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: Figma (Design Software), Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Prototyping, Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Kubernetes, Application Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Restful API, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Computing Architecture, CI/CD, Network Architecture, System Design and Implementation, DevOps, Cloud Security, System Requirements, Cloud Storage, Service Design, Scalability, Load Balancing, System Monitoring
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Spark, Data Pipelines, PySpark, Apache Hadoop, Data Transformation, MySQL, Data Manipulation, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Data Import/Export, Data Persistence, Development Environment, Software Installation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Responsive Web Design, UI Components, HTML and CSS, Web Design, User Interface (UI), Usability, Web Development
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Photoshop, Journals, Design Thinking, Creative Design, Creativity, Design Strategies, Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Creative Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Interface (UI), Web Development, Usability, Information Architecture
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Figma (Design Software), User Interface (UI) Design, User Flows, Prototyping, Web Design, Application Design, User Accounts
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Cucumber (Software), Behavior-Driven Development, Selenium (Software), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Test Automation, Test Script Development, JUnit, Software Testing, Apache Maven, Test Case, Scenario Testing, Java
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, Web Design and Development, React.js, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Front-End Web Development, Wireframing, Web Applications, HTML and CSS, Application Deployment, Responsive Web Design, Interactive Design, Javascript
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), Interaction Design, UI Components, Mockups, Wireframing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Persona (User Experience), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Mockups, Storyboarding
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Content Creation, Layout Design, Image Quality
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months