About

Built by the people who run the campaigns.

Makeshift is a product of Makeshift Partners — a strategic advisory firm that helps brands navigate gaming audiences. We built Makeshift because we needed it ourselves.

After years of advising brands on Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft activations, we saw the same problem over and over: brands were flying blind. They'd pick games based on player counts alone, spend six figures, and have no idea if they reached their actual customers.

The data existed — scattered across Roblox's API, Fortnite's ecosystem feeds, and dozens of niche trackers. But nobody was looking at it through the lens of “should a brand spend money here?” That's the question we answer every day in our consulting work, so we built the tool to answer it at scale.

Makeshift combines proprietary audience scoring (MVI), cross-platform game intelligence, and a vetted network of 1,600+ creators into one platform. But the platform is only half the picture — behind it is a team that has brokered more UGC brand deals than anyone in the industry.

The Platform

The platform by the numbers

Makeshift isn't just advisory — it's a full intelligence platform your team logs into every day.

52,847
Games tracked
Daily
MVI updates
Claude
AI-powered chat
Real-time
Campaign monitoring
6
Social platforms monitored
CSV + PDF
Export formats

We're not an agency. Here's why that matters.

How most companies work

Most companies in this space are game studios. When you hire them, you get their development team — whether or not they're the best fit for your IP. Their incentive is to sell you their builders, not to find you the right ones.

How we work

We're strategic advisors. We use data to determine the right platform, the right format, and the right creator for your brand — then we match you from our network and oversee the entire production. Our incentive is your result, not our dev hours.

The Team

Practitioners, not observers

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Ben Sarraille
Co-Founder

15 years as a creator in the UGC space. Former MrBeast team member. University of Cambridge graduate.

LinkedIn Top Voice in Gaming. Has helped more brands navigate UGC gaming than probably anyone else. Trusted advisor to industry executives on gaming's future.

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Trent Hensler
Co-Founder

Ex-Head of Fortnite at Voldex (a16z-backed). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Computer Engineering.

Brokered the first-ever UGC brand deal (Kellogg's, 2016) and the first Fortnite brand deal (Samsung, 2019). Led the largest Fortnite game acquisition to date. Grew the #2 largest Minecraft game from 800 to 33,000 CCU.

2016
First UGC brand deal
14+
Campaigns delivered
100M+
Players reached
3
Platforms covered

Our Network

We know every top creator across every major platform

Our network spans Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, and emerging platforms. When we match you with a creator, it's because we know their work, their audience, and their capabilities firsthand.

Twin Atlas
Roblox originals
Voldex
Roblox & Fortnite (a16z-backed)
Noxcrew
Minecraft events
Neura Studios
Roblox music & social
Good Gamers
Roblox lifestyle
Current.
Roblox sports

Let's talk about your brand in gaming.

Whether you're exploring gaming for the first time or scaling an existing program, we can help.