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.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unity Engine, Animation and Game Design, Software Design Documents, Design, Experience Design, Design Elements And Principles, Usability, Storytelling
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Version Control, GitHub, Bitbucket, Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Software Versioning, 3D Assets, Animation and Game Design, Mobile Development, Animations, Computer Graphic Techniques
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Performance Tuning, Animation and Game Design, Project Design, Interactive Design, Program Development, Systems Development, Design, Experience Design, Design and Product, Design Elements And Principles, Scripting, Mechanics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Post-Production, 3D Assets, Game Design, 3D Modeling, Video Game Development, Virtual Environment, Interactive Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Animation and Game Design, Animations, Simulations
Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Software Architecture, Visual Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Object Oriented Design, Code Reusability, Design, Course Development, Scripting, C# (Programming Language), Interactive Learning, Systems Development, Project Design, Physics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Advanced · 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

Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Video Game Development, Interactive Design, Animations, Event-Driven Programming, Debugging, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Code Reusability, Program Development, Python Programming, Development Environment, Functional Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, Game Design, Project Design, Program Development, Development Environment, C# (Programming Language), Course Development, Interactive Learning, Interactive Design, Scripting, Process Design, System Requirements, Environment, Mechanics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks