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.

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, HTML and CSS, User Interface (UI), Web Design, Figma (Design Software), Typography, Front-End Web Development, Web Design and Development, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Maintainability, Mockups, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, UI Components, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Web Development Tools, Software Engineering
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Software Design, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, System Implementation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Typography, Layout Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Design Reviews, Branding, Design Elements And Principles, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Game Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Color Theory, Image Quality
Beginner · 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
University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Design Research, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Statistical Analysis, Usability, Experience Design, UI/UX Research, User Experience, Ideation, User Interface (UI), Graphic and Visual Design, Experimentation, Interactive Design, Human Computer Interaction, A/B Testing, Human Factors, Collaborative Software, Telecommuting, R Programming, Storyboarding
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Unity Engine, Game Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Visualization (Computer Graphics), Animations, Computer Graphics, Music, Computer Graphic Techniques, Creativity, Data Import/Export
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, UI Components, Scripting, User Interface (UI), Torque (Physics), Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Game Design, C# (Programming Language), Animation and Game Design, Object Oriented Design, Animations, Interactive Design, Event-Driven Programming, Video Game Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Mechanics, User Experience, Simulation and Simulation Software
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Design Reviews, AI powered creativity, Peer Review, Adobe Firefly, Game Design, Generative AI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, Responsible AI, Adobe Photoshop, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Software, Design, Design Strategies, Design Research, Oral Expression, Design Elements And Principles, Prompt Engineering, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unity Engine, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Interactive Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Interface (UI) Design, Animations, Multimedia, Music
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Prototyping, Unreal Engine, System Design and Implementation, Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Sydney
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Innovation, Design Reviews, Prototyping, Ideation, Design Strategies, Process Design, Design, Design Research, Usability Testing, User Feedback
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, User Research, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, User Experience, UI/UX Research, Design Research, Ideation, Design Thinking, User Centered Design, User Flows, Creativity
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months