Systems and methods for using a distributed game engine

A method for facilitating a play of a game, comprising

• transferring a game engine from a first server node to a second server node;
• executing, by the first server node, the game engine to generate a first plurality of image frames associated with the game;
• executing, by the second server node, the game engine to generate a second plurality of image frames associated with the game;
• receiving, by the first server node, the second plurality of image frames from the second server node;
• encoding, by the first server node, the first and second pluralities of image frames to output a plurality of encoded image frames;
• and
• sending, from the first server node, the plurality of encoded image frames via a computer network to a client device.

A computer readable medium storing program instructions for using a plurality of server nodes for facilitating a play of a game, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes one or more processors to carry out a plurality of operations of:

• transferring a game engine from a first server node to a second server node;
• executing, by the first server node, the game engine to generate a first plurality of image frames associated with the game;
• executing, by the second server node, the game engine to generate a second plurality of image frames associated with the game;
• receiving, by the first server node, the second plurality of image frames from the second server node;
• encoding, by the first server node, the first and second pluralities of image frames to output a plurality of encoded image frames;
• and
• sending, from the first server node, the plurality of encoded image frames via a computer network to a client device.