“Sincerely the best shoe game I've ever played — and when I say that, I MEAN that.”
James
Conway
Scottish builder, just landed in the US. I make apps and products end-to-end — three trading card games at 700K+ downloads, an AI voice-agent platform, and a family-organizer app, all shipped solo. Looking for a founding engineer role.
- 1998Born in Scotland
- 2012Built my first computer with my dad
- 2016Started computer science
- 2017Shipped my first app to the App Store
- 2020BSc Comp Sci · joined LiveCode
- 2022Started Boxed Up · nights and weekends
- 2024Left LiveCode · all in on the apps
- 2026Moved to the US
0 downloads
across three trading card games
$0 revenue
profitable · zero outside funding
Five products. One founder.
no cofounders, no team
Here it all is ↓



Calltex
AI phone agents that answer calls and book jobs for home-services businesses — 24/7.


Words from users
App Store“The cards themselves are great. You get the full name of the shoe and the real-life price, which I think is cool.”
“The mini games are perfectly varied — there's one for every kind of fan, from casual to sneaker aficionado.”
“One of the best apps I've downloaded in recent memory. So fun to collect my favourite movies, and some of the best movie trivia around.”
“Best movie collection game out. Amazing mini games, daily updates to keep things fresh.”
“Without a shadow of doubt, it's the best music collecting game OAT.”
“Way more addicting than I expected. If you're into trading card games and music, this is right up your alley.”
“I've been using this app to stay on top of all the family stuff and it's honestly been a lifesaver.”
“The grocery list and to-do list features make organizing so easy.”
Boxed Up was growing by five to ten users a day from paid ads. I built a Discord and pushed players to it — about twenty joined. Then one of them crossposted us into the server of a similar game.
“Went to sleep with 20 in the Discord. Woke up with 120.”
Boxed Up still grows.
year four, still profitable
All of it
Every product on this page was built, designed, shipped, marketed, and supported by me.
- 01FrontendiOS, web, design systems
- 02BackendAPIs, databases, infrastructure
- 03UI designscreens, components, brand
- 04Marketingads, growth, positioning
- 05In-app eventsdrops, tournaments, seasons
- 06App Storesubmission, screenshots, ASO
- 07CommunityDiscord, moderation, support
- 08Live opspatches, exploits, economy
…and everything else.
'22
- 01Boxed Up shipped on iOS
- 02First 10 Discord members
- 03Overnight: 10 → 120 members
'23
- 01100K+ downloads
- 02Reached profitability
- 03Discord crossed 5K
'24
- 01250K+ downloads
- 02Mom Board shipped
- 03Discord crossed 10K
'25
- 01Filmed Up shipped
- 02400K+ downloads across family
- 03Discord at 12K
'26
- 01Tuned Up shipped
- 02Calltex launched (AI voice agents)
- 03Rebuilt Boxed Up with an AI-first stack
- 04700K+ downloads · $375K+ revenue · 15K+ Discord
The codebase had calcified, features were piling up faster than I could ship them. So I rebuilt the app from the ground up — on a stack designed around what an AI coding agent does well.
“I stopped treating AI as a force multiplier and started treating it as a teammate.”
Four years solo.
Now I want a team.
the right product, the right people
Let's talk ↓
Contact
Looking for a founding engineer role at a seed-to-Series-A startup. Reach out.
