Systems and methods for storing player state caches locally on ride vehicles

An amusement park ride vehicle, comprising:

• an on-board ride and game control sub-system configured to control local features of a ride and game control system associated with an amusement park ride system without communicating with an off-board ride and game control sub-system configured to control global features of the ride and game control system associated with the amusement park ride system, wherein the local features of the ride and game control system occur locally on the ride vehicle, and wherein the on-board ride and game control sub-system is configured to locally cache player state data for one or more riders of the ride vehicle during one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle, to execute game logic locally on the ride vehicle to deliver a game experience to the one or more riders of the ride vehicle during the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle based at least in part on the locally-cached player state data without communicating with the off-board ride and game control sub-system and without accessing data external to the ride vehicle, to change an augmented reality (AR) environment presented as part of the game experience to the one or more riders during the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle based at least in part on the locally-cached player state data without communicating with the off-board ride and game control sub-system and without accessing data external to the ride vehicle, and to synchronize the locally-cached player state data with global player state data after the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle, wherein the global player state data is maintained by the off-board ride and game control sub-system.

A method, comprising:

• controlling, via an on-board ride and game control sub-system of a ride vehicle, local features of a ride and game control system associated with an amusement park ride system without communicating with an off-board ride and game control sub-system configured to control global features of the ride and game control system associated with the amusement park ride system, wherein the local features of the ride and game control system occur locally on the ride vehicle;
• locally caching, via the on-board ride and game control sub-system of the ride vehicle, player state data for one or more riders of the ride vehicle during one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle;
• executing, via the on-board ride and game control sub-system of the ride vehicle, game logic locally on the ride vehicle to deliver a game experience to the one or more riders of the ride vehicle during the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle based at least in part on the locally-cached player state data without communicating with the off-board ride and game control sub-system and without accessing data external to the ride vehicle;
• changing, via the on-board ride and game control sub-system of the ride vehicle, an augmented reality (AR) environment presented as part of the game experience to the one or more riders during the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle based at least in part on the locally-cached player state data without communicating with the off-board ride and game control sub-system and without accessing data external to the ride vehicle, and
• synchronizing, via the on-board ride and game control sub-system of the ride vehicle, the locally-cached player state data with global player state data after the one or more ride cycles of the ride vehicle, wherein the global player state data is maintained by the off-board ride and game control sub-system.