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: Distributed Computing, Scalability, Performance Tuning, C++ (Programming Language), System Programming, Computer Architecture, Cross Platform Development, Hardware Architecture, C (Programming Language), Application Performance Management, Development Environment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Cinematography, Animations, Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Video Production, Color Theory, Simulations
Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Pseudocode, Programming Principles, Debugging, Diagram Design, Functional Design, Computer Programming Tools, Computer Programming, Software Documentation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Content Creation, Social Media Content, Graphic Design, Social Media, Drive Engagement, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Video Production, Copywriting, Storytelling, AI Product Strategy, Design Elements And Principles, Prompt Engineering, Photo Editing, Writing, Video Editing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Vue.JS, JavaScript Frameworks, Front-End Web Development, Web Applications, UI Components, Web Design and Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Event-Driven Programming, Data Validation, Data Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Content Creation, Photo Editing, Graphics Software, Graphic Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University at Buffalo
Skills you'll gain: Manufacturing and Production, Production Process, Manufacturing Processes, Quality Control, Energy and Utilities, Workforce Development, Supply Chain, Electric Power Systems, Workforce Planning, Sustainable Technologies, Environmental Science
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Functional Design, Maintainability
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Design, IntelliJ IDEA, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Integrated Development Environments, File I/O, Data Structures, Command-Line Interface
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Lean Methodologies, Agile Methodology, Agile Product Development, Agile Project Management, Product Improvement, Sprint Planning, Business Process, Process Improvement, Product Development, Sprint Retrospectives, User Story
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

EDUCBA
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Virtual Machines, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Networking, Cloud Applications, Cloud Deployment, Application Deployment, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Virtualization, Cloud Storage, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Product Testing, Laboratory Testing, Structural Engineering, Construction Inspection, Process Validation, Construction Engineering, Construction, Civil Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Simulation and Simulation Software, Safety Standards
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks