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: Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, Creativity, Image Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Systems Engineering, Verification And Validation, Systems Architecture, Configuration Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Design, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Systems Integration, Change Control, Requirements Analysis, Maintainability, Human Factors
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Unity Engine, Cross Platform Development, 3D Assets, User Interface (UI), Virtual Environment, C# (Programming Language), Event-Driven Programming, Animations, Scripting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Social Media Management, Social Media Content, Social Media, Facebook, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Content Management, Scheduling, Content Creation, Content Marketing, Dashboard, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Database Theory, Data Modeling, Database Management Systems, Metadata Management, Databases, Data Management, Relational Databases, Unified Modeling Language, Data Governance, Enterprise Modeling, Data Integrity, Data Quality
Build toward a degree
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Identity and Access Management, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Incident Response, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Data Security, Application Security, Network Security, Encryption, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Amazon Web Services, Key Management, Infrastructure Security, Security Controls, Firewall, Continuous Monitoring, Multi-Factor Authentication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Nutritional Assessment, Health Assessment, Diagnostic Tests, Physiology, Endocrinology, Biochemistry, Laboratory Testing, Pathology, Nutrition and Diet, Clinical Nutrition, Biology, Systems Analysis, Molecular Biology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Office, Public Speaking
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Management, Data Centers, Security Management, Risk Management Framework, Identity and Access Management, Data Storage Technologies
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: jQuery, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Usability, Javascript and jQuery, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design and Development, Web Design, Web Development, Semantic Web, Front-End Web Development, Responsive Web Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Embeddings, Agentic systems, Application Development, Data Pipelines, Data Integration, Development Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Test Driven Development (TDD), Python Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Scripting Languages, Computer Programming, Unit Testing, File I/O, Web Development, Program Development, Open Source Technology, Database Application, Data Processing, Data Structures, User Interface (UI)
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months