Welcome to my website! My name is Patrick Olszewski, and I’m a writer.
This website acts as my personal portfolio site and as a personal blog. I hope you enjoy!
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Authoring Documentation for Pragma
At Pragma, I migrated to an engineering team as a dedicated technical writer, handling the team’s player data, game data, and custom service documentation.
“You are your best thing”
Toni Morrison, Beloved
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Pragma Tech Blog
For a year and a half I managed Pragma’s Tech Blog. I wrote and developed articles that showcased the development and design of Pragma Engine—a backend game engine for online multiplayer games.
shelter – an original EP
A year and a half in the making, I’ve finally released my next EP of songs titled “shelter.” These tracks were all composed, recorded, and mixed by me with a heavy focus on acoustic guitars lo-fi recording techniques.
Creating Video Tutorials for Pragma
While working on Pragma’s Tech Blog, I created a 9 minute video tutorial on how to set up Pragma’s SaaS product named Pragma Engine. I then converted three of my Tech Blog articles into video tutorials to demonstrate how to use the engine in a simple, visual step-by-step format.
It’s Always You: an Original Audiobook
Narrated by me, this audiobook covers the entirety of my original short story, ‘It’s Always You.’ The audiobook was recorded, mixed, and mastered myself for a sound design project, and it runs for approximately 42 minutes.
A Walk Through the Woods: A Video Game Soundtrack
A short song inspired by indie video game soundtracks. Inspirations for this composition come from composers like Mark Sparling from A Short Hike, Andrew Prahlow from Outer Wilds, and Chris Remo from Firewatch. This song is meant to be played during a chill, explorative game-loop in a video game.
Original Compositions for: Late, a Cowboy Song
I composed original country music for Late, A Cowboy Song, by Sarah Ruhl. The lyrics for the songs were already written in the script by Sarah Ruhl, and I had the wonderful task of putting those lyrics to music.
“I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.”
Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
