Laurent Couvidou
Principal AI Programmer at Build A Rocket Boy
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolLaurent Couvidou is a Principal AI Programmer based in Lyon with nearly two decades making video games and over a decade focused on gameplay and AI engineering. He’s shipped high-profile titles at Arkane Studios including Deathloop and Dishonored, and now leads AI work on MindsEye Everywhere at Build A Rocket Boy. His background spans gameplay systems, R&D for gaming hardware, and SDK-level work, giving him a rare blend of runtime performance instincts and tooling experience. Colleagues rely on him to turn design intent into robust, playable systems that scale across platforms. Despite a long game-industry pedigree, he retains a hands-on engineering approach rooted in a Master’s in Computer Engineering and early-console and mobile projects.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Engineering, Master Computer Engineering at UTBMFrench baccalauréat Science, French baccalauréat Science at Lycée Grandmont
English, French
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Github Skills (15)
visual-studio9
timezone9
nodejs9
datetime6
casting6
libreoffice-calc6
javascript6
remote-debugging6
patch6
thin5
drawing4
game-development3
game-engine2
canvas2
webgl2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
lorancou/rust-book-practice
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:25 commits, 65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
lorancou/progfolio
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:5 releases, 3 commits, 37 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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