Game Flow

Arena Modulator

Boss

LoopBack

Sequel Key

Puzzle Gate

Checkpoint

Field

Guard NPC

Key Dialogue

Act 1 Scene 3

Mentor NPC

Dialogue Gate

Muscle Modulator

Key Information

Act 1 Scene 2

Muscle Gate

Hidden Gate

Item Gate

Key Item

Act 1 Scene 1

Start

A2.3

A2.2

A2.1

A1.3

A1.2

A1.1

Linear + Backtrack

Domain

Border World

Keystone World

Nexus Champion

Keystone Vanguard

Vanguard Outrider

Keystone Sentinel

Border Sentinel

Trial Idol

Domain Sentinel

Kinship Idol

Domain Head

Chaos Beyond The Veil

Progression

Domain Sentinels drop keys to Domain Heads, which drop keys to Kinship Idols

Each Border Sentinel drops half of a key to a Domain Sentinel

Each Keystone Sentinel drops a key to a Border Sentinel

Each Nexus Champion drops a key to summon its Keystone Sentinel, or one of its neighboring Nexus Champions

Each Keystone Vanguard drops a key to summon its Nexus Champion, or a neighboring Keystone Vanguard

Each Vanguard Outrider drops a key to summon its Keystone Vanguard

Trial Idols drop keys to summon 2 of 3 Vanguard Outriders, one of the opposite element, and one of either of the neighbors of the opposite element

Linear Hubs + Backtrack

Hub 1 Act 2

Exploration

Metroidvania

Branching Hubs

Linear Hubs

Open-World

Hub-Based

Branching

Linear

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.1

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

End Hub

Start Hub

World

SQA

SQB

Hub 2B

Hub 2A

Hub 3

Hub 2

Hub 1

SQ

Act 3B

Act 3A

End

Act 3

Act 2

Act 1

Hub

Tutorial

Game Flow