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: 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, Motion Graphics, Adobe After Effects, Computer Graphics, Post-Production, Cinematography, Video Production
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Docker (Software), ChatGPT, Google Gemini, OpenAI, AI Workflows, Development Environment, GitHub, Integrated Development Environments, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Git (Version Control System), Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Systems Engineering, Verification And Validation, Systems Architecture, Configuration Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Design, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Systems Integration, Change Control, Requirements Analysis, Maintainability, Human Factors
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, digital literacy, Education Software and Technology, English Language, Learning Management Systems, Lifelong Learning, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cultural Responsiveness, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Database Administration, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management, Apache Airflow, Operational Databases, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Database Design, SQL, Data Architecture, Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Communication Strategies, Team Management, Leadership, Productivity, Diversity Awareness, Collaboration, Workplace inclusivity, Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Empathy
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Peking University
Skills you'll gain: Nursing, Science and Research, Clinical Research, Scientific Methods, Clinical Research Ethics, Medical Science and Research, Biostatistics, Epidemiology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Wireframing, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Browser Compatibility, User Interface (UI), Mobile Development, Prototyping, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Javascript
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Human Resources Management and Planning, Employee Performance Management, Employee Training, Performance Management, Human Resources, Delegation Skills, Subcontracting, Workforce Management, Culture Transformation, Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Organizational Strategy
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Verification And Validation, Computational Logic, Theoretical Computer Science, Automation, Agentic systems, System Requirements, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Presentations, Animations, LinkedIn, Marketing Design, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Facebook, Marketing Materials, Marketing Budgets, Graphic Design, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Semantic Web, Typography
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours