--- title: 5 Things I bring to GDC - EP 7 #gdc2026 | daily.dev description: A narrative designer and writer shares five personal items she brings to GDC (Game Developers Conference): a keychain from the Final Fantasy 15 team given with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-things-i-bring-to-gdc---ep-7-gdc2026-7vi6igih1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Things I bring to GDC - EP 7 #gdc2026 | daily.dev og:description: A narrative designer and writer shares five personal items she brings to GDC (Game Developers Conference): a keychain from the Final Fantasy 15 team given with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-things-i-bring-to-gdc---ep-7-gdc2026-7vi6igih1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7vI6iGIH1.png og:image:alt: 5 Things I bring to GDC - EP 7 #gdc2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 Things I bring to GDC - EP 7 #gdc2026 **[GDC Festival of Gaming](https://daily.dev/sources/gdcfestivalofgaming)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A narrative designer and writer shares five personal items she brings to GDC (Game Developers Conference): a keychain from the Final Fantasy 15 team given with encouragement to pursue game development, noise-canceling headphones for focus, a water bottle for hydration, a chip from Respawn's Jedi Fallen Order team with a reminder to rest, and her old GDC badge representing community connections made through trading badge ribbons. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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