Patent ID: 8540566

Claim:
A system configured to provide an electronic game to a user, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a game space module configured to determine a view of a game space for presentation to a user, the game space being segmented into an array of separate zones depicted in the view of the game space; an item module configured to associate discoverable items with individual zones; an action selection module configured to receive selection of an action to be performed on a zone of the game space from among a set of potential actions, the set of potential actions including a harvesting action and a locator action, wherein the harvesting action is associated with a first cost of a rechargeable resource in the game space and the locator action is associated with a second cost of the rechargeable resource in the game space; a zone selection module configured to receive selection of a zone of the games space on which the selected action should be performed; and a selection result module configured to determine a result of the selected action on the selected zone, wherein, responsive to the harvesting action being the selected action, the result determined by the selection result module includes collecting the first cost of the rechargeable resource from the user in the game space, and wherein, responsive to the locator action being the selected action, the result determined by the selection result module includes collecting the second cost of the rechargeable resource from the user in the game space.