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.

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Communication Planning, Stakeholder Management, Organizational Structure, Project Documentation, Project Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Scoping, Planning, Project Planning, Requirements Management, Financial Analysis, Business Analysis, Case Studies, Peer Review
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Keyword Research, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Competitive Analysis, Performance Analysis, Performance Metric, Performance Management, Analytics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Web Content, Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Browser Compatibility, Web Development Tools, Software Development, Embeddings, Software Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Real Time Data, Model Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Feature Engineering, PySpark, Data Pipelines, Cloud Storage, Data Import/Export, Dataflow, Big Data, Apache Spark, Business Requirements, Data Lakes, Apache Hadoop, Dashboard, Apache Airflow, Cloud Engineering, Tensorflow, Cloud Services, Data Warehousing
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Logistic Regression, SAS (Software), Predictive Analytics, Automation, Data Integration, Advanced Analytics, Debugging, Statistical Programming, SQL, Statistical Methods, Report Writing, Data Manipulation, Model Evaluation, Data Analysis, Statistical Reporting, Data Access, Microsoft Excel, Analysis, Finance
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Applied Machine Learning, Case Studies, Fraud detection, Project Design, Project Risk Management, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Scalability, Content Strategy, Quality Assessment, Keyword Research, Search Engine Optimization, Content Creation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Style Guides, Brand Management, Version Control, Workflow Management, Compliance Auditing, Marketing Analytics, Branding, Marketing Design, Document Management, Quality Assurance, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Microsoft Azure, Data Lakes, Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Analytics, Data Governance, Advanced Analytics, Data Security, Data Management, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Exploratory Data Analysis, Apache Spark, Application Deployment, SQL, Governance, Version Control
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Value Propositions, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Technology Strategies, Creative Problem-Solving, New Product Development, Collaboration, Financial Modeling, Creative Thinking, Financial Forecasting, Brainstorming, Presentations, Business Modeling, Strategic Thinking, Technical Management, Ideation, Open Mindset, Business Planning, Organizational Strategy
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: DevOps, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Technical Analysis, Real Time Data
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Software Architecture, Software Design, Secure Coding, Computer Programming, System Design and Implementation, Data Integrity, Maintainability, Scalability, Programming Principles, Code Review, Software Documentation, AI Workflows, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Layout Design, Digital Publishing, Proofreading, Graphic Design, Content Management, Editing, Content Creation, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Productivity Software, Data Sharing, Writing and Editing, Design, Typography, Multimedia, File Management, Marketing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months