Abstract: Systems and methods for permitting large scale user defined communications comprising animated scenes rendered in real-time are provided. Indications are received from sending ones of user devices regarding desire to create the user defined communications. User selections are received from templates generated at the sending user devices. Particular content items are retrieved from content databases in accordance with the user selections. Metadata is transmitted to receiving user devices that is sufficient to, when selected, cause generation of a custom animated scene with the particular content items in real-time at a viewing user device.