{"id":2305,"date":"2013-10-15T21:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T21:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2305-monstermatic-3d-printing-monsters-on-your-phone.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:30:52","slug":"monstermatic-3d-printing-monsters-on-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/monstermatic-3d-printing-monsters-on-your-phone","title":{"rendered":"MonsterMatic: 3D printing monsters on your phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With Halloween just around the corner, we&#8217;ve got monsters on the brain. How appropriate that we stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/claytonmitchell\/monstermatic-the-first-3d-printing-game\" target=\"_blank\">Monstermatic<\/a>, a cute mobile game that allows users to create and 3D print custom designed monsters. Players are given tools to invent, interact, share, and ultimately unleash their monsters into the world through 3D printing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/claytonmitchell\/monstermatic-the-first-3d-printing-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/monstervid.png\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Clayton shared a bit about how Shapeways is helping to turn his idea into reality with the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.shapeways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shapeways API<\/a>:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&ldquo;When we started looking into color 3D printing, like everybody else, we typed &ldquo;color 3D printing tutorial&rdquo; in our Google search bar and looked for results. Shapeways was dominating the result page and quickly became our main source of information. Their guide section is extensive, organized and covers all the technical aspects of color 3D printing.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Once we got our head around the process we started looking into prices and quality. Again, Shapeways was way ahead of its competitors with a strong 15% to 30% below the market price while keeping the best quality available.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Lastly, we looked into how was easy it would to integrate the third party&rsquo;s 3D printing process within our app, and hands down, Shapeways surprised us with a <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.shapeways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">simple yet flexible API<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Monstermatic, players are given tools to make monsters using 3D printing. 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