{"id":10663,"date":"2022-03-18T17:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10663"},"modified":"2023-02-20T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:45:07","slug":"20220318-10663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220318-10663\/","title":{"rendered":"The Closing Shift, a Japanese horror film-inspired game, will launch on March 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220317-195814\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-17 20:24<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese indie game developer Chilla\u2019s Art has announced that they will release <em><strong>The Closing Shift<\/strong><\/em> on March 18 (PDT) for PC (Steam). A new trailer featuring a scene from the game is also available. The main character in the video seems to be working inside a cafe on a snowy night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Closing Shift | \u9589\u5e97\u4e8b\u4ef6\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dE2PAseayhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Closing Shift<\/em> is a psychological horror game where you play as a girl who works the late shift at a cafe called Chilla\u2019s Coffee. According to the Steam page, the game is primarily a walking simulator with puzzle-solving elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game is said to be inspired by Japanese horror films, so we can likely expect an atmospheric experience that sends chills down our spines. In addition, it makes use of VHS effects to \u201cemulate the look and feel of CRT screens including phosphor screen trail and bleeding,\u201d which will add an extra sense of immersion to the game.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-696x389.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-1068x597.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-001-751x420.jpg 751w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-696x389.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-1068x597.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195814-002-751x420.jpg 751w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Chilla\u2019s Art, the developer behind <em>The Closing Shift<\/em>, is a sibling team that has been putting out short horror games since 2018. The team released titles such as <em>The Convenience Store<\/em>, <em>Night Delivery<\/em>, <em>The Radio Station<\/em>, and more. Their games are popular among livestreamers, so you might have seen one of them before, even if you haven\u2019t played it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Closing Shift can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1843090\/The_Closing_Shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese indie game developer Chilla\u2019s Art has announced that they will release The Closing Shift on March 18 (PDT) for PC (Steam).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-10663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-chillas-art"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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