Virtual and real-world content creation, apparatus, systems, and methods

A method of creating game content, comprising:

• receiving, at a processor of a mobile device, first location information detected by a location sensor;
• displaying, on a screen of the mobile device, a plurality of encounter blocks selected based on user data for a computer game;
• forming an aggregated set of encounter blocks that are neighboring one another in the computer game, wherein each encounter block in the aggregated set of encounter blocks comprises multiple edges that define attribute characteristics of the corresponding encounter block;
• validating the aggregated set of encounter blocks to ensure that neighboring tiles in the aggregated set of encounter blocks comprise complimentary edges that mate together based on the attribute characteristics of the neighboring tiles;
• displaying, on the screen of the mobile device and in response to the validation, the aggregated set of encounter blocks;
• receiving, via a user interface and a user selection, a selected encounter block from the plurality of encounter blocks or from the aggregated set of encounter blocks;
• associating the selected encounter block from among a plurality of encounter blocks or from the aggregated set of encounter blocks with a physical location based on the first location information;
• displaying, on the screen, an encounter space corresponding to the selected encounter block or the selected aggregated set of encounter blocks, the encounter space comprising a plurality of content spaces;
• receiving, via the user interface and the user selection, a selected content space of the plurality of content spaces;
• displaying, on the screen, a plurality of content blocks selected based on the selected content space and the user data, at least one content file from the plurality of content blocks having a first virtual challenge criterion and a first physical challenge criterion;
• receiving, via the user interface and the user selection, a selected content block;
• and
• associating the selected content block from among the plurality of content blocks with the selected content space.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication interface configured to transmit and receive data via a communication network;
• and
• a user database comprising information about each of a plurality of users;
• and
• a memory storing:
• a first plurality of incomplete encounter blocks;
• a first plurality of standard content block, one or more of the first plurality of standard content blocks having a virtual challenge criterion and a real-world challenge criterion, the real-world challenge criterion requiring sensed real-world data to be satisfied;
• a first plurality of encounters, wherein each of the first plurality of encounters corresponds to a completed encounter block linked to a specific geographical location and comprising a user-configured arrangement of standard content blocks within an encounter space;
• an aggregated set of encounter blocks that are formed from at least some of the first plurality of encounters, wherein each encounter block in the encounter block set comprises multiple edges that define attribute characteristics of the corresponding encounter block;
• instructions for execution by the processor, that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive, via the communication interface, a user-generated encounter;
• validate the aggregated set of encounter blocks to ensure that neighboring tiles in the aggregated set of encounter blocks comprise complimentary edges that mate together based on the attribute characteristics of the neighboring tiles;
• add, in response to the validation, the user-generated encounter to at least one of the first plurality of encounters and the aggregated set of encounter blocks, wherein each of the first plurality of encounters is available via the communication interface at least a subset of the plurality of users;
• receive, via the communication interface, a request for the user-generated encounter from a user of the subset of the plurality of users;
• and
• transmit, via the communication interface, the user-generated encounter to the user of the subset of the plurality of users.

A game system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• computer memory coupled with the processor and storing a set of processor-executable instructions thereon, the set of processor-executable instructions comprising:
• a set of instructions that identify, based on information received from a wireless communication interface of a mobile device, an available communication network;
• a set of instructions that cause a connection to be established, via the wireless communication interface, with the communication network;
• a set of instructions that receive, via the wireless communication interface and the communication network, first location information detected by a location sensor;
• a set of instructions that display, on a screen of the mobile device, a plurality of encounter blocks for a computer game;
• a set of instructions that associate a selected encounter block from among a plurality of encounter blocks with a physical location based on the first location information, wherein each encounter block in the plurality of encounter blocks comprises multiple edges that define attribute characteristics of the corresponding encounter block;
• a set of instructions that form an aggregated set of encounter blocks with the selected encounter block and at least one neighboring encounter block;
• a set of instructions that validate the aggregated set of encounter blocks to ensure that neighboring tiles in the aggregated set of encounter blocks comprise complimentary edges that mate together based on the attribute characteristics of the neighboring tiles;
• a set of instructions that display, on the screen and in response to the validation, an encounter space corresponding to the selected encounter block and the aggregated set of encounter blocks, the encounter space comprising a plurality of content spaces;
• a set of instructions that receive, via a user interface, a selection of one of the plurality of content spaces;
• a set of instructions that display, on the screen, a plurality of content block, at least one of the plurality of content blocks having a first virtual challenge criterion and a first physical challenge criterion;
• a set of instructions that associate a selected content block from among the plurality of content blocks with the selected content space;
• a set of instructions that associate a content block with each of the plurality of content spaces to yield a completed encounter, the completed encounter corresponding to the selected encounter block;
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• a set of instructions that publish the completed encounter via the wireless communication interface of the mobile device.