hub world

Noun

hub world (plural hub worlds)

1. An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.
   • Peach's Castle in Super Mario 64 is an early example of a hub world.
   • First of all, the game is split into discrete levels joined by a hub world.2009, Game Informer Magazine: For Video Game Enthusiasts, page 62
2. A planet which serves as a hub.
   • Otherwise, our beautiful tree might become a definite nuisance on any Hub world to which it is introduced.1965, John Wood Campbell, editor, Analog Science Fact/science Fiction, page 43
   • A hub world in the Kasna Republik, Kasnearfar was a cosmopolitan port for beings across the Four Galaxies.2007, Aaron Michael Fanthorpe, Genesis Project: Prelude to Destiny, volume 1, page 8

   Synonyms:

   hub, overworld