Systems and methods for filtering communication within a location-based game

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for filtering communication messages for a location-based game, the operations comprising:

• identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of communication messages associated with a location based-game comprising a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of a real world, wherein movements of a player in the real world are paralleled in the virtual world;
• selecting, by the computer system from the plurality of communication messages, a subset of communication messages based on a distance between a real-world location of the player and real-world locations of additional players associated with the communication messages, wherein selecting the subset of communication messages comprises:
• determining the real-world location of the player;
• and
• selecting, from the plurality of communication messages, communication messages related to additional players located within a threshold distance of the real-world location of the player;
• and
• transmitting, by the computer system, the subset of messages to a client device associated with the player, the subset of messages displayed to the player via an interface of the location based-game.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a plurality of communication messages associated with a location based-game comprising a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of a real world, wherein movements of a player in the real world are paralleled in the virtual world;
• selecting, from the plurality of communication messages, a subset of communication messages based on a distance between a real-world location of the player and real-world locations of additional players associated with the communication messages;
• selecting, from the plurality of communication messages, an additional communication message not part of the subset of communication messages, the additional communication message selected based on a constraint applicable to the additional communication message;
• and
• transmitting the subset of messages and the additional communication message to a client device associated with the player, the subset of messages and the additional communication message displayed to the player via an interface of the location based-game.