System and method for facilitating access to an online game through a plurality of social networking platforms

摘要

Participation in an online game through a plurality of different social network platforms may be facilitated. This may include enabling an individual user to log in to the online game, which may take place in a virtual space, through a plurality of different social network platforms, thereby extending the accessibility of the online game with respect to the individual user. The online game may be provided to users through different social network platforms such that a first user accessing the online game through a first social network platform may access a common instance of the online game (and/or the virtual space) with a second user accessing the online game through a second social network platform.

主权项

1. A system configured to facilitate play of an online game through a plurality of online platforms, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: an authentication module configured to receive authentication requests submitted by the users through online platforms, and to cause the one or more processors to compare the authentication requests submitted by the users with authentication information stored on one or more electronic storage devices associated with the system to authenticate the users in response to the authentication requests, wherein the authentication module is configured such that:
responsive to receiving a first valid authentication request submitted by a first user through a first online platform, the authentication module logs the first user into the online game to control a first character associated with the first user, andresponsive to receiving a second valid authentication request submitted by a second user through a second online platform, the authentication module logs the second user into the online game to control a second character associated with the second character; anda space module configured to execute an instance of a virtual space in which the online game is played, and wherein the space module is configured such that responsive to the first user and the second user being logged into the online game by the authentication module, the space module (i) implements the instance of the virtual space to determine view information that defines a first view of the virtual space for presentation to the first user, and a second view of the virtual space for presentation to the second user, and (ii) transmits the first view of the virtual space to a display device of a client computing platform associated with the first user to facilitate presentation of the first view to the first user and transmits the second view of the virtual space to a display device of a client computing platform associated with the second user to facilitate presentation of the the second view to the second user,wherein the first character under control of the first user is viewable in the second view, and wherein the second character under control of the second user is viewable in the first view.