Lockstep client-server architecture

A server system, comprising:

• a memory to store initializing information;
• and
• a computer processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to:
• send, to each of a plurality of client devices, the initializing information at a start of a task in a client application running on each of the plurality of client devices;
• receive an input message from one of the plurality of client devices, wherein the input message is generated from an interaction with the task in the client application;
• generate updated information for the task in the client application based on the received input message;
• and
• send the updated information to each of the plurality of client devices while the task in the client application is running to maintain synchronism between the server and the plurality of client devices for the task.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer processing device of a server, cause the computer processing device to:

• send, by the server to each of a plurality of client devices, initializing information at a start of a task in a client application running on each of the plurality of client devices;
• receive, by the server, an input message from one of the plurality of client devices, wherein the input message is generated from an interaction with the task in the client application;
• generate, by the computer processing device of the server, updated information for the task in the client application based on the received input message;
• and
• send, by the server, the updated information to each of the plurality of client devices while the task in the client application is running to maintain synchronism between the server and the plurality of client devices for the task.