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March 1-4, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Find a full list of this year's GDC Festival of Gaming speakers here.

Olivia van den Born, Senior Level Designer, IO Interactive

As a designer who's closing in on ten years working on main missions in games, Olivia enjoys tailoring a level to players for the most memorable experience. Coming from a background of film studies, both practical and theoretical, she finds it equally important that a level tells a story well and beautifully, as it being fun to play. Olivia enjoys writing dry-witted lines for the games she's worked on, and always finds a sense of pride when a writer deems her placeholders funny enough to ship the game with.

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