Mini-game systems and methods incorporated within a video gaming system environment

Abstract

Systems and methods track, via a user resource profile, user progress towards achieving real-world goal(s) based on a plurality of resource-related actions performed by a user, at least one of the plurality of resource-related actions comprising storing a real-world resource to a user-specific location, the user resource profile providing information about the user-specific location, and determine, from the user resource profile, that the user is not progressing to achieve the real-world goal(s). Based on determining the user is not progressing, user access to task(s) that can be performed by the user via an online video game is restricted, the restricting exempting, based on satisfaction of predefined condition(s) a mini-game playable within the online video game, the mini-game including feature(s) limiting playability by the user. An electronic communication including an embedded link to access the mini-game is transmitted, across a network, to a user device.