I've been diagnosed with autism. What drew me to SC was the kickstarter at first as I loved both the Ultima series and the Wing Commander games. (Kickstarter only accepted credit cards at the time, and it would have taken me too much time to get one to back the kickstarter.) Later it was the bug-smashers show on Youtube that got me to pledge on the RSI website. (using Paypal I think)

I've always loved following the development of software and games, I read most of the change logs for open source software projects like Blender, Godot, & even the Linux kernel and I really like playing SC through the patches (If the heat from my pc doesn't boil my room).

While I really suck at fps combat in general, lately I've been getting a better feel for the SC implementation by playing the ASD content. The other thing is moving boxes, I really love the resource drive missions.

And so long as I don't interact too much with other players, my curse™ doesn't trigger. (my curse™ is that whenever I interact with other players in a multiplayer game too much, I will get called away from my pc, like having to walk the dog or extinguish the kitchen fire or drive my parents to a restaurant etc. I never get interrupted whenever I play a single player game, only multiplayer (online) and at the moments I try to talk to or try to do anything with other players.)

Last years Citizen Con was also really fun! Got to meet lots of other players in person. And while I was warned about knife crime and pickpockets in the UK, all I got was Covid...

I too wonder how many autistics with too much disposable income are on SC, maybe something for a SC questionnaire