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 Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Qualitative Research, User Research, Usability Testing, User Centered Design, Research Methodologies, Needs Assessment, Interviewing Skills, Research, Human Computer Interaction, Data Collection
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Requirements Analysis, White-Box Testing, Software Architecture, Acceptance Testing, Software Development Methodologies, Unified Modeling Language, Software Development Life Cycle, Configuration Management, Debugging, Software Design, Process Driven Development, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Object Oriented Design, Functional Requirement, Data Modeling, Systems Design, Project Management, Project Planning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Video Game Development, Adobe Photoshop, Animation and Game Design, Conceptual Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Data Import/Export, Design Elements And Principles
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Validation, Dashboard, Marketing Automation, Data Integrity, Verification And Validation, Workflow Management, Marketing Analytics, Data Maintenance, Data Quality, Automation, Reconciliation, Data Governance, Marketing, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Stakeholder Communications, Performance Metric
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Distributed Computing, Dataflow, Java Programming, Java, Software Architecture, Systems Architecture, Scala Programming, Data Structures, System Programming, Programming Principles, Servers, Application Frameworks, Debugging, Algorithms, Performance Tuning, Functional Design, Performance Testing
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Data Structures, Git (Version Control System), Generative AI, Version Control, Matplotlib, Devops Tools, Plotly, DevOps, Agile Methodology, Web Development, Data Ethics, Flask (Web Framework), Data Visualization, Scripting, GitHub, Debugging, Data Analysis, Automation, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Storytelling, Canva (Software), Graphical Tools, Animations, Content Creation, Graphic Design, Design and Product, Business, Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, OpenAI API, ChatGPT, Secure Coding, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, Model Deployment, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, AI Security, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Product Support, OpenAI API, Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, AI Orchestration, Model Deployment, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, AI Workflows, Generative AI Agents, CrewAI, Agentic Workflows, LangChain, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), LLM Application, Agentic systems, OpenAI, Systems Integration, Tool Calling, Google Gemini, Workflow Management, Automation, Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Amazon Web Services
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Keyword Research, Web Analytics, Auditing, Content Strategy, WordPress, HTML and CSS, Content Management, Performance Improvement
Mixed · Course · 3 - 6 Months