Celia Hodent
Gaming User Experience Designer and Cognitive Psychology expert
Formerly at Ubisoft, LucasArts, and Epic Games (Fortnite)
Celia holds a PhD in psychology and has over ten years experience in video game studios through her work in user experience (UX) strategy at Ubisoft, LucasArts, and as Director of UX at Epic Games (Fortnite).
She is founder and chair of the Game UX Summit, and a member of the Foresight Committee at CNIL (National Commission on Informatics and Liberty, an independent French administrative regulatory body).
Celia is the author of The Gamer’s Brain: How Neuroscience and UX can Impact Video Game Design (2017), The Psychology of Video Games (2020), What UX Really Is: Introducing a Mindset to Great Experiences (2021), and co-editor of Game Usability: Advice from the Experts for Advancing UX Strategy and Practice in Videogames (2022).
