Overstimulation

Overstimulation is a visual novel depicting an autistic person’s experience with dating through game mechanics that make listening and responding more difficult for the player. This game was made over the span of 3 months for the U of U EAE Alt Game Development class. 

Controls:

Point and Click (use mouse to navigate)

Esc to Pause

Scroll for Focus

Autism Resources:

National Autistic Society - 

Autistic Self Advocacy Network - 

Autistic Women and Non-Binary Network - 

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered - 

Credits:

- Concept and UI Art, Producer, Storyboarding Script Writing, SFX

- Lead Programmer, Producer, Game Designer, UI Design

Sam Hendersoon - Programmer, Game Designer, UI Designer

Yanxia Bu - Background Art, Sprite Art, Game Designer

Special thanks to Zapsplat.com for the SFX/Music assets, Gaming Reverends for the base blur shader implementation, and DXKorea for the Single Day Regular font on fontlibrary.org.