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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Legal Risk, Contract Management, Contract Review, Risk Mitigation, Contract Compliance, Procurement, Vendor Contracts, Purchasing, Contract Negotiation, Strategic Sourcing, Decision Making, Verification And Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Skills you'll gain: Android Studio, Android Development, Mobile Development, Mockups, Mobile Development Tools, Software Design Patterns, Kotlin, Application Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Application Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Development Environment, Gradle, Java Programming, Extensible Markup Language (XML), GitHub
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Autodesk, Design Software, 3D Assets, Computer-Aided Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Industrial Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Google Gemini, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Google Cloud Platform, AI Enablement, AI Orchestration, Google Workspace, Agentic systems, Customer experience improvement, AI Product Strategy, AI Workflows, LLM Application, Tool Calling, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Business Solutions, Collaboration
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Traffic Flow Optimization, Architectural Design, Sustainable Development, Stormwater Management, Building Codes, Community Development, Land Development, Public Works, Sustainable Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Transportation Operations, Civil Engineering, Case Studies, Environmental Engineering, Building Design, Economic Development, Land Management, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Technologies, Environmental Science
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Professional Networking, Intercultural Competence, Teamwork, LinkedIn, Intellectual Property, Collaboration, Professional Development, Communication, Productivity, Cultural Responsiveness, Accountability, Conflict Management, Self-Awareness, Personal Development, Interviewing Skills, Data Management, Planning, Resilience
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Vision Transformer (ViT), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Keras (Neural Network Library), Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Embeddings, Network Model, Network Architecture
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Istio, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloud-Native Computing, Serverless Computing, Microservices, DevOps, Amazon Web Services, API Gateway, Scalability, CI/CD, Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Restful API, Containerization, Amazon DynamoDB, Prometheus (Software), Cloud Applications, Redis
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: Maintainability, Code Review, Test Driven Development (TDD), API Testing, LLM Application, API Design, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Engineering, Engineering Software, Software Technical Review, Program Development, Application Lifecycle Management, Unit Testing, Microservices, Peer Review, Quality Assessment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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