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.

Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Digital pedagogy, Virtual Environment, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Virtual Reality, Teaching, User Experience Design, Education Software and Technology, User Centered Design, Adult Learning Principles, Student Engagement, Learning Styles, UI/UX Research, Online Advertising
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, User Interface (UI), Data Persistence, Video Game Development, Game Design, Interactive Design, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Animation and Game Design, AI Integrations, System Testing, AI Workflows, Scalability, Functional Testing, Development Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Application Deployment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Performance Tuning, Interactive Design, Program Development, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Reviews, AI powered creativity, Peer Review, Adobe Firefly, Generative AI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, Responsible AI, Adobe Photoshop, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Software, Design Strategies, Design Research, Oral Expression, Design Elements And Principles, Prompt Engineering
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Animations, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphic Techniques, Code Reusability, User Interface (UI), Image Quality, Scripting, Event-Driven Programming
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unity Engine, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Interactive Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Interface (UI) Design, Animations, Multimedia, Music
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unity Engine, Software Design Patterns, Data Structures, C# (Programming Language), Video Game Development, Software Design, Programming Principles, Graph Theory, Software Architecture, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Video Game Development, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Assets, Event-Driven Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Performance Tuning, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Programming Principles, Data Structures, No-Code Development, Object Oriented Design, Event-Driven Programming, Interactive Design, Code Reusability, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Game Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Animation and Game Design, Interactive Design, Scripting, User Interface (UI) Design, Event-Driven Programming, Artificial Intelligence
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Game Design, Design Strategies, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Storytelling, Design Software, Design, Storytelling, Layout Design, Adobe InDesign, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks