Enriched game play environment

A gaming system, comprising:

• a real world engine connected to a game world engine, wherein the real world engine is configured to:
• receive, from the game world engine, a trigger of execution of a gambling game;
• and
• determine a gambling outcome of the gambling game using a random number generator for a wager of real world credits in response to the trigger;
• an entertainment software engine connected to the game world engine, wherein the entertainment software engine is configured to:
• provide a skill based entertainment game for play by a player;
• generate a visual display for the skill based entertainment game;
• and
• convey, to the game world engine, a player action taken by the player during play of the of the entertainment game, the player action including use by the player of an enabling element of the entertainment game during the player's play of the entertainment game;
• and
• the game world engine connected to the real world engine and the entertainment software engine, wherein the game world engine is configured to:
• receive from the entertainment software engine, the player action;
• correlate the wager of real world credit of the gambling game with the use of the enabling element in the entertainment game by triggering execution of the gambling game by the real world engine during the player's play of the entertainment game;
• and
• determine the amount of game world credit for the player based on the player action of use of the enabling element in the entertainment game during the player's play of the entertainment game.