Game Development Courses and Certifications

Epic Games

Game Development and Prototyping

23 ratings at Coursera

Prototype six game modes — stealth survival, platformer, capture the flag, action combat, crafting and story — planning in Obsidian, implementing mechanics in Unreal Engine, and packaging a portfolio project.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Python Game Development with Pygame

20 ratings at Coursera

Set up Python and Pygame, initialize game environments, and draw interactive 2D graphics with primitives, colors, coordinate systems, surface blitting, and event-driven game loops.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Unreal FPS Development - Core Game Mechanics

19 ratings at Coursera

Build a first-person shooter in Unreal Engine with Blueprints: health and armor UI, damage feedback, weapon firing and projectiles, and crouch, sprint and aim states.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA Career Certificate

Unity Game Development: Fun Mini-Game Projects

19 ratings at Coursera

Build 2D and 3D mini-games in Unity — Flappy Chopper, Box Sprint, Maze, Breakout, Pipe Runner — using C# scripting, physics, procedural generation, GUI systems, and optimization.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

EDUCBA Career Certificate

Game Development with MonoGame: 2D & 3D Projects

16 ratings at Coursera

Build 2D and 3D games with MonoGame: configure the framework, implement physics and collision, load assets with the Pipeline Tool, and code a Brick Breaker game.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

EDUCBA

Python Game Development: Design, Animate & Render

15 ratings at Coursera

Build interactive games in Python: code sprite animation and sound with Pygame, design Tkinter GUIs, and render animated 3D objects with OpenGL.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Unity Game Development: Beginner to Intermediate

13 ratings at Coursera

Build 2D Unity games — gem collector, breakout, chopper — while scripting UI panels, animated buttons, sliders, custom editor tools, and a complete animated main menu.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA Career Certificate

Unity Advanced Game Development, Physics & GUI

12 ratings at Coursera

Build physics-driven Unity games: apply Newtonian mechanics and simulated forces, write modular gameplay scripts, and design, animate, and script professional GUI menus.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

CS50's Introduction to 2D Game Development

Learn about the development of 2D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

• edX
• 30 weeks, 6-12 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Packt

Introduction to Unity and Basic Game Development

Build a 3D endless runner in Unity 2022: install the editor, set up scenes and core mechanics, and script behavior in C# with variables, functions, and loops.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

Unity C# Scripting — Complete C# for Unity Game Development

Script Unity games in C#: control objects with variables, loops, and Transform, apply inheritance and polymorphism, then build a 2D Candy Catch game and 3D platformer.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Packt

Fundamentals of Unity Android Game Development

Build and publish Android games in Unity 2022: a 3D endless runner, zigzag and tappy ball games, touch controls, score UI, plus sprite art in Inkscape.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

Unity Android Game Development — Build Seven 2D and 3D Games

Build seven 2D and 3D Android games in Unity, from 3D Zigzag to Fruit Ninja, then publish to Google Play with ad monetization and achievement systems.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Packt

Foundations of AI in Game Development

Build AI-driven game characters in Unity: vector mathematics, physics-based movement and prediction, A* pathfinding, and navigation with waypoints and graphs.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

AI Game Development Essentials with Unity 6

Build AI-controlled game systems in Unity 6: A* pathfinding, navigation meshes, finite state machines, GOAP, behavior trees, and crowd simulations with autonomous agents.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses