Virtual environment for computer game

An apparatus comprising a memory coupled to at least one processor, the memory holding instructions executable by the at least one processor for causing the apparatus to perform:

• receiving input from multiple clients corresponding to modeled objects and personalized spaces of two or more modeled 3-D environments in a memory of the server, wherein attributes of the modeled objects and personalized spaces may be replaced or modified by the input from the multiple clients, the input comprising options selected from an options menu;
• setting in the memory at least one attribute of each of the modeled objects and each of the personalized spaces based on attribute data provided by a respective one of the multiple clients;
• and
• configuring time-delimited data for enabling display of at least one of the two or more modeled 3-D environments,
• wherein display of one or more of the modeled objects and access to one or more personalized spaces is prevented unless authorized by the respective one of the multiple clients that has provided the attribute data, and
• wherein a portal to one or more of the personalized spaces is not apparent to users of the multiple clients.

A method for managing an interactive multiplayer computer game system to provide each player with an option to personally determine elements that appear in the game environment, comprising:

• maintaining a database of electronic content for a game environment having personalized content items each associated with identifying information for game participants and common content items not associated with identifying information for game participants, wherein attributes of the personalized content items may be replaced or modified by each player;
• hosting a game process in which remote game participants provide input via remote clients to a host for manipulation of modeled avatar objects in a multi-user game including the electronic content, wherein the input comprises a command to serve personalized content items to selected ones of the game participants;
• and
• serving output from the game process to the remote clients to cause displays of a game environment thereat, wherein the output is configured to cause simultaneous display of common content items and personalized content items within a game scene viewed in common by the game participants, wherein conflicts between common and personalized game objects are resolved in the game scene based on priorities and wherein priority is given to the object or scene of the game participant with the highest game score.