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 Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Design, Storytelling, Layout Design, Typography, Adobe InDesign, Design Research, Information Architecture, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Animation and Game Design, Scripting, Prototyping, Real Time Data
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Graphic and Visual Design, Usability Testing, User Interface (UI) Design, Design, Experimentation, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Prototyping, Layout Design, Human Centered Design, Web Design and Development, Typography, A/B Testing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Unity Engine, Game Design, Software Design Patterns, Data Structures, C# (Programming Language), Video Game Development, Programming Principles, Graph Theory, Software Architecture, Algorithms, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Video Game Development, C# (Programming Language), Computer Graphics, User Interface (UI), Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), User Interface (UI), Prototyping, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Performance Tuning, Video Game Development, Performance Testing, Programming Principles, No-Code Development, Object Oriented Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Unreal Engine, Game Design, User Interface (UI), Prototyping, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Artificial Intelligence, User Interface (UI) Design, Animations, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, User Interface (UI), Data Persistence, Video Game Development, Game Design, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Human Machine Interfaces, Animation and Game Design, System Testing, Development Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Software Architecture, Object Oriented Design, UI Components, Scripting, C# (Programming Language), Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Adobe Firefly, Game Design, Generative AI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, Responsible AI, Adobe Photoshop, Design, Design Research, User Experience Design, Oral Expression, Prompt Engineering, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, C# (Programming Language), Linear Algebra, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks