Philip Olsén – Game Designer

Hello! I'm Philip Olsén, an ambitious Game Designer & Cinematic Designer with a background in filmmaking, who specializes in the aesthetic parts of game design.

Through awesome visuals, sound, narrative, and game feel — along with constant playtesting, feedback, collaboration, and iteration — I aim to create the most exciting, emotional, and immersive experiences possible for players.

I'm a student at PlaygroundSquad, and I am looking for an internship within one or multiple areas of game development: mainly game design, cinematic design, marketing and trailers. But I'm also interested in narrative design, level design, sound design, and lighting.

(I did not use AI to write this, I promise I'm one of the few that actually uses the em dash!)

My Portfolio ↓

Game Projects

(Breakdowns are Work In Progress...)

Game Design • Level Design • Sound Design • Lighting • Narrative

🧩 Puzzle | 👥 10 People | 🕑 9 Weeks

Game Design • Sound Design

🔍 Narrative Mystery | 👥 15 People | 🕑 9 Weeks

Project Lead • Game Design • Sound Design

🔫 Looter Shooter | 👥 18 People | 🕑 9 Weeks

Game Design • Sound Design • Narrative

🧩 Puzzle | 👥 12 People | 🕑 6 Weeks

Trailers

I've created many trailers for our game projects, from start to finish — capturing gameplay footage, working with artists, staging cameras, lighting, and in-game objects. Then rendering out shots and editing everything together in post with cinematic sound design, graphics, and color grading, to create impactful and memorable videos that entice players and showcase the games in their best light.

Ex Umbris
Crimson
M0THER
Frightline
Entropy
Nautilus
TECHNOMANIA
Technomania Prototype

Technomania Prototype Trailer

Project: Echo

PSQ 2024 Portfolio Teaser

PSQ 2024 Portfolio Reel

PSQ 2024 Portfolio Reel

Sound Design

I've done sound design on all my game projects, and also helped on some others. This is my sound design reel, containing excerpts and breakdowns from game projects, animations, and live action videos.

Sound Design Reel

Cinematics

I've also helped many of my artist friends in using Unreal Engine's sequencer, to create cinematic videos of their beautiful portfolio art pieces.

About Me

I'm passionate about storytelling in games, and I love combining my knowledge in filmmaking with game design.My favorite games are narrative-driven (especially sci-fi). Such as Outer Wilds, Cyberpunk 2077, Soma, The Talos Principle, and Mass Effect — games that take you on an adventure, make you feel something profound, and sometimes even changes your outlook on philosophy and life.They've inspired me to make games, to contribute to the medium, and to hopefully give players more of these incredible experiences.