Autosaves will be a thing in the next update, no question. To be honest, I didn't even know they existed until I read about it in a thread earlier.Gladly, there are still parents who strongly believe it's a crime to not raise their children with the older episodes of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom & Jerry and The Muppets. Sadly, for several of those series, those older episodes are getting harder to aquire due to all the self cancelations.
Anyway, back to the game here, a playthrough can take quite a bit of time for a first release, but I decided to try and make a save at the end of each day now (right on the black "day X" screen). If you were to take autosaves into consideration, that's where I'd put them.
Your suggestion of when to initiate them will very likely be where they're implemented. I appreciate the feedback.