Toy system for multiplayer social play

A computer-implemented method, comprising the steps of:

• storing a data structure defining a task structure, in particular a hierarchical task structure, the task structure comprising a plurality of tasks, and the task structure defining dependencies between the plurality of tasks;
• wherein at least a subset of the tasks comprise construction of respective toy construction assemblies from respective pluralities of the toy construction elements;
• selecting one or more tasks from the plurality of tasks and assigning the selected one or more tasks to respective one or more play participants chosen from the plurality of play participants;
• wherein selection and/or assignment of the one tasks is based at least in part on the dependencies between the plurality of tasks;
• presenting, to each play participants to whom a task has been assigned, the corresponding assigned task;
• receiving user-input from the one or more play participants indicative of a completion of the respective assigned tasks;
• repeating steps b) through d) until a play completion trigger is fulfilled.

A data processing system for providing a social play activity, the data processing system having a computer processor configured to execute the steps of:

• providing a database having stored thereon virtual building instructions for constructing a toy construction model, the virtual building instructions divided into a plurality of tasks;
• assigning the plurality of tasks to play participants for completion based on play participant attributes;
• receiving user-input from the play participants indicative of completion of the respective assigned tasks;
• and
• triggering a play completion criteria.