Systems and methods for making gameplay changes to a video game based upon social network polls

摘要

Various exemplary embodiments are provided to make gameplay changes to a video game based upon a social networking poll or question. These embodiments use the social networking poll to control and organize gaming client feedback and provide gameplay changes based on the gaming client feedback. The various exemplary embodiments also allow a gaming client to receive updates to his or her gaming client device that reflect the gaming client feedback.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
transmitting, from a game server comprising a processor, a poll to a social network system via a network and a social graph application programming interface (API), wherein the poll comprises a prompt, at least two responses to the prompt, and an identifier associated with each response that is linked to a specific game change; receiving, at the game server from the social network system via the social graph API, a result associated with each identifier; calculating, using the game server processor, a winning identifier based on the received results by aggregating the received results associated with each identifier, wherein the winning identifier is the identifier with the highest number of results; processing, on a gaming module of the game server, the specific game change associated with the winning identifier; and transmitting the specific game change from the game server to at least one game client, wherein the game client is a requesting game client.