Independent maker space

Different ideas. Built properly.

TrueNorthSys is where I put the things I cannot stop thinking about: a sourdough companion, a text-based underworld, a property website, and whatever comes next.

03
featured builds
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place for all of them
possible next ideas
Useful tools Text adventures Better bread Serious websites Unexpected ideas

The project shelf

Three very different reasons to open a browser.

There is no forced theme here. Each project gets the identity, interface and amount of polish it needs.

01 Live Personal project

TrueNorth
Sourdough Guide

A calmer bake companion that does the recipe maths, remembers progress and guides a loaf from starter to oven.

  • Recipe calculator
  • 13 guided steps
  • Timers and auto-save
Open the guide
02 Private prototype Game project

Shadow-
Realm

A text-based fantasy crime RPG built around choices, atmosphere and the feeling that every quiet alley is probably a bad idea.

  • Branching choices
  • Persistent character
  • World in progress
View the private build
03 New Client project

Ironbridge
Estates

A focused, credible website for a family property business, designed to qualify serious off-market opportunities across the UK.

  • Investor-fit assessment
  • Clear lead journey
  • Professional identity
Visit Ironbridge

The bit that connects it all

The theme is not what gets built.

It is caring enough about an idea to make it real, useful and good to look at.

TrueNorthSys is not a studio pretending every project was part of a ten-year master plan. It is a home for experiments, practical tools, personal obsessions and the occasional serious client brief.

01

Follow the idea

Start with the thing worth making, not a category to fit into.

02

Make it usable

Good ideas still need clear flows, responsive layouts and care.

03

Give it a world

Every project should feel like itself, not like the one before it.

Have an idea?

Strange, serious or somewhere between.

Tell me about it