Content streaming with gameplay launch

A system for launching interactive scenes from streaming content, the system comprising:

• memory that stores data regarding a media content stream, wherein the stored data regarding the media content stream includes a plurality of trigger points associated with different scenes within an interactive environment of an associated interactive application file;
• a communication interface that communicates over a communication network with a user device, wherein the communication interface:
• streams a portion of the media content stream over the communication network to the user device, and
• receives a selection of one of the trigger points during the streaming of the streamed portion of the media content stream by the user device, the selection received over the communication network from the user device;
• and
• a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
• generate a navigation interface for navigating the media content stream, wherein the navigation interface displays scene indications of one or more of the different scenes that are available to the user device,
• identify that the selected trigger point is associated with an identified scene within the interactive environment, retrieve a set of scene data associated with the identified scene, and
• launch the interactive environment of the interactive application file, wherein the interactive environment is launched at the identified scene based on the retrieved set of scene data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a computing system to perform a method for launching interactive scenes from streaming content, the method comprising:

• storing data regarding a media content stream in memory, wherein the stored data regarding the media content stream includes a plurality of trigger points associated with different scenes within an interactive environment of an associated interactive application file;
• streaming a portion of the media content stream over a communication network to a user device;
• receiving a selection of one of the trigger points during the streaming of the streamed portion of the media content stream by the user device, the selection received over the communication network from the user device;
• identifying that the selected trigger point is associated with an identified scene within the interactive environment;
• retrieving a set of scene data associated with the identified scene, wherein the set of scene data includes status data associated with an activity within the interactive environment of the interaction application file;
• and
• launching the interactive environment of the interactive application file, wherein the interactive environment is launched at the identified scene based on the retrieved set of scene data.