Managing game sessions in a social network messaging system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:

• provide a game selection menu comprising a plurality of game components within a messenger application thread having a thread ID, wherein the messenger application thread facilitates communications between a first user account having a first user identifier (ID) and a second user account having a second user ID;
• receive from the first user account having the first ID, a game selection associated with a game component from the game selection menu within the messenger application thread, the game component having an app ID;
• generate a content entry associated with the game selection, the content entry configured for display in the messenger application thread;
• transmit the content entry to the messenger application thread to cause a first user device running an instance of a messenger application to display the content entry in a message field of the messenger application thread;
• receive a game status of the game component having the app ID;
• store the received game status, wherein the game status is stored in association with the thread ID and app ID;
• and
• transmit to the second user account having the second user ID, the game status, thread ID, and app ID to cause a second user device running a different instance of a messenger application to display the game status in association with a second instance of the game component playable within a messenger application thread of the different instance of the messenger application, wherein the second instance of the game component has the app ID.

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing a player component integrated with a messenger application, the player component configured to communicate with a game library and initiate a playable game session within a messenger application thread of the messenger application;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• provide a game selection menu comprising a plurality of game components within the messenger application thread, wherein the messenger application thread facilitates communications between a first user account having a first user identifier (ID) and a second user account having a second user ID;
• receive from the first user account an input to the messenger application thread indicative of a game selection associated with a game component, from the game selection menu within the messenger application thread, having an app ID hosted on a third-party server, wherein the messenger application is associated with the first user account of a social network system;
• receive a content entry associated with the game component;
• and
• display the content entry in a message field of the messenger application thread, wherein the input associated with the game selection is a touch event on a region associated with the message field.