Branching logic in a playback environment

A system comprising:

• at least one physical processor;
• and
• physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
• access a pre-rendered multimedia item, the pre-rendered multimedia item having branching logic associated therewith, the branching logic including one or more branching points that direct non-sequential playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• initialize playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• access, at the one or more branching points, one or more trigger conditions that direct playback order of one or more segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• update, based on the trigger conditions, at least a portion of custom state data, wherein the custom state data is defined using one or more declarative statements that declaratively define the functionality of a specified branching point, and wherein the one or more declarative statements are written using a domain specific language that is interpreted using a custom rules engine that is configured to process branching options during playback;
• and
• play back the one or more segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item according to the updated custom state data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• access a pre-rendered multimedia item, the pre-rendered multimedia item having branching logic associated therewith, the branching logic including one or more branching points that direct non-sequential playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• initialize playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• access, at the one or more branching points, one or more trigger conditions that direct playback order of one or more segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item;
• update, based on the trigger conditions, at least a portion of custom state data, wherein the custom state data is defined using one or more declarative statements that declaratively define the functionality of a specified branching point, and wherein the one or more declarative statements are written using a domain specific language that is interpreted using a custom rules engine that is configured to process branching options during playback;
• and
• play back the one or more segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item according to the updated custom state data.