CONTROLLED ENTITY HYBRID GAME
A mobile device for a gaming system in accordance with embodiments of the invention operates a controlled entity hybrid game. The controlled entity hybrid game, includes a gambling engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, a mobile device constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game, and a game world client constructed to manage the entertainment game and communicate, to the gambling game, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's instruction of a controlled entity to consume an enabling element of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in the gambling game.
1 . A mobile device for a gaming system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
provide by the mobile device, an entertainment game for a controlled entity hybrid game wherein the mobile device is configured to:
execute the entertainment game;
transmit a request for coupling the entertainment game to a game world client;
receive an approval of the mobile device to connect to the game world client;
couple by the mobile device the entertainment game to the game world client;
determine an action taken by a game world character;
communicate to the game world client the action taken by the game world character;
receive from the game world game an adjustment of the game control parameters;
generate a visual display of the adjustment of the game control parameters; and
execute the entertainment game based upon actions taken by the game world character instructed by the player using the adjusted game control parameters;
the game world client operatively connecting a gambling engine and the mobile device, wherein the game world client is constructed to:
determine a gameplay gambling event occurrence based on the action taken by the game world character;
generate the trigger of a wager of real world credit based on the gameplay gambling event occurrence;
communicate to the gambling engine the trigger;
receive from the gambling engine the gambling outcome;
determine the adjustment of the game control parameters using the gambling outcome; and
communicate to the mobile device the adjusted game control parameters; and
a gambling engine constructed to
determine a gambling outcome for the wager of real world credit in response to the trigger using a random number generator; and
communicate to the game world client the gambling outcome.
2 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the game control parameters include a change in the attribute of the game world character.
3 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the game control parameters include a change the amount of an enabling element by incrementing the amount of the enabling element on a positive gambling outcome.
4 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the game control parameters include a change the amount of an enabling element by incrementing the amount on a negative gambling outcome.
5 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the game world client determines an amount of the real world credit of the wager of real world credit on the basis of another element of the entertainment game.
6 . The mobile device of claim 1 ,
wherein the game world client and the gambling engine are constructed from separate processing apparatuses; and
the communication link between the game world client and the gambling engine includes a network.
7 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is a smartphone.
8 . The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device is a tablet computer.