Location-based interactive storytelling

A method for use by a storytelling system including a plurality of location-based content (LBC) servers and a plurality of LBC effects databases for use in a real-world story venue, and a computing platform communicatively coupled to the plurality of LBC servers and the plurality of LBC effects databases, the computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a story selection data from a user device;
• obtaining, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a story template corresponding to the story selection data, the story template including a plurality of story arcs each associated with at least one LBC effect;
• identifying, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a location of the user device within the real-world story venue;
• determining, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, using the location of the user device, one of the plurality of story arcs as an active story arc of the story template;
• identifying, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, an LBC interaction zone within the real-world story venue for the at least one LBC effect associated with the active story arc;
• designating, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, based on proximities to the LBC interaction zone, one of the plurality of LBC servers and one of the plurality of LBC effects databases for supporting the active story arc;
• distributing, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, one or more of the at least one LBC effect associated with the active story arc to the designated one of the plurality of LBC effects databases;
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• enabling instantiation, by the designated one of the plurality of LBC servers, of the one or more of the at least one LBC effect associated with the active story arc at the LBC interaction zone.