{"id":361821,"date":"2018-11-21T03:22:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T11:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=361821"},"modified":"2020-06-30T07:20:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:20:50","slug":"make-game-maps-with-cityengine","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine","title":{"rendered":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine"},"author":9292,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771],"tags":[25781,549072,38511,268011,268021],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-361821","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-example","tag-gaming","tag-use-case","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You know those times when you\u2019re just enjoying a normal day and minding your own business and out of nowhere, Devin Lavigne from Houseal Lavigne sends you an Email with some content that just simply blows your mind!<br \/>\nWell, that\u2019s exactly what happened to me last week and I just knew I had to write a blog post about it and hope that I am somehow able to do this justice.<\/p>\n<p>Houseal Lavigne is a Chicago based professional consulting firm specializing in all areas of Community Planning, Urban Design, and Economic Development.<br \/>\nOne of the many reasons why we love them, is because they have been using CityEngine in their projects pretty much since day one.<br \/>\nYou might have seen us showcase their CityEngine work on the Oshkosh Corporation World Headquarters\u2026<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361901,"id":361901,"title":"oshkosh","filename":"oshkosh.png","filesize":1239250,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/oshkosh","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Oshkosh Corporation World Headquarters","name":"oshkosh","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 10:07:30","modified":"2018-11-21 10:15:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1736,"height":1126,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":138,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","medium-width":402,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":498,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","large-width":1665,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":996,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","2048x2048-width":1736,"2048x2048-height":1126,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","card_image-width":717,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oshkosh.png","wide_image-width":1665,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>\u2026or the Battle Creek Master Plan.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361831,"id":361831,"title":"battle creek","filename":"battlecreek.png","filesize":151970,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/battlecreek","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Battle Creek Master Plan","name":"battlecreek","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 09:54:00","modified":"2018-11-21 10:15:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":997,"height":314,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":67,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":146,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":242,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","large-width":997,"large-height":314,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","1536x1536-width":997,"1536x1536-height":314,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","2048x2048-width":997,"2048x2048-height":314,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":260,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/battlecreek.png","wide_image-width":997,"wide_image-height":314}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>As amazing as this already is, this blog post today is not about any of that, this blog post is about the team based action game \u201cCounter-Strike\u201d (yes, you read that correctly!).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to wager a guess that a good percent of you reading this article have had an introduction to this game at some point in your life. My introduction to it was in my University dorm in Melbourne in 2005 \u2013 which almost caused me to throw my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop out of the window numerous times in a bout of frustration.<\/p>\n<h2>What are you talking about?<\/h2>\n<p>So, what does all this gaming talk have to do with Houseal Lavigne and ESRI? Well, just like Taisha circa 2005, the employees at Houseal Lavigne like to ring in the weekend with a little bit of team based action game fun.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","author_name":"Devin Lavigne","author_profession_organization":"Principal and Co-Founder at Houseal Lavigne","image":false,"text":"\u201cTo let off some steam and stress from the week, we play Counter-Strike on most Friday afternoons. We create some teams, or team up against some AI bots, and spend an hour or so shooting each other. We like to say we take our work seriously, but not ourselves seriously. So, when deadlines are met at the end of the week, we all join a private server \u2013 and everyone has some fun.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>\u2026and so, to make the whole thing even more fun, Devin and Nik Davis worked together to surprise their office with a new Counter-Strike map:<br \/>\n<strong>The Houseal Lavigne Office in Downtown Chicago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Chicago Digital Twin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FrBhLKgpVGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This map is so incredibly detailed and although I have never personally visited the Houseal Lavigne office (feel free to invite me for some game time, Devin!), I feel as though I now know exactly how the office and downtown Chicago look.<\/p>\n<p>To give you an idea, here are some examples of parts of the city as seen in Google Street View vs. the map created by Devin and Nik.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361871,"id":361871,"title":"googlestreetview2","filename":"googlestreetview2.jpg","filesize":324412,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/googlestreetview2","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Real View","name":"googlestreetview2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 09:59:56","modified":"2018-11-21 10:17:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2113,"height":1073,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":108,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":236,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":390,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":975,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":780,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":419,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview2.