, Restful API, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Application Lifecycle Management, Proxy Servers, Software Documentation, Application Deployment, Authentications
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months