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: Brainstorming, User Story, Creative Thinking, Innovation, Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Solution Design, Agile Methodology, Problem Solving, Agile Product Development, Empathy, Requirements Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Risk Management, Lean Methodologies, Process Improvement
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Layout Design, Marketing Design, Writing, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Design, Creative Design, Typography, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Customer Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Development, Event-Driven Programming, Cloud Applications, Microservices, C# (Programming Language), Distributed Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Storage, Real Time Data
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Power Apps Component Framework, Power Platform CLI, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Development Environment, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Data Modeling, Technical Design, Solution Architecture, Business Logic, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Microsoft 365, No-Code Development, Data Architecture, Cloud Development, Authentications, Application Development, Authorization (Computing), Business Workflow Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Server Side, Restful API, API Design, Database Management, Back-End Web Development, Databases, Database Systems, Node.JS, Application Programming Interface (API), Full-Stack Web Development, Authentications, Web Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Development, Web Servers, Authorization (Computing), NoSQL, MongoDB, Servers, Javascript
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Geospatial Information and Technology, Color Theory, Tree Maps, Data Storytelling, Heat Maps, Data Mapping, Text Mining, Unstructured Data, Network Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Design, IntelliJ IDEA, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Integrated Development Environments, File I/O, Data Structures, Command-Line Interface
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Glasgow
Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Data Ethics, AI Security, Responsible AI, Healthcare Ethics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Information Privacy, Decision Support Systems, Health Informatics, Predictive Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Human Centered Design, Data Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

EDUCBA
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, User Interface (UI), Software Design, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Application Design, Development Environment, Cross Platform Development, Application Development, Data Entry
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Keyword Research, Auditing, Content Strategy, Web Analytics, Content Performance Analysis, Technical Support, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Adobe After Effects, Video Production, Post-Production, Video Editing, Storyboarding, Ideation, Content Creation, Cinematography, Motion Graphics, Creativity, Color Matching
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Cloud Deployment, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, API Design, Go (Programming Language), Google Cloud Platform, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Access, DevOps, Database Application, Data Management
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours