The unique look of Hitman Go was clearly inspired by dioramas, board games, and architectural models. But the game also had a surprising inspiration—The Rich Kids of Instagram.
Gamasutra interviewed Square Enix Montreal's Dan Lutz:
“It’s kids with a lot of money taking pictures of their everyday lives, and there you see these hugely spaced-out mansions and giant yachts and there’s just kind of a lot of empty space,” says Lutz. “Hitman GO is kind of modeled after that.”
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