Domain-based game interfaces and servers

摘要

A gaming platform is presented where various types of non-game domains can be incorporated into a game as a game component. Two or more domains, possibly a website, can become a territory within an online game where players cooperate or compete to dominate the website. The domains can be bridged or otherwise linked to form a game map topology, and allow movement of a player's units from one domain to another. The game space can be presented to players as an overlay in a browser allowing players to engage the game and browse domain content without necessarily affecting the underlying website.

主权项

1. A game server platform comprising:
a game agent that includes a computing device having a processor configured to execute stored software instructions, wherein the game agent is configured to associate a first set of domains with a first user and a second set of domains with a second user, wherein the domains of the first set are associated with one another via a first collection of bridges, and wherein the second set of domains are associated with one another via a second collection of bridges; wherein the game agent is further configured to provide a game to allow the first user to browse the first set of domains linked by the first collection of bridges via a first game interface, and allow the second user to browse the second set of domains linked by the second collection of bridges via a second game interface; wherein the first game agent interface is configured to present to the first user a dynamic game map topology that includes the first set of domains and the first collection of bridges linking the domains; and wherein the first set of domains comprises a primary domain, a set of secondary domains, and a set of tertiary domains, and wherein the primary domain is linked to each of the second domains via bridges of the first collection, and wherein each of the secondary domains is associated with at least one of the tertiary domains via at least one of the first collection of bridges.