Personalizable hybrid games

1. A network distributed gaming system, comprising:

a real world server connected to a game world server by a communication link over a network, wherein the real world server is configured to:

receive from the game world server via the communication link, a trigger to execute a gambling game of a hybrid game; and

provide to the game world server via the communication link, a randomly generated payout for the gambling game using a random number generator;

a controller connected to the game world server, wherein the controller is constructed to:

execute an entertainment game of a hybrid game for play by a player;

provide to the game world server, outcomes based upon the player's skillful play of the entertainment game of the hybrid game;

receive from the game world server, control information to personalize the hybrid game by configuring the entertainment game according to a difficulty setting selected from a plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game; and

the game world server connected to the real world server by the communication link and connected to the controller, wherein the game world server is constructed to:

configure the controller by:

collecting from the controller, parameter data indicative of player performance during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game at each of a plurality of difficulty settings, the parameter data indicative of a rate of wagering in the gambling game as triggered by the game world server in the real world server via the communication link based on actions taken by the player during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game and indicative of a rate of accumulation of game world credit during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

selecting a difficulty setting from the plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game based upon the collected parameter data;

receiving from the player a total amount of real world credit to be wagered;

determining a projection of a range of anticipated play time based upon the total amount of real world credit to be wagered, the difficulty setting selected from the plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game, and the rate of wagering in the gambling game as triggered by the actions taken by the player during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

generating a perceivable display to the player of the projection of the range of anticipated play time; and

communicating to the controller, the control information for configuring the entertainment game in accordance with the difficulty setting selected from the plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game.

2. The network distributed gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world server is further constructed to:

determine a range of potential game world credit to be earned by the player while playing the hybrid game based on the rate of accumulation of game world credit during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game, the projected amount of game play time, and the difficulty setting selected from the plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game; and

generate a perceivable display to the player the range of potential game world credit to be earned by the player while playing the hybrid game.

3. The network distributed gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world server is further constructed to:

receive from the controller, a modification of a parameter indicative of player performance at the entertainment game; and

determine another projection of the range of anticipated play time based upon the total amount of real world credit to be wagered, the difficulty setting selected from the plurality of difficulty settings for the entertainment game, the rate of wagering in the gambling game as triggered by the actions taken by the player during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game and the modification of the parameter indicative of player performance at the entertainment game; and

generate a perceivable display to the player the another projection of the range of anticipated play time.

4. The network distributed gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world server and the controller are constructed using a same processing apparatus.

5. The network distributed gaming system of claim 1 ,

wherein the game world server and the controller are constructed using different processing apparatuses, and

wherein the game world server and the controller are connected by respective communication interfaces of the processing apparatuses over the network.