Choice-Based Games with a Spoke and Hub Structure - an IFDB Poll
by J. J. Guest
RSS FeedAfter 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."
| 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...  Vote for this game | |
| A Paradox Between Worlds, by Autumn Chen 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson 1 vote "Incredibly..." [+]"Incredibly complicated and detailed, but it certainly has a central hub that connects the whole story." --mg51... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| Solarium, by Anya Johanna DeNiro 1 vote "Central hub revolving around acquiring different materials" [+]"Central hub revolving around acquiring different materials" ( - Full review) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| Night Guard / Morning Star, by Astrid Dalmady 1 vote "Various paintings accessed from museum hub " [+]"Various paintings accessed from museum hub " ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |