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Coming Out Simulator 2014.

Coming Out Simulator 2014 is Nicky Case’s semi-autobiographical conversation game. You play a fictionalized version of the author in 2010, choosing dialogue during a difficult evening. The project says characters remember the dialogue options you select, so choices are part of the story’s ongoing context. Read the creator’s content information before playing: the work includes family conflict and emotionally difficult material.

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Coming Out Simulator 2014 project illustration
Original coffeehouse background from Coming Out Simulator 2014. This is a scene asset, not a screenshot of a dialogue choice. Source & credits (opens a new tab)
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YOUR FIRST SESSION

Your first few moves.

Jump to controls ↓
  1. 01

    Read the content information

    Choose a suitable private or shared setting.

  2. 02

    Follow the conversation

    Read the context before selecting a line.

  3. 03

    Notice remembered choices

    Watch how earlier dialogue remains relevant.

KEEP THIS HANDY

Controls at a glance.

Dialogue options
Choose an offered line when prompted.
Conversation advance
Follow the current on-screen continuation control.
Creator page launch
Start the browser game through the original itch.io entry.

Read choices in their context

The creator describes a conversation simulator where characters remember selected dialogue. Take the time to read who is speaking and what has already been said. An option belongs to that scene, not to an isolated multiple-choice test. This profile avoids publishing a preferred route or presenting a difficult conversation as a puzzle with one correct answer.

Respect the fictionalized account

The README calls the work semi-autobiographical and places the fictionalized author in 2010. Keep that distinction when discussing it. The game is a specific story shaped by its author; it does not speak for every coming-out experience or provide a prediction of how another family will respond to the same words.

Check the setting before sharing

Family conflict and difficult emotional material are part of the work. Read the creator’s page before using it in a group, then allow players to stop or choose another activity. The original repository openly publishes the code, art and credits, while the itch.io entry supplies the creator’s published browser launch.

BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE TAB

What happens to your progress?

A portable campaign backup was not established by the reviewed documentation. Treat the linked game and this site’s Saved shortlist as separate records.

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A FEW USEFUL ANSWERS

Before the next click.

Is it entirely autobiographical?

The creator describes it as semi-autobiographical and the playable author as fictionalized.

Do characters remember choices?

The README explicitly says characters remember the dialogue options you select.

Follow the source.

Nicky Case; CC0 sound contributors listed in README. Licence notice. CC0 / Unlicense original work; audio credits in README.

Latest collected source change: Merge pull request #10 from mdamien/patch-1 (opens a new tab) . Repository activity does not identify the hosted game version.

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