Systems, methods and computer programs for delivering a multiplayer gaming experience in a distributed computer system

A gameplay system comprising a memory operable to store program code and one or more computer processors coupled to the memory for executing the program code, the program code configured, when executed, to:

• establish a multiplayer game session between the gameplay system, the first player device and the second player device;
• transmit a game initiation message from the gameplay system to a game server, and thereby causing the game server to initiate a single-player modality game associated with the multiplayer game session;
• receive at the gameplay system a first game instruction from the first player device;
• receive at the gameplay system a second game instruction from the second player device;
• transmit to an account provider system one or more validation messages indicating the first and second game instructions for validating the first and second game instructions based on first and second player accounts associated with the first and second player devices respectively;
• receive from the account provider system one or more validation responses indicating whether the first and second game instructions are valid;
• based on the one or more validation responses, determine a shared game parameter from the first game instruction and second game instruction for the single-player modality game;
• cause the shared game parameter to be transmitted to the game server, the shared game parameter forming a single-player input to the single-player modality game;
• receive a game result from the game server, the game result having been generated at the gameplay server by implementing a game action in the single-player modality game based on the shared game parameter;
• and
• communicate the game result from the gameplay system to the first player device and the second player device in the multiplayer game session.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code configured, when executed in a gameplay system, to:

• establish a multiplayer game session between the gameplay system, the first player device and the second player device;
• transmit a game initiation message from the gameplay system to a game server, and thereby causing the game server to initiate a single-player modality game associated with the multiplayer game session;
• receive at the gameplay system a first game instruction from the first player device;
• receive at the gameplay system a second game instruction from the second player device;
• transmit to an account provider system one or more validation messages indicating the first and second game instructions for validating the first and second game instructions based on first and second player accounts associated with the first and second player devices respectively;
• receive from the account provider system one or more validation responses indicating whether the first and second game instructions are valid;
• based on the one or more validation responses, determine a shared game parameter from the first game instruction and second game instruction for the single-player modality game;
• cause the shared game parameter to be transmitted to the game server, the shared game parameter forming a single-player input to the single-player modality game;
• receive a game result from the game server, the game result having been generated at the gameplay server by implementing a game action in the single-player modality game based on the shared game parameter;
• and
• communicate the game result from the gameplay system to the first player device and the second player device in the multiplayer game session.