British independent developer Jacob Shaw, also known as Ziggy, is currently creating a survival simulator in “endless furniture shop” The shop is closed. If this description sounded remotely familiar, then you’re not alone – IKEA has drawn attention to the project.
The show reintroduced The Store is Closed October 2020in April 2021 debut trailer released September 2021 started promoting the project as “a game about infinity IKEA”It’s inside September 2022 launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Kickstarter website (until the end).
It is worth noting that on the Kickstarter page and in The Store is Closed itself, the name IKEA does not appear anywhere, however the design of the famous Swedish furniture chain is recognizable at a glance: a blue and yellow logo, employees in yellow shirts, a gray trail on the floor, similar products and signs.
How the portal broadcasts PC playerIKEA’s legal team sent Shaw a binding letter “within ten working days” changes the listed items of The Store is Closed, which “Immediately suggest that the game action take place in an IKEA store”. In case of disobedience, Ziggy is threatened in court.
The show doesn’t want to sue IKEA, so it will be forced to comply. It will not be difficult to change the color palette (“What if I get sued by Target while using red?”), but what to do with furniture similar to “Ikeevskaya”, the developer does not know – is a model in the game (several sets with thematic resources have been purchased).
The show will change all the posters, change the track, cut all the yellow and blue of the game, replacing it with red
Despite the legal issues, production on The Store is Closed will continue, but instead of updating the closed alpha version of The Show in the final week of Kickstarter, Kickstarter will have to work to change the visual style of the game. The fees for creating the project exceeded $ 50 thousand (another six days to go).
Store is closed Early Access is expected to launch in Q3 2024 on PC, and 12 months after full launch, the game is expected to appear on PS5, Xbox Series X and S. Players will need to fend off attacks from mutant employees to night and create weapons / fortifications from the furniture presented in the shop.
Variant of the new visual style of The Store is Closed
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