Supply delivery for interactive social games

An apparatus comprising:

• an interface to communicate with players of an interactive social game;
• a memory to store data associated with the interactive social game;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the interface and the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• initialize an instance of an interactive social game for a first player;
• identify a supply fulfillment invitation sent to the first player, the supply fulfillment invitation including a request for in-game supplies from a second player and being associated with an expiration time;
• present the supply fulfillment invitation to the first player using a graphical expression of a supply delivery vehicle;
• receive a response to the supply fulfillment invitation from the first player prior to the expiration time, the response indicating acceptance or rejection of the supply fulfillment invitation;
• provide an in-game benefit to the first player in response to acceptance of the supply fulfillment invitation by the first player;
• and
• communicate the response from the first player to the second player using the graphical expression of the supply delivery vehicle upon completion of a processing time associated with the request for in-game supplies from the second player.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• initializing an instance of an interactive social game for a first player;
• identifying a supply fulfillment invitation sent to the first player, the supply fulfillment invitation including a request for in-game supplies from a second player and being associated with an expiration time;
• presenting the supply fulfillment invitation to the first player using a graphical expression of a supply delivery vehicle;
• receiving a response to the supply fulfillment invitation from the first player prior to the expiration time, the response indicating acceptance or rejection of the supply fulfillment invitation;
• providing an in-game benefit to the first player in response to acceptance of the supply fulfillment invitation by the first player;
• and
• communicating the response from the first player to the second player using the graphical expression of the supply delivery vehicle upon completion of a processing time associated with the request for in-game supplies from the second player.