Patent ID: 8764534

Claim:
A method, executed on one or more computer processors, for extending a user's play of a realm-building game, wherein the realm-building game comprises a first realm built from one or more basic assets in a virtual space of an online competitive multiplayer game, the method comprising: executing an instance of the virtual space and implementing the instance of the virtual space to facilitate user participation in the online competitive multiplayer game; assigning a realm value, using the one or more computer processors, to the first realm in the virtual space of the online competitive multiplayer game based on respective values associated with the one or more basic assets used to build the first realm; determining, using the one or more computer processors, a difference between the realm value of the first realm and a predetermined threshold value; offering, to the user, an option to improve the first realm for a cost determined based on the difference between the realm value assigned to the first realm and the predetermined threshold value; receiving from the user, an instruction to accept the offer to improve the first realm at the determined cost to the user; in response to receiving the acceptance of the offer and acceptance of the determined cost from the user, removing, using the one or computer processors, the first realm and the one or more basic assets from the instance of the virtual space of the online competitive multiplayer game; and providing, using the one or more computer processors, the user with one or more advanced assets to build a second realm in the instance of the virtual space of the online competitive multiplayer game by replacing the first realm with the second realm and replacing the one or more basic assets with the one or more advanced assets to replay the online competitive multiplayer realm-building game in the instance of the virtual space.