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: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), Event-Driven Programming, UI Components, Video Game Development, Scripting, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Code Reusability, Build Tools, Graphical Tools, Maintainability, Design, Data Import/Export, Asset Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Design, Video Game Development, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Driving engagement, Animation and Game Design, Drive Engagement, Design Strategies, Experience Design, Music, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Game Theory, Systems Design, Commercialization
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Unreal Engine, Data Persistence, Virtual Environment, Interactive Design, Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Computer Graphic Techniques, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Scripting, Data Management, Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Scripting, Interactive Design, Project Design, Interactive Learning, Systems Development, Development Environment, Design, Experience Design, Mechanics, Environment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Unreal Engine, 3D Modeling, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Model Optimization, Design, Editing, Data Import/Export, Geometry, Environment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Code Reusability, Software Architecture, C# (Programming Language), Memory Management, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animations, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Game Design, Timelines, Prototyping, Layout Design, Application Deployment
★ 5 (8) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, Computer Graphics, Virtual Environment, Scripting, Design, Event-Driven Programming
★ 5 (13) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Animation and Game Design, Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Video Game Development, Software Architecture, Memory Management, Objective-C (Programming Language), Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Animations, User Interface (UI), Graphic and Visual Design, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Animations, Design, Design Elements And Principles
★ 4.6 (1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Storytelling, Design, Layout Design, Adobe InDesign, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop
★ 4.7 (1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks