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.

Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Software Design Documents, Technical Documentation, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Design, Prototyping, Technical Communication, Style Guides, UI Components
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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: Canva (Software), Content Performance Analysis, Image Quality, Photography, Marketing Psychology, Photo Editing, Marketing Design, Content Creation, Graphic and Visual Design, Driving engagement, Branding, Color Theory
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Human Factors, Human Factors Engineering, Accident Prevention, Human Machine Interfaces, Usability, Systems Thinking, Human Centered Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Web Design, Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Development Environment, Javascript, Cloud Hosting, Software Installation, Databases
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Configuration Management, API Gateway, JUnit, Java Programming, Java, Application Design, Unit Testing, Middleware, Service Oriented Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Authentications
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Git (Version Control System), Programming Principles, Software Design, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Integrated Development Environments, Command-Line Interface
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, User Centered Design, Usability, Responsive Web Design, User Flows, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, Design Research, Prototyping, Persona (User Experience), Usability Testing, Design Software, Human Centered Design, Ideation, Brainstorming, Animations
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Unified Modeling Language, Java Programming, Software Architecture, Application Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Engineering, API Design, Software Development
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, JavaScript Frameworks
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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