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.

The Open University
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Sustainability, Business Modeling, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Stakeholder Analysis, Systems Thinking, Value Propositions, Design Thinking, Verification And Validation, Presentations, Innovation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Postman API Platform, Flask (Web Framework), MySQL, Databases, Software Versioning, Software Development, Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Creativity
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, CI/CD, Google Cloud Platform, Continuous Delivery, Application Performance Management, Continuous Integration, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Applications, Cloud Storage, Security Controls, Database Management, Authorization (Computing), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Authentications, Managed Services, Identity and Access Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Apache Maven, Java, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Object Oriented Design, Hibernate (Java), Unit Testing, File I/O, Docker (Software), Software Design Patterns, Integrated Development Environments, Object-Relational Mapping, Functional Design, Maintainability, System Configuration
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Server Side, Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Data Infrastructure, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, Data Lakes, MongoDB, Databases, Data Ethics, Distributed Computing, Data Processing, Informatics, Cloud Computing, Software Design Patterns, Data Storage
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Responsible AI, Embeddings, Data Preprocessing, AI Personalization, Deep Learning, Model Evaluation, Transfer Learning, Model Deployment, Open Source Technology, Data Processing, Machine Learning, Data Cleansing, Data Visualization, Database Systems
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Infographics, Data Visualization, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Embeddings, Agentic systems, Application Development, Data Pipelines, Data Integration, Development Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: React.js, ChatGPT, Application Deployment, JavaScript Frameworks, Front-End Web Development, Data Persistence, UI Components, Application Programming Interface (API), Debugging, User Interface (UI), User Experience Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Convolutional Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Supervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Model Evaluation, Decision Tree Learning, Network Planning And Design, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months