Persistent progress over a connected device network and interactive and continuous storytelling via data input from connected devices

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• identifying, at a control node, a plurality of electronic devices present within a physical environment, by communicating with the plurality of electronic devices over one or more data communications networks;
• detecting, for a first one of the plurality of electronic devices, a respective device type of the first electronic device;
• determining an Application Program Interface (API) implemented by the first electronic device, based on the detected device type of the first electronic device;
• transmitting one or more electronic messages to the first electronic device, via the one or more data communications networks, wherein the one or more electronic messages are formatted according to the determined API implemented by the first electronic device;
• determining to perform one or more actions for a first user for a first computer game, based on data received from the first electronic device via the one or more data communications networks, including determining to grant, to the first user, one or more achievement points usable to unlock virtual content within the first computer game;
• and
• updating a game state for the first computer game, based on the determined one or more actions.

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more network interfaces;
• and
• a memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:
• identifying, at a control node, a plurality of electronic devices present within a physical environment, by communicating with the plurality of electronic devices over one or more data communications networks using the one or more network interfaces;
• detecting, for a first one of the plurality of electronic devices, a respective device type of the first electronic device;
• determining an Application Program Interface (API) implemented by the first electronic device, based on the detected device type of the first electronic device;
• transmitting one or more electronic messages to the first electronic device, via the one or more data communications networks, wherein the one or more electronic messages are formatted according to the determined API implemented by the first electronic device;
• determining to perform one or more actions for a first user for a first computer game, based on data received from the first electronic device via the one or more data communications networks, including determining to grant, to the first user, one or more achievement points usable to unlock virtual content within the first computer game;
• and
• updating a game state for the first computer game, based on the determined one or more actions.