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":975}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361861,"id":361861,"title":"cs2","filename":"cs2.jpg","filesize":414422,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/cs2","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Game Level View","name":"cs2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 09:59:35","modified":"2018-11-21 10:17:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2112,"height":1188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":120,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1152,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs2.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361891,"id":361891,"title":"googlestreetview","filename":"googlestreetview.jpg","filesize":328142,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/googlestreetview","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Real View","name":"googlestreetview","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 10:00:14","modified":"2018-11-21 10:18:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2111,"height":1082,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":238,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":394,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":984,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":787,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1050,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":423,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/googlestreetview.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":984}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361881,"id":361881,"title":"cs1","filename":"cs1.jpg","filesize":324793,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/cs1","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"Game Level View","name":"cs1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 10:00:05","modified":"2018-11-21 10:18:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2112,"height":1188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":120,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1152,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cs1.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How was it made?<\/h2>\n<p>In case you\u2019re wondering how this Counter-Strike map masterpiece was created, here are a few details for you.<\/p>\n<p>The interiors were predominantly created in Trimble SketchUp and the exteriors and urban environment was made with CityEngine and ArcGIS (obviously, as if you would use anything else!).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","author_name":"Devin Lavigne","author_profession_organization":"Principal and Co-Founder at Houseal Lavigne","image":false,"text":"We used the City of Chicago\u2019s GIS data to create a Downtown massing model. Then we used CityEngine\u2019s viewshed analysis to thin the number of visible buildings (critical for fast game play) down from 738 to about 100."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361911,"id":361911,"title":"CityEngine_ViewDome","filename":"CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","filesize":6779411,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\/cityengine_viewdome","alt":"","author":"7041","description":"","caption":"","name":"cityengine_viewdome","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361821,"date":"2018-11-21 10:08:20","modified":"2018-11-21 10:08:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1898,"height":1354,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":152,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","medium-width":366,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":548,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","large-width":1514,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1096,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","2048x2048-width":1898,"2048x2048-height":1354,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","card_image-width":652,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CityEngine_ViewDome.gif","wide_image-width":1514,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How was it rendered?<\/h2>\n<p>The whole thing was rendered in real-time in Valve\u2019s Hammer Editor.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you reading might wonder why this wasn\u2019t done in Unreal Engine. After all, this seems like the perfect use-case and this is one of the workflows that I have been going on and on about heavily in recent times. The simple answer to that, is that this map has been years in the making. Long before we even announced our collaboration with Unreal Engine, let alone had plans for the workflow. It\u2019s so great that Devin and Nik managed to get their CityEngine models into Hammer though.<\/p>\n<p>I was curious as to how they did it and just in case you are too: it was brought in by way of SketchUp and some very buggy 5-year-old plugins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<p>In my opinion, Houseal Lavigne is a wonderful example of a company who puts staying on top of tech advancements high on their priority list and doesn\u2019t shy away from trying out new tools. Devin has created some amazing CityEngine rules and tenaciously taught himself how to script in CGA, despite not having a background in software development. To me, this is a testament that CityEngine can be used by everyone and although the learning curve might be a little steep at times, there is so much potential to unlock.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re not already a CityEngine user, then download your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/esri-cityengine\/trial\">free trial<\/a> today (like, right now!) and become the next Devin Lavigne or Nik Davis!<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":9292,"user_firstname":"Taisha","user_lastname":"Fabricius","nickname":"Taisha Fabricius","user_nicename":"tfabricius","display_name":"Taisha Fabricius","user_email":"TFabricius@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-03-26 08:42:10","user_description":"Taisha Fabricius is a technology leader at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. With over a decade of hands-on experience spanning product management, innovation strategy, and tech evangelism, Taisha specializes in Extended Reality (XR) and Web 3D, driving Esri\u2019s strategy for immersive geospatial technologies. With a focus on transforming spatial data into interactive experiences, Taisha is helping redefine how people explore and understand complex environments through XR and web-native 3D.