demagogue on 1/2/2019 at 18:09

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For example, in the memory-reading police investigation idea, each node or strand is a memory that contributes clues to solving the crime (the center). You can read the memories in basically any order, many freely from the start and some after you can open them up. But you'll have to go through all of them at some point to get the core clues that open up the end-game. So it might not actually be that different than the hub-and-spokes model the way I'm thinking about it. It's just instead of one hub, there are lots of mini-hubs with their own spokes. You still need to go through all of the spokes one way or another to open the end game.

Edit: The image of a spider web might be misleading, since when I was making these, I was thinking about the LSD model where you instantly warp to different parts (like Obra Dinn's ship or book). So you don't have to literally meander all the way strand to strand to the center. It's more like ... I don't even know the best image for it. More like there's a ball hanging by threads, and you can cut the threads in any order until the ball drops, but some are tangled or knotted up and require you to have cut previous threads (not necessarily nearby) before you can cut them. Maybe that's a better image.