Substitution hybrid games

1. A substitution hybrid game, comprising:

a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game;

an entertainment software engine constructed to execute a multiplayer entertainment game providing outcomes upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits; and

a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger at least one wager in the gambling game, on the basis of consumption by the player of enabling elements that enable a player's play of the entertainment game and whose consumption by the player through skillful play of the entertainment game trigger a wager in the gambling game, to the gambling game,

wherein the game world engine utilizes a substitution module constructed to access a database containing player profiles associated with players of the substitution hybrid game, and the substitution module is constructed to:

detect a substitution request from a human player to replace a player of the multiplayer entertainment game via a user interface concerning a gameplay session, where a player profile within the database describes the human player, the player profile including an amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and an accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game;

evaluate whether the substitution request involves a substitution of the player by the human player players that satisfies at least one substitution standard using at least the player profile that describes the human player, the at least one substitution standard including allowing the human player to substitute for the player when the human player's player profile is attributed with a sufficient amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and the human player's demonstrated skill matches the player's skill level as determined on the basis of the accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game; and

perform a player substitution in accordance with the substitution request when the substitution request satisfies the at least one substitution standard.

2. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein:

the substitution request is for the human player to substitute for a computer player engaged in the gameplay session; and

the computer player is generated using a computer player profile that determines a performance of the computer player as the computer player progresses within the gameplay session.

3. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the substitution request is for the human player to substitute for a human player engaged in the gameplay session.

4. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the substitution module is further constructed to:

detect whether a minimum number of players is present; and

add at least one computer player generated using a computer player profile when the minimum number of players is not present, where the computer player profile determines the performance of a computer player as a computer player progresses within the gameplay session.

5. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein at least one substitution standard is specified by the human player in the gameplay session.

6. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the substitution module is constructed to execute on the game world engine.

7. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the substitution module is constructed to execute on a substitution server and communicate with the game world engine via a network.

8. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the substitution module is constructed to execute on a game world patron management server and communicate with the game world engine via a network.

9. The substitution hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the requested player substitution is performed by the human player assuming the role of the player that the human player substitutes for in the gameplay session.

10. A method of operating a substitution hybrid game, the method comprising:

providing a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game;

providing an entertainment software engine constructed to execute a multiplayer entertainment game providing outcomes upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits;

providing a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger at least one wager in the gambling game, on the basis of consumption by the player of enabling elements that enable a player's play of the entertainment game and whose consumption by the player through skillful play of the entertainment game trigger a wager in the gambling game, to the gambling game;

detecting a substitution request from a human player to replace a player of the multiplayer entertainment game via a user interface concerning a gameplay session, where a player profile describes the human player, the player profile including an amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and an accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game;

evaluating whether the substitution request involves a substitution of the player by the human player that satisfies at least one substitution standard using at least the player profile that describes the human player, the at least one substitution standard including allowing the human player to substitute for the player when the human player's player profile is attributed with a sufficient amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and the human player's demonstrated skill matches the player's skill level as determined on the basis of the accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game; and

perform a player substitution in accordance with the substitution request when the substitution request satisfies the at least one substitution standard.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the substitution request is for the human player to substitute for a computer player engaged in the gameplay session; and

the computer player is generated using a computer player profile that determines a performance of the computer player as the computer player progresses within the gameplay session.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the substitution request is for the human player to substitute for a human player engaged in the gameplay session.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the human player is engaged in the gameplay session; and

the substitution request is for a player to substitute for the human player.

14. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing processor instructions, where execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform a process comprising:

providing a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game;

providing an entertainment software engine constructed to execute a multiplayer entertainment game providing outcomes upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits; and

providing a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger at least one wager in the gambling game, on the basis of consumption by the player of enabling elements that enable a player's play of the entertainment game and whose consumption by the player through skillful play of the entertainment game trigger a wager in the gambling game, to the gambling game;

detecting a substitution request from a human player to replace a player of the multiplayer entertainment game via a user interface concerning a gameplay session, where a player profile describes the human player, the player profile including an amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and an accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game;

evaluating whether the substitution request involves a substitution of the player by the human player that satisfies at least one substitution standard using at least the player profile that describes the human player, the at least one substitution standard including allowing the human player to substitute for the player when the human player's player profile is attributed with a sufficient amount of real world credit that can be expended to generate enabling elements in the gameplay session, and the human player's demonstrated skill matches the player's skill level as determined on the basis of the accumulation of game world credits accrued by the human player as a function of the human player's demonstrated skill at the multiplayer entertainment game; and

perform a player substitution in accordance with the substitution request when the substitution request satisfies the at least one substitution standard.