Choice-Based Games with a Spoke and Hub Structure - an IFDB Poll

by J. J. Guest
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After playing a couple of the Fabled Lands gamebooks, I noticed they use a Spoke and Hub structure. I'm interested in choice-based IF games which use a similar structure.

Sam Kabo Ashwell's blog post "Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games" defines Spoke and Hub as follows:

"An important variation of loop-and-grow structures is Spoke and Hub: the game has several major branches, but they all originate at and return to a central node or set of nodes. The player may go out along each spoke once, or many times."

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Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady
2 votes
"Each motel room is its own story accessed from outside " [+]"Each motel room is its own story accessed from outside " ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --baf...

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A Paradox Between Worlds, by Autumn Chen
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc...

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The Forgotten Tavern, by Peter M.J. Gross
1 vote
"I think this should count: do missions from a tavern base " [+]"I think this should count: do missions from a tavern base " ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson
1 vote
"Incredibly..." [+]"Incredibly complicated and detailed, but it certainly has a central hub that connects the whole story." --mg51...

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You are Standing at a Crossroads, by Astrid Dalmady
1 vote
"This game makes..." [+]"This game makes returning to the hub a part of its narrative." () --OverThinking...

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Solarium, by Anya Johanna DeNiro
1 vote
"Central hub revolving around acquiring different materials" [+]"Central hub revolving around acquiring different materials" ( - Full review) --autumnc...

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Night Guard / Morning Star, by Astrid Dalmady
1 vote
"Various paintings accessed from museum hub " [+]"Various paintings accessed from museum hub " ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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howling dogs, by Porpentine
1 vote
"What do you keep returning to?" [+]"What do you keep returning to?: Short stories set in different worlds, after each returning to your daily life in a ... prison? Spaceship?" () --Wynter...

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Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
1 vote
"Central loop,..." [+]"Central loop, with repeating actions. Actually I think any management-centric game would fall under this poll." () --autumnc...

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Poll created on April 18, 2021