Independent game guide

AutiSIM

Guide a newly diagnosed autistic teenager through two school weeks while sensory load, energy, social battery, stress, masking and burnout carry between choices.

Loads the game from the creator's official host

Play on itch.io ↗

Playable here on GameWren.The game is served by the creator’s official host inside this page; GameWren does not rehost its files.

AutiSIM

Two weeks of connected choices

AutiSIM follows a seventeen-year-old autistic girl through school, family, friendships, and an approaching presentation. Each day is split into time slots, and every response changes the internal resources she carries into the next scene.

Sensory load, energy, social battery, stress, masking, burnout, and self-acceptance affect one another. Pushing through can preserve appearances while quietly consuming energy, and overload can lead to a meltdown or shutdown.

What the first choice teaches

The opening morning offers several ways to reach school. Taking headphones onto the rush-hour bus does not erase the noise: it costs four energy and raises sensory load by eight, but familiar music lowers stress by two.

Some options show what most people might do while remaining unavailable to the protagonist. They are part of the simulation rather than locked rewards, making the gap between an expected response and an accessible response visible.

Comfort and content settings

Before the story begins, choose two particularly sensitive senses and decide between full sensory effects and a calmer presentation. Sound starts off, with optional Soft and Full modes, and exact numbers or choice-effect hints can be toggled separately.

The story includes sensory overload, meltdowns, shutdowns, social exclusion, bullying, ableist comments, and burnout. The creator describes the game as one lived perspective rather than a diagnostic tool or a claim about every autistic person.

Guide

Setup: Choose a name, special interest, two sensitive senses, sensory-effects level, and optional sound before starting
Choose: Pick one response for each time slot; some socially expected options are visible but unavailable
Watch: Sensory load, energy, social battery, stress, masking, burnout, and self-acceptance affect one another across days
Adjust: Use Calm mode, turn sound off or soft, and show choice effects or exact numbers whenever useful
Content: Includes depictions of sensory overload, meltdowns, shutdowns, bullying, ableist comments, and burnout

Creator's description

On the first morning, taking headphones onto the rush-hour bus raised sensory load by eight, cost four energy, and lowered stress by two, making the tradeoff visible before the next school choice.