AI bodyguard for your game freelance comms—flags creep, suggests paid upsells.
Gaming freelancers endure scope creep from clients demanding extra work without compensation, causing unpaid overtime and burned-out portfolios.
CreepShield scans emails, Slack, Discord messages for scope creep signals using gaming-tuned AI, instantly notifying you and providing templated responses quoting extras. It logs everything for easy invoicing, turning risky requests into revenue. Protect your time without awkward client convos.
Freelance game developers, artists, and designers working on client projects in the gaming industry
Trained on 10k+ game dev-client threads for 95% creep detection accuracy in niche lingo like 'quick texture tweak'.
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Paste or forward comms; AI flags creep risks with confidence score.
One-click replies proposing paid change orders.
Central dashboard of all detected incidents with exportable invoices.
Gmail/Slack/Discord webhooks for auto-scanning.
AI estimates fair price for detected extras based on role/hourly.
Real-time push/email notifications on high-risk messages.
Scan historical emails to recover past unpaid work.
Share logs with collaborators.
User-defined creep triggers.
Monthly creep stats and revenue opportunity reports.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| hourly_rate | int | No |
| role | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| type | text | No |
| credentials | jsonb | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| message_text | text | No |
| creep_score | int | No |
| suggested_price | int | Yes |
| resolved | bool | No |
Relationships:
/api/scanAnalyze message for creep
/api/scansList user scans
/api/integrationsConnect new integration
/api/templates/:idGenerate custom response
/api/export/invoiceDownload scan-based invoice
No integrations
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 200 | 1.5% | $75 | $900 |
| Month 6 | 1,500 | 3.5% | $1,313 | $15,750 |
Scan comms, get paid replies, reclaim your overtime instantly.
Run Twitter poll on #gamedev 'scope creep stories?' and offer free Pro to top responders. Post in Game Dev Discord 'beta testers wanted for creep detector'. Email outreach to freelancers from itch.io classifieds.
Shared inbox
No AI creep focus
Gaming AI + freelance pricing automation
Email analytics
Generic, no templates
Niche detection + response automation
Network effects from shared anonymized creep data improving AI for all users.
Explosion of remote freelance via Discords/Twitter amid Unity layoffs, increasing bad clients.
Integration auth issues
Start with paste-only
Privacy concerns
Client-side scan option
OpenAI costs
Tiered limits
Success: 85% manual agreement
Success: Positive NPS >7
Success: Repeat scans
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