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 California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Public Speaking, Discussion Facilitation, Non-Verbal Communication, Oral Comprehension, English Language, Peer Review, Active Listening, Communication, Social Skills, Constructive Feedback, Interpersonal Communications, Persuasive Communication, Driving engagement, Student Engagement, Collaboration, Planning, Critical Thinking, Vocabulary
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), JSON, Object Oriented Design, Unit Testing, Python Programming, Software Testing, Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Management, Instagram, Facebook, Social Media, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Performance Analysis, Customer Communications Management, Content Management Systems, E-Commerce, Collaboration, Content Creation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Customer Service, Content Marketing, Team Management, Drive Engagement, Sales
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Amazon Web Services, AI Enablement, Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Text Mining, Data Processing, Unstructured Data
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Database Design, Customer Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Large Language Modeling, Revenue Management, Web Scraping, People Analytics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, FinTech, Spatial Data Analysis, Biostatistics, Predictive Analytics, Social Determinants Of Health, Unsupervised Learning, Gerontology, Digital Transformation, Matplotlib, Risk Analysis, Bayesian Statistics
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Queen Mary University of London
Skills you'll gain: Qualitative Research, Research Methodologies, Surveys, Science and Research, Data Collection, Focus Group, Research, Market Research, Research Design, Sample Size Determination, Interviewing Skills, Probability & Statistics, Case Studies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Milestones (Project Management), Project Schedules, Dependency Analysis, Project Controls, Risk Management, Project Scoping, Project Management, Smart Goals, Project Performance, Decision Making, Project Planning, Estimation, Verification And Validation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Middleware, ASP.NET, .NET Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), C# (Programming Language), API Design, Databases, Performance Tuning, Data Persistence, Web Development, Microservices, Scalability, Development Environment, Web Applications, Unit Testing, Data Validation, Web Analytics, Application Security
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Persona (User Experience), Research Design, Game Design, Design, Animation and Game Design, User Experience Design, Diversity Awareness, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Psychology, User Research, Cultural Sensitivity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Content, Social Media, Facebook, Content Creation, Marketing Materials, Social Media Marketing, Instagram, Graphic Design, Brand Management, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Leadership and Management, AI Enablement, Business Leadership, Automation, AI Workflows, Digital Communications, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Feature Engineering, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Power BI, Apache Spark, Databases, Microsoft Azure, Model Evaluation, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Lakes, Databricks, NoSQL, Deep Learning, Data Visualization Software, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Applied Machine Learning, Big Data
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months