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Wierd IKEA Sim, is a non-euclidean (and abstract) simulation somewhat inspired by Swedish furniture store IKEA. Built with vanilla Vite (TypeScript) and WebGPU, it utilises a custom 3D graphics engine to reconstruct a heavily simplified (and wierd) version of the furniture store based on my experiences shopping there, as well as the memes about IKEA.
This was mainly made to be a small project made so I can explore the world of graphic design, while also taking a break from my other projects. This project is also created as part of the HackClub Stardance event.
This project is not designed to advertise, defame, or portray IKEA in any way. You could even say that IKEA was only used as a small inspiration, and that the simulation is not meant to be even remotely similar to the real thing. If it was too realistic, it wouldn't be fun too make (too much time worrying about furniture placements and 3d modelling), and I might (though probably not) get sued or something.
Also, this project is very, very buggy. In fact, I would such humanslop undeniable evidence that this code has not been severely AI-generated, and may remain to be one of the few non-AI works of humanslop produced in the year 2026. For example, there was a problem where the portals would get this outline if I increased the near plane threshold, and if I decreased it near portals won't render. Thus, I resorted to fixing the near plane threshold bug, since I could probably make an excuse for the other bug.
There are currently 4 bugs (including the 2 above) that are in the simulation. Have fun bug-hunting!
- Custom noneuclidean portal rendering
- Some shelves, IKEA-like pallettes and an IKEA-ish shell Will add (though may not add in current ship):
- Custom glTF or OBJ rendering
- Blahaj (in plural)
- Actual content in the rooms.
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Reference for Pallettes:
Reference for Exterior (from the IKEA near me):
For those of you curious, here's how the source code is structured.
- audio/ - Contains Audio initialisation function
- colour/ - Map for IKEA's colour scheme
- core/ - Contains the source code for the engine
- input/ - Contains input detection source code
- math/ - Contains all math functions
- noneuclideans/ - Contains source code for modular noneuclidean structures
- states/ - Contains current game states
- world/ - Contains code that builds the IKEA
- assets/ - Contains the Sketchfab models
- contains media files used in the game
An effort has been made to minimise the amount of AI-generated code in this codebase. While AI is used for certain areas, major versions (eg. versions when shipped on Stardance) are guaranteed to be AI-free. Commits where AI-generated code has been present have been marked with the tag [AI]. Code not being used generated with the help of AI has been tagged with ?AI in the project.
Local Elevator - Kevin Macleod (OG NPC theme) (Played at 0.8x speed for uncanny vibes.)
All glTF models, whether used or unused, are taken from Sketchfab.