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.

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, UI Components, Animation and Game Design, Interactive Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Theory
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Peer Review, Cross Platform Development, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), C# (Programming Language), UI Components, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Animations, Scripting, Creativity
★ 4.7 (545) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Unity Engine, User Interface (UI) Design, Animations, User Interface (UI), Video Game Development, UI Components, Virtual Environment, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Software Design, C# (Programming Language), Design, Scripting, Systems Development, C and C++, Debugging, Geometry, Course Development
★ 4.8 (68) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Ideation, Conceptual Design, Storytelling, Animation and Game Design, Game Theory, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

AI CERTs
Skills you'll gain: AI powered creativity, AI Workflows, AI literacy, Storytelling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Debugging, Unity Engine, Unreal Engine, Graphics Software, Computer Programming, UI Components, C++ (Programming Language), Event-Driven Programming, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), Software Installation, Scripting Languages, Data Structures, Scripting, Development Environment
★ 4.9 (13) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Project Design, Driving engagement, Social Impact, Drive Engagement, Psychology, Marketing
★ 4.8 (2.4K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Interactive Design, Virtual Environment, Virtual Reality, Simulation and Simulation Software, Simulations, User Feedback, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Physics, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Project Design, Mechanics, Scripting, Environment
★ 4.9 (33) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Storyboarding, Unity Engine, Color Theory, Video Game Development, Adobe Photoshop, Game Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles
★ 4.5 (284) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Animations, Design, Design Elements And Principles
★ 4.6 (1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

★ 4.8 (14) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks