11 Secrets for Level Design and Game Environment Ideas, Layouts and Reference with "Google Maps 3D"

I just spent half a working day looking at 3d maps. If you saw me during this time, you would yell at me "AG! Stop playing around and get back to work!"

But, I was actually working. I was searching for interesting locations, collecting architecture reference and getting ideas for top-down layouts.

Once I started using "Google Maps 3D View" option I couldn't stop. I would get lost in a neighborhood after neighborhood discovering interesting locations and collecting real-world reference. When I thought I was done, I would see another street corner, another building, another layout and I had to explore it further.

So here are the 11 secrets I found using "Google Maps 3D View" to get more ideas, top-down layouts, research and reference for your next level design and game environment art project.

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