Networked hybrid gaming system
A networked gaming system administering a multi-user entertainment game; modifying player actions based on wagers, modifying the game state based on the player actions, and distributing the modified game state to a second player using entertainment software controllers wherein each entertainment software controller is connected to one of a plurality of game world controllers; a plurality of game world controllers, wherein each game world controller is connected to the game server and one of a plurality of real world controllers.
1. A networked gaming system, comprising:
an entertainment software controller connected by a network to a game world controller, the entertainment software controller constructed to:
provide a skill-based entertainment game stored on non-transitory computer-readable media;
present a visual display of the skill-based entertainment game;
generate data for a first player action of the skill-based entertainment game;
distribute via a network the first player action taken by a first player during the first player's skillful execution of the skill-based entertainment game;
receive, from the game world controller, a modified game status update based on the first player action and a wager result;
distribute via the network the modified game status update for the visual display for a second player based on the modified update; and
update the visual display to incorporate the modified game status to the second player;
the game world controller connected by the network to the entertainment software controller and a game server, the game world controller constructed to:
receive, from the entertainment software controller, the first player action during the first player's skillful execution of the skill-based entertainment game;
generate a wager of real world credits for a gambling game based on the received first player action;
distribute, to a real world controller, the wager;
receive, from the real world controller, the wager result for the wager;
transmit, to a game server, the first player action;
receive, from the game server, a game state update of the skill-based entertainment game based on the first player action;
generate the modified game state update on the basis of the game state update and the wager result; and
distribute, to the entertainment software controller, the modified game state update; and
the real world controller connected to the game world controller, and constructed to:
receive the wager from the game world controller; and
provide a wager result from the wager made in the gambling game using a random number generator.
2. The networked hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein:
the game world controller is further constructed to:
generate a modified first player action based on the first player action and the received wagering result.
3. The networked hybrid game of claim 2 , wherein the modified first player action provides an advantage to the first player.
4. The networked hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the modified game state provides an advantage to the first player.
5. The networked hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the modified game state provides an additional game object for the first player.
6. The networked hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment software controller is a game client.
7. The networked hybrid game of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment software controller is a browser.
8. A networked gaming system, comprising:
an entertainment software controller connected by a network to a game world controller, the entertainment software controller constructed to:
provide a skill-based entertainment game stored on non-transitory computer-readable media;
present a visual display of the skill-based entertainment came;
generate data for a first player action of the skill-based entertainment game;
distribute via a network the first player action taken by a first player during the first player's skillful execution of the skill-based entertainment game;
receive, from the game world controller, a modified game status update based on the first player action and a wager result;
distribute via the network the modified game status update for a visual display for a second player based on the modified update; and
update the visual display to incorporate the modified game status to the second player;
the game world controller connected by the network to the entertainment software controller and a game server, the game world controller constructed to:
receive, from the entertainment software controller, the first player action during the first player's skillful execution of the skill-based entertainment game;
generate a wager of real world credits for a gambling game based on the received first player action;
distribute, to a real world controller, the wager;
receive, from the real world controller, the wager result based on a random number generator for the wager;
distribute, to a game server, the first player action;
receive, from the game server, a game state update of the skill-based entertainment game based on the first player action;
generate the modified game state update on the basis of the game state update and the wager result; and
distribute, to the entertainment software controller, the modified game state update.
9. The networked hybrid game of claim 8 , wherein:
the game world controller is further constructed to:
generate a modified first player action based on the first player action and the received wagering result.
10. The networked hybrid game of claim 9 , wherein the modified first player action provides an advantage to the first player.
11. The networked hybrid game of claim 8 , wherein the modified game state provides an advantage to the first player.
12. The networked hybrid game of claim 8 , wherein the modified game state provides an additional game object for the first player.
13. The networked hybrid game of claim 8 , wherein the entertainment software controller is a game client.
14. The networked hybrid game of claim 8 , wherein the entertainment software controller is a browser.
15. A networked gaming system, comprising:
a game world controller connected by a network to an entertainment software controller and a game server, the game world controller constructed to:
provide a skill-based entertainment game stored on non-transitory computer-readable media and executed by the entertainment software controller;
receive, from the entertainment software controller, a first player action taken by a first player during the first player's skillful execution of the skill-based entertainment game using a first visual display of a first player presentation presented by the entertainment software controller;
generate a wager of real world credits for a gambling game based on the received first player action;
distribute, to a real world controller, the wager;
receive, from the real world controller, a wager result for the wager;
distribute, to a game server, the first player action;
receive, from the game server, a game state update of the skill-based entertainment game based on the first player action;
generate a modified game state update on the basis of the game state update and the wager result; and
distribute, to the entertainment software controller, the modified game state update, the modified game state used to generate a second visual display of the modified game status to the second player presented by the entertainment software controller; and
the real world controller connected to the game world controller, and constructed to:
receive the wager from the game world controller; and
provide a wager result from the wager made in the gambling game using a random number generator.
16. The networked hybrid game of claim 15 , wherein:
the game world controller is further constructed to:
generate a modified first player action based on the first player action and the received wagering result.
17. The networked hybrid game of claim 16 , wherein the modified first player action provides an advantage to the first player.
18. The networked hybrid game of claim 15 , wherein the modified game state provides an advantage to the first player.
19. The networked hybrid game of claim 15 , wherein the modified game state provides an additional game object for the first player.
20. The networked hybrid game of claim 15 , wherein the entertainment software controller is a game client.