Built by GS

Useful things. Playful things.

This is the home of the software, websites, games and odd experiments built by GS.

01Featured

Different things.
The same curiosity.

DayR8
Product
Your contracting companion.
A UK contracting companion in testing, bringing source-backed guidance and introductions to useful services into one place.
Status: Testing
LevelledFC
Game
A football life and career game built around actively grinding your skills, earning your progression and making the choices that shape a career.
Status: Building
UpCheckGo
Product
The client-facing experience connected to PocketParaplanner, helping clients provide information and documents with less back-and-forth.
Status: Testing

02In the workshop

PocketParaplanner
Product
The adviser workspace for organising case information, documents and review work, connected to the UpCheckGo client experience.
Testing (stage 5 of 7)
Quobi
Product
A UK business-insurance information experience in testing, answering questions in plain English from approved sources.
Testing (stage 5 of 7)
Garfield Stephens Labs & Games
Experiment
An evolving home for specialist tools, calculators, underwriting experiments and small arcade builds.
Building (stage 4 of 7)
DayR8 Game
Game
It’s a game. It has DayR8 in the name. That’s all we’re saying for now.
Building (stage 4 of 7)

03How we think

Most ideas start the same way: something takes more effort than it should, or it could simply be more fun.

Spot the opportunity.
Notice the thing everyone puts up with, then have a go at fixing it.
Make complicated things easier.
Fewer steps, plainer words, less faff.
Make boring things better.
Admin doesn’t have to feel like admin.
Keep it easy.
If it isn’t easy to use, it isn’t finished.
Add a little retro.
Occasionally, a pinch of nostalgia. We can’t help it.

04The person behind it

I tend to spot things that could be easier, better or simply more fun — and then have a go at building them.

That’s it. No sales pitch.