WORLD 2-1 · GOWANUS
CANAL MONSTERSTUDIOS
3D printing · laser cutting · game dev
A project by John Richardson
WORLD 2-1The Studio
- Location
- Gowanus, Brooklyn
- Building
- Former tile factory
- Floor space
- 300 sq ft
- Windows
- 0 (but one skylight)
- Crew
- 1 human, 1 canal monster
- Est.
- 2026
A small room in a big old tile factory, a few steps from Brooklyn's most notorious waterway.
Canal Monster Studios is where I make things out of plastic, wood, light and code, and write down how they were made. Part lab notebook, part excuse to own a laser.
Systems engineering lives over in World 1. This is the other half.
Character classes
- 3D Printing
Functional parts, enclosures, miniatures and prototypes, plus honest post-mortems on the ones that turned to spaghetti.
- Laser Cutting
Cutting and engraving wood, acrylic and card. Expect templates, joinery experiments and a lot of kerf maths.
- Game Dev
Small games and playable experiments, with devlogs and the source to go with them.
300 SQ FTInside the Studio
Come in, mind the cables.
PROJECTSQuest Log
- STUDIO▶ IN PROGRESSStudio Build-Out
Turning 300 sq ft of an old Gowanus tile factory into a room that can print, cut and ship games.
OCT 2026VIEW ▸ - GAME★ COMPLETEcanalmonster.studio
A pixel-art Gowanus, drawn in code, that relights itself as you scroll. The studio's front door and its first game-dev project.
OCT 2026VIEW ▸ - PRINT???
A 3d printing quest unlocks soon.
- LASER???
A laser cutting quest unlocks soon.
BUILD LOGS & HOW-TOSField Notes
PLAYER 2?Say Hello
Got a collaboration, a question or a spare roll of filament? The door's open.