Line #9 VideoGame/TheStoreIsClosed


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3	''The Store is Closed'' ([[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593010/The_Store_is_Closed/ Steam]], [[https://www.patreon.com/TheStoreisClosed Patreon]]) is an upcoming [[MultiPlatform multi-platform]] [[IndieGame indie]] [[SurvivalSandbox survival sandbox]] game based on the [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]] horror story [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3008 SCP-3008]] ([[Recap/SCPFoundationSCPs3000To3499 recap]]). It is currently in closed alpha, with a projected 2024 release date for the [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows PC]], Platform/{{Xbox}} Series X/S and [[Platform/PlayStation5 PS5]]. The premise of the game is that the player character is trapped 24/7 in an infinitely large furniture store with no exit, trying to survive amidst hostile staff, whose behavior depends on the day-night cycle and becomes increasingly violent outside the store’s opening hours.
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5	See also ''Videogame/SCP3008Roblox'' for the currently available interpretation of its namesake.
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8	!!This game provides examples of:
9	* AdaptationalBadass: The staff in the original SCP-3008 story are described as faceless. In this game they look monstrous and the way they speak the titular line "The store is closed" are made distorted. The staff are also hostile in daylight, as opposed to being passive like in the original namesake.
10	* BenevolentArchitecture: To upgrade your weapons, you’re going to need scrap metal. Which you can collect by dismantling the store’s wall lights.
11	* BiggerOnTheInside: From the outside, the building appears like a normal big-box store. However, the inside is [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding infinitely large]].
12	* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Not unlike its real-world counterpart.
13	* DieChairDie: Destroying furniture gives you the materials you need to progress through the game.
14	* DressCodedForYourConvenience: The staff.
15	* EldritchLocation: The store where the entire game takes place.
16	* EquipmentBasedProgression: The player character has to focus on items, building and crafting to get through the game, while their stats are fixed.
17	%%* {{FictionalCounterpart}}: See ''ScrewedByTheLawyers'' on the Trivia page.
18	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Food and drinks are the primary means to restore your health.
19	* HumanoidAbomination: The [[spoiler:mimic]].
20	* InfiniteFlashlight: It turns on automatically as the store lights go out.
21	* LargeAndInCharge: Managers are of much greater height than basic employees.
22	* MonstrousHumanoid: Staff members, especially the [[spoiler:managers]], have horribly disfigured faces but are still more or less neatly dressed in corporate apparel.
23	* NiceDayDeadlyNight: Staff members are already pretty hostile during the store’s opening hours, but they become even more violent at night.
24	* NoMouth: The basic employees. Somehow, they still manage to point out to you politely that you’re supposed to leave the store.
25	* OminousVisualGlitch: While the player character is fighting against a mimic, the screen becomes blurred with chromatic aberration.
26	* PunchClockVillain: The basic employees, at least during the day.
27	* RagdollPhysics: Justified. When you kill a staff member, their limbs become grotesquely contorted. However, the original story specifically mentions that staff members don’t seem to have any skeleton, muscle, or organs.
28	%%* {{RenamedToAvoidAssociation}}: See ''ScrewedByTheLawyers'' on the Trivia page.
29	* ScareChord: As the store closes, the lights go out with a loud click. Same when they turn back on in the morning.
30	* ScaryTeeth:
31	** Pillow Creatures are also called ''biters'' for a reason.
32	** The [[spoiler:manager]] has a single huge fang in [[spoiler:place of a face]].
33	* SchmuckBait: Interacting with a [[spoiler:customer service button]] will spawn a boss fight.
34	%%* {{WhatDoesThisButtonDo}}: See ''SchmuckBait''.
35	* WideOpenSandbox: Played for horror as it is set in an infinitely large IKEA-like store.
36	* WritingAroundTrademarks: It's obvious that the entire game is set inside a supernaturally warped IKEA as it is the original SCP-3008 story, complete with the color and design, but without the actual branding.

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