Systems and methods for supporting different player types in a franchise game based on ownership of unique digital articles
Systems and methods to support different player types in a franchise game based on ownership of unique digital articles are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute an instance of a franchise game, the different player types including a first player type and a second player type providing access to different utilities; receive and perform in-game action instructions from players having different player types, wherein different in-game action instructions fall within different sets of utilities; receive exchange instructions from a particular player having the first player type to obtain a particular affiliation-specific unique digital article; modify the player account for the particular player such that the particular player no longer has the first player type but rather the second player type; receive and perform a particular in-game action instruction from the particular player by virtue of the particular player having the second player type; and/or other steps.
1. A system configured to support different player types in a franchise game based on ownership of unique digital articles, wherein the franchise game includes a set of affiliations that include a first affiliation, wherein the different player types include a first player type and a second player type, wherein the first player type provides access to a first set of utilities related to the franchise game, wherein the second player type provides access to a second set of utilities related to the franchise game, wherein the second set of utilities include a particular utility that is not included in the first set of utilities, wherein the second player type is based on ownership of an affiliation-specific unique digital article, the system comprising:
an online gaming platform including one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
execute, within the online gaming platform, an instance of the franchise game to facilitate presentations of the franchise game to players, wherein the players include a first player, wherein the first player is associated with the first affiliation, wherein the first player manages a first roster including a first set of character-specific unique digital articles that are correlated with correlated in-game characters;
receive an exchange instruction from the first player to obtain a first affiliation-specific unique digital article that is specific to the first affiliation in exchange for a particular amount of consideration;
record ownership of the first affiliation-specific unique digital article on a permanent registry, wherein the permanent registry is based on blockchain technology implementing an append-only blockchain;
modify a first player account of the first player such that the first player has the second player type, in accordance with the exchange instruction;
receive a particular instruction from the first player to perform a particular action, wherein the particular action falls under the particular utility; and
perform the particular action by virtue of the first player having the second player type.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein individual ones of the set of affiliations correspond to individual professional sports-teams in the real world.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the affiliation-specific unique digital articles are limited to a predetermined number of unique digital articles per affiliation.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ownership of the first affiliation-specific unique digital article by the first player is recorded on the permanent registry using a transaction that includes the first player as the beneficiary.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first affiliation-specific unique digital article is tradeable on the permanent registry.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular action includes at least one of:
purchase a virtual item that can be used within the franchise game,
enter a restricted area within the franchise game,
participate in a particular multi-player game mode within the franchise game,
modify the first roster and/or the second roster; and
participate in a particular media channel related to the franchise game.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein individual players of the first player type have access to the first set of utilities within the online gaming platform for free.
8. The system of claim 2 , wherein real-world statistics for the individual professional sports-teams in the real world affect gameplay in the franchise game.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the players having the first player type exchange consideration for performances of at least some in-game actions that fall within the first set of utilities.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the players having the second player type receive a portion of the consideration.
11. A method of supporting different player types in a franchise game based on ownership of unique digital articles, wherein the franchise game includes a set of affiliations that include a first affiliation, wherein the different player types include a first player type and a second player type, wherein the first player type provides access to a first set of utilities related to the franchise game, wherein the second player type provides access to a second set of utilities related to the franchise game, wherein the second set of utilities include a particular utility that is not included in the first set of utilities, wherein the second player type is based on ownership of an affiliation-specific unique digital article, the method comprising:
executing, within the online gaming platform, an instance of the franchise game to facilitate presentations of the franchise game to players, wherein the players include a first player, wherein the first player is associated with the first affiliation, wherein the first player manages a first roster including a first set of character-specific unique digital articles that are correlated with correlated in-game characters;
receiving an exchange instruction from the first player to obtain a first affiliation-specific unique digital article that is specific to the first affiliation in exchange for a particular amount of consideration;
recording ownership of the first affiliation-specific unique digital article on a permanent registry, wherein the permanent registry is based on blockchain technology implementing an append-only blockchain;
modifying a first player account of the first player such that the first player has the second player type, in accordance with the exchange instruction;
receiving a particular instruction from the first player to perform a particular action, wherein the particular action falls under the particular utility; and
performing the particular action by virtue of the first player having the second player type.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein individual ones of the set of affiliations correspond to individual professional sports-teams in the real world.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the affiliation-specific unique digital articles are limited to a predetermined number of unique digital articles per affiliation.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the ownership of the first affiliation-specific unique digital article by the first player is recorded on the permanent registry using a transaction that includes the first player as the beneficiary.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first affiliation-specific unique digital article is tradeable on the permanent registry.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the particular action includes at least one of:
purchase a virtual item that can be used within the franchise game,
enter a restricted area within the franchise game,
participate in a particular multi-player game mode within the franchise game,
modify the first roster and/or the second roster; and
participate in a particular media channel related to the franchise game.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein individual players of the first player type have access to the first set of utilities within the online gaming platform for free.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein real-world statistics for the individual professional sports-teams in the real world affect gameplay in the franchise game.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the players having the first player type exchange consideration for performances of at least some in-game actions that fall within the first set of utilities.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the players having the second player type receive a portion of the consideration.