Same conversation again? Too many demands? Or simply in the mood for a ridiculously official human-maintenance adventure?
Tina and Warren create interactive digital books, practical PDF tools, and a playable game for exploring everyday patterns in life, relationships, and work.
Choose a starting point below.
Digital downloads. Educational exploration and entertainment; no coaching or therapy.
Five interactive missions, choices, achievements, and delightfully unnecessary paperwork. One downloadable HTML adventure game. Pay what you want, minimum CAD $2.
Examine competing demands, uneven responsibilities, and where your energy goes. Five tools in an eight-page PDF. CAD $7.
Examine repeating conversations, reactions, and decisions. Five tools in an eight-page PDF. CAD $7.
Separate what you know from what you're assuming and explore another perspective. Five tools in an eight-page PDF. CAD $7.
Observed Patterns is for people who notice something isn't quite working, but aren't convinced the answer is always to try harder, communicate better, or become a different person.
Maybe you're trying to understand a conversation that went sideways, a situation that keeps repeating, something happening at work, or a reaction you can't quite explain.
Our interactive books and practical experiences give you room to explore those situations, examine different perspectives, and recognize details that might otherwise go unnoticed.
You don't need a diagnosis, a particular background, or a dramatic life overhaul.
Just curiosity about what's actually happening.
Sometimes understanding something takes more than simply reading about it.
At Observed Patterns, our interactive digital books go beyond the traditional reading experience. Through visual explanations, interactive diagrams, and opportunities to explore ideas as you go, they offer a different way to look at the patterns shaping everyday life, relationships, and work.
Some books also include integrated workbooks where you can record your observations, save your progress, and return whenever you're ready.
For those looking for something more focused, we also offer a smaller selection of practical downloadable PDF resources.
Our collection continues to grow, with new interactive books being added as they're completed and courses planned for the future.
There's no required order or single correct starting point. Just choose what interests you and explore at your own pace.
Behind Observed Patterns are two curious minds, Tina Witowski and Warren C. Sholtz.
Together, we turn everyday observations, unexpected questions, and the things people tend to overlook into interactive digital books and practical resources that offer different ways to explore what's happening.
We're a two-person operation, researching, writing, designing, and building everything ourselves, with a shared curiosity about why things work the way they do — and why sometimes they don't.
Congratulations. You've been assigned a human. The instruction manual appears to be missing. 😎
Enter the Human Maintenance Division: a comedy adventure game where ordinary situations become questionable emergencies, complete with choices, consequences, achievements, and ridiculously official paperwork.
What you're buying: one downloadable HTML game file (122 KB), with five replayable missions. Pay what you want, with a CAD $2 minimum.
What's inside:
• Five interactive missions with choices, consequences, and multiple outcomes.
• Animated computer simulations, sound effects, and mechanical ambience.
• A live Human Systems Monitor tracking your energy, overload, and unnecessary tasks.
• Unlockable achievements and ridiculously official paperwork.
• Personalized printable certificates, permission slips, and reports you can download or share.
• Replayable adventures with automatic progress saving.
One downloadable HTML file. No installation required. Play offline on desktop or mobile.
Pay what you want. Enjoy the adventure, have a laugh, and support Observed Patterns if you can.
No actual authority claimed. Human maintenance results may vary.
