Custom reward for viral help in game

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing a game. One method includes an operation for detecting a petition for help from a first player to a second player to obtain a first game asset for the first player. The petition is sent to the second player notifying the second player that a game asset needed by the second player would be awarded to the second player for helping the first player. Further, the method includes operations for detecting that the second player has performed a game operation to help the first player based on the petition, and for determining a second game asset that the second player needs for making progress in the game in response to the game operation to help. After the determination, the second game asset is awarded to the second player.

主权项

1. A processor-implemented method for executing a game, the method comprising:
obtaining, from a social network of a first player, a list of friends of the first player utilizing an application programming interface (API) to access the social network; receiving, from the first player, a selection of a second player from the list of friends; receiving, from the first player, a command to send a request via the social network to the selected second player, the request being a petition for help in the game to obtain a first game asset for the first player; sending the petition to be posted in the social network of the second player to notify the second player that an unspecified game asset is to be awarded to the second player for helping the first player; detecting, by the processor executing the game, that the second player has performed a game operation to help the first player based on the petition; selecting, according to selection rules by a game wish manager, a second game asset from a wish list of the second player to be the unspecified game asset, the wish list including game assets pre-identified by the second player, the wish list managed by the game wish manager and stored on a wish list database; and awarding the second game asset to the second player in the game as determined by the game wish manager to enable completion of an incomplete quest, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.