Shared social asset in game

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for playing an online game, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• program instructions for defining at a gaming server a game environment for each of a plurality of users participating in the online game, wherein each user participating in the online game views a respective instance of the game environment;
• program instructions for receiving at the gaming server from a first user a first interaction with a game asset in a first instance of the game environment;
• program instructions for receiving at the gaming server from a second user a second interaction with the game asset in a second instance of the game environment, the game asset being shared across the first and second instances of the game environment by at least the first user and the second user;
• program instructions for evolving the game asset based on the first interaction and the second interaction, wherein the game asset that is evolved is viewable in the first instance of the game environment by the first user and in the second instance of the game environment by the second user.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein instructions that, if executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method for playing an online game, the method comprising:
• defining at a gaming server a game environment for each of a plurality of users participating in the online game, wherein each user participating in the online game views a respective instance of the game environment;
• receiving at the gaming server from a first user a first interaction with a game asset in a first instance of the game environment;
• receiving at the gaming server from a second user a second interaction with the game asset in a second instance of the game environment, the game asset being shared across the first and second instances of the game environment by at least the first user and the second user;
• evolving the game asset based on the first interaction and the second interaction, wherein the game asset that is evolved is viewable in the first instance of the game environment by the first user and in the second instance of the game environment by the second user.