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":80491,"post_author":"6991","post_date":"2017-11-22 14:16:26","post_date_gmt":"2017-11-22 14:16:26","post_content":"","post_title":"New Visibility Analysis Tools in CityEngine 2017.1","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-visibility-analysis-tools-in-cityengine-2017-1","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-03-26 21:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2018-03-26 21:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/new-visibility-analysis-tools-in-cityengine-2017-1\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":321292,"post_author":"9292","post_date":"2018-09-18 03:46:42","post_date_gmt":"2018-09-18 10:46:42","post_content":"","post_title":"CityEngine 2018.1 Release Highlights","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"cityengine-2018-1-release-highlights","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-04-01 15:42:49","post_modified_gmt":"2019-04-01 22:42:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=321292","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/card-2.png","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/banner-2.png"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make Game Maps With CityEngine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Game Maps With CityEngine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArcGIS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ESRI\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taisha Fabricius\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7f11c9ae7286faba6245a0db8bdfbd59\"},\"headline\":\"Make Game Maps With CityEngine\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-21T11:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\"},\"wordCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"3D\",\"EsriRDZurich\",\"example\",\"Gaming\",\"Use-Case\"],\"articleSection\":[\"3D Visualization &amp; Analytics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\",\"name\":\"Make Game Maps With CityEngine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-21T11:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Make Game Maps With CityEngine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/\",\"name\":\"ArcGIS Blog\",\"description\":\"Get insider info from Esri product teams\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Esri\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Esri.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Esri.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Esri\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESRI\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/5311\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7f11c9ae7286faba6245a0db8bdfbd59\",\"name\":\"Taisha Fabricius\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Taisha Fabricius\"},\"description\":\"Taisha Fabricius is a technology leader at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. With over a decade of hands-on experience spanning product management, innovation strategy, and tech evangelism, Taisha specializes in Extended Reality (XR) and Web 3D, driving Esri\u2019s strategy for immersive geospatial technologies. With a focus on transforming spatial data into interactive experiences, Taisha is helping redefine how people explore and understand complex environments through XR and web-native 3D.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taishafabricius\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/author\/tfabricius\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine","description":"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine","og_description":"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine","og_site_name":"ArcGIS Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/","article_modified_time":"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@ESRI","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine"},"author":{"name":"Taisha Fabricius","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7f11c9ae7286faba6245a0db8bdfbd59"},"headline":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine","datePublished":"2018-11-21T11:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine"},"wordCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["3D","EsriRDZurich","example","Gaming","Use-Case"],"articleSection":["3D Visualization &amp; Analytics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine","name":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-21T11:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-30T14:20:50+00:00","description":"Find out how CityEngine was used to create maps for games.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/make-game-maps-with-cityengine#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Make Game Maps With CityEngine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/","name":"ArcGIS Blog","description":"Get insider info from Esri product teams","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization","name":"Esri","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Esri.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Esri.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"Esri"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ESRI","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/5311\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7f11c9ae7286faba6245a0db8bdfbd59","name":"Taisha Fabricius","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg","caption":"Taisha Fabricius"},"description":"Taisha Fabricius is a technology leader at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. With over a decade of hands-on experience spanning product management, innovation strategy, and tech evangelism, Taisha specializes in Extended Reality (XR) and Web 3D, driving Esri\u2019s strategy for immersive geospatial technologies. With a focus on transforming spatial data into interactive experiences, Taisha is helping redefine how people explore and understand complex environments through XR and web-native 3D.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taishafabricius\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/author\/tfabricius"}]}},"text_date":"November 21, 2018","author_name":"Taisha Fabricius","author_page":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/author\/tfabricius","custom_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/banner-2.png","primary_product":"ArcGIS CityEngine","tag_data":[{"term_id":25781,"name":"3D","slug":"3d","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25781,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":342,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":549072,"name":"EsriRDZurich","slug":"esrirdzurich","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":549072,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":96,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":38511,"name":"example","slug":"example","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":38511,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":268011,"name":"Gaming","slug":"gaming","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":268011,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":268021,"name":"Use-Case","slug":"use-case","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":268021,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"category_data":[{"term_id":23771,"name":"3D Visualization &amp; Analytics","slug":"3d-gis","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23771,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":692,"filter":"raw"}],"product_data":[{"term_id":36781,"name":"ArcGIS CityEngine","slug":"city-engine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36781,"taxonomy":"product","description":"","parent":36591,"count":83,"filter":"raw"}],"primary_product_link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s=#&products=city-engine","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/361821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/361821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361821"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=361821"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=361821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}