Google Maps Game Coming Soon

Author: Caitlin Dempsey • 1/14/12 • Categorized as Fun

If you’re a member of Google+, the recently released social networking service from Google, you can look forward to a new addition to the Google+ Games collection. Set for release in February 2012, the game based on Google Maps was promoted in a short video clip. The game was developed by the Google Maps team based on WebGL which allows users to view 3D graphics without having to install any additional plugins (this technology was highlighted last October through GoogleMapsGL).

With the tagline, “Play your world, like never before“, the game is set on a cube board that the user can tilt to navigate a small blue ball through various locations, both indoor and outdoor. Each side of the cube features a different geographic section of the world. The goal appears to be to hit various makers along the way.