Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism?

Hello, friends - I have a nephiew with autism and he take a joy from process of sorting objects, placing objects, replacing objects etc. And I think, that this game will be interesting for him. There is no need in winning this game or level - only process of draging, sorting and placing of objects without any finish or gameover is needed. Idea of settling of the room should be super interesting for him (i know, what he loves to do).

So, the queston is - does this game have an acces for all rooms in one time? Or they are open step-by-step only after winning of the previous level? I just want to ley my nephiew to choose the level (room) he wants without my help. I want to reduce my support to teach him to play solo - this is the main idea of the therapy. But he may loose interest, if the winning process will be too difficult and won't be possible without my help.

Maybe you know other games with similar ideas: dragging, sorting, placing, settling.

Thanks for advice!

<Just to note - my nephiew takes all needed medcine care and real therapy. I just try to find some new interesting things for him >

rin_is_boring replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 11:08:50 am PST
rin_is_boring replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 11:08:50 am PST

I think it could be good. This game goes one house/apartment/etc. at a time, since there is a story behind it. But within each of those, you can access all rooms in that area at a time. Switching between rooms is easy, and to go to the next level you just click a button saying you're done with the current one. The only foreseeable I could think of is if your child wants something to go in a particular place and the game won't let it. For example, there was an instance that I wanted a kettle to be on the counter, but the game wants you to store it elsewhere. If you think that where you placed the item makes sense, then it can be frustrating having to find a place for it that the game likes. Some of these things are important to the overall narrative and contribute to there being some difficulty to complete the game, but if you think that your nephew having more control over where things go would be better, there is an option to turn off restrictions.

FiggyFox replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 11:53:48 am PST
FiggyFox replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 11:53:48 am PST

Originally posted by rin_is_boring:
I think it could be good. This game goes one house/apartment/etc. at a time, since there is a story behind it. But within each of those, you can access all rooms in that area at a time. Switching between rooms is easy, and to go to the next level you just click a button saying you're done with the current one. The only foreseeable I could think of is if your child wants something to go in a particular place and the game won't let it. For example, there was an instance that I wanted a kettle to be on the counter, but the game wants you to store it elsewhere. If you think that where you placed the item makes sense, then it can be frustrating having to find a place for it that the game likes. Some of these things are important to the overall narrative and contribute to there being some difficulty to complete the game, but if you think that your nephew having more control over where things go would be better, there is an option to turn off restrictions.
Super! Thanks for answer!

I think, that we will open new house together and he will play in the rooms by himself.

Wren replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 5:12:09 pm PST
Wren replied to Could this game be a good therapy for kid with authism? January 27, 2022 @ 5:12:09 pm PST

Hi FiggyFox, I just want to add that the game has an option in the accessibility settings menu to "allow items anywhere" which turns off the requirement that certain items have to be put in specific places. :) I hope your nephew enjoys it!

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