As is often said “the ways of the Lord are inscrutable” and there are times when one is surprised to see the fellow-sufferers who come to gather around anything. And in the world of video games, the last thing we needed to see is that Ikea will be interested in the development of a project which is sweeping Kickstarter right now. Do you not know him? His name is The Store is Closed.
Is the Store Closed?
That is the name that the only developer has given to a video game that has managed to reach the collection figures in just a few days. At the end of the entire process of crowdfunding, The Store is Closed has reached 90,000 euros on an initial target of just 11,000. So if nothing goes wrong we could have it ready and on our computers and consoles ready for the month of June 2024.
The game is basically a survival-horror cooperative that takes place inside a huge department store that belongs to a company that sells furniture and home accessories. Surely seeing the outside of the store in the video you have below The image of any of the IKEA will have come to mind that are scattered around Spain or the whole world, so it is not surprising that they talk about this The Store is Closed It takes place on a stage where we could see how, season after season, the ranges of furniture with which we can play are renewed.
the details of The Store is Closed that indicate to us that we could be before a clone of the Swedish store not only part of the exterior. Inside we will see many kinds of monsters and some of them dressed in clothing that, again, is familiar to us: yellow sweater with vertical blue stripes and dark pants, also bluish, which fit quite well with the official way of dressing employees in the multinational store.
What interest does IKEA have in the game?
Faced with so many obvious references to The Store is Closed, IKEA legal services have already contacted Jacob Shaw, who is developing the game, to invite you to remove all the “traces associated with the famous Ikea stores” that are in the game. You know, the corporate colors blue and yellow, as well as the “Scandinavian name” (STYR) and some furniture that seems to be inspired by models sold by the Swedes.
At the moment the legal services have given ten days for these references to disappear, He is about to end up in court and forcing Jacob Shaw to spend more money than has been raised so far on Kickstarter. So at this time it is not known if the game is viable as a response to that notification from IKEA and guarantees its launch as planned… although we will have to wait to see if the multinational’s threats take effect or not.
By the way, do the IKEA lawyers know that there are such things called mods which can return the current aspect of The Store is Closed once you set foot in the market?
