Easter Eggs of Welcome to Elk
Some of the achievements in Welcome to Elk are a personal touch from the members of the Triple Topping team. You might be lucky to find Astrids (Co-writer & Director) secret-but-not-so-secret-anymore hotdog recipe. It has ingredients like jalapenos and mustard, and we actually celebrated the release of Welcome to Elk with delicious hotdogs.
You might already have clicked on the car at Mr. Bos place, but it actually represents Anne Louises (2D artist) beloved car, Marina. The name comes from the model Morris Marina from 1972, which Anne Louise drove around in for a couple of years before its death in 2006. Marina had personality and meant a lot for Anne Louise, so the memory of her is forever sealed as an easter egg in the game.
Other easter eggs are tributes to games that have a special place in our hearts. Although reception is bad on Elk, Frigg managed to download the game Tick Tock: A Tale for Two (2019) on her phone. The game is a multiplayer adventure game played on two devices, and is made by the small company, Other Tales, who are good friends of Triple Topping.
It might also be that you beat Mr. Bo at golf, but the weird golfing actually comes from the physics-based golf parody What the Golf? (2019) made by Triple Toppings other friend, Triband.
At one point in the game, Frigg unpacks her things and decorates her room with a toy resembling a cat stuck in a toast. This is an actual toy that Murray (Art Director & Co-Writer) received as a souvenir gift from his brother who came back from a trip to Japan. The idea of making a toy cat being stuck in a piece of bread was so weird that it had to be in the game.
You might also have noticed the Left Behind poster in Friggs room, which is a cartoon pitch that Murray worked on and which never saw the light of day. Left Behind was a sci-fi comedy sitcom about a small group of aliens stuck on an asteroid theme park hurtling through space.
There are many more stories we want to tell you about the easter eggs in Welcome to Elk, but lets not reveal too much before you have experienced the game in full. We hope that you liked these easter eggs. We had a lot of fun creating them! Big hugs, Triple Topping
[ 2020-10-07 12:01:51 CET ] [ Original post ]
Welcome to Elk is about telling true stories that reflect the themes in our lives. Some are tragic, others are filled with humour and love. Every character in the game has a story to tell, but there are more stories lurking under the surface than you might think. In Welcome to Elk you will find many messages and things hidden around the island that each contain their own little story. Some tell smaller personal stories about the people of the Triple Topping team, others are related to games that have a special place in our hearts. There are many, so we cannot show you all of them. But that would also ruin the fun of an egg hunt.
Steam Achievements
Some of the achievements in Welcome to Elk are a personal touch from the members of the Triple Topping team. You might be lucky to find Astrids (Co-writer & Director) secret-but-not-so-secret-anymore hotdog recipe. It has ingredients like jalapenos and mustard, and we actually celebrated the release of Welcome to Elk with delicious hotdogs.
You might already have clicked on the car at Mr. Bos place, but it actually represents Anne Louises (2D artist) beloved car, Marina. The name comes from the model Morris Marina from 1972, which Anne Louise drove around in for a couple of years before its death in 2006. Marina had personality and meant a lot for Anne Louise, so the memory of her is forever sealed as an easter egg in the game.
Games we love
Other easter eggs are tributes to games that have a special place in our hearts. Although reception is bad on Elk, Frigg managed to download the game Tick Tock: A Tale for Two (2019) on her phone. The game is a multiplayer adventure game played on two devices, and is made by the small company, Other Tales, who are good friends of Triple Topping.
It might also be that you beat Mr. Bo at golf, but the weird golfing actually comes from the physics-based golf parody What the Golf? (2019) made by Triple Toppings other friend, Triband.
Fun little memories
At one point in the game, Frigg unpacks her things and decorates her room with a toy resembling a cat stuck in a toast. This is an actual toy that Murray (Art Director & Co-Writer) received as a souvenir gift from his brother who came back from a trip to Japan. The idea of making a toy cat being stuck in a piece of bread was so weird that it had to be in the game.
You might also have noticed the Left Behind poster in Friggs room, which is a cartoon pitch that Murray worked on and which never saw the light of day. Left Behind was a sci-fi comedy sitcom about a small group of aliens stuck on an asteroid theme park hurtling through space.
There are many more stories we want to tell you about the easter eggs in Welcome to Elk, but lets not reveal too much before you have experienced the game in full. We hope that you liked these easter eggs. We had a lot of fun creating them! Big hugs, Triple Topping
[ 2020-10-07 12:01:51 CET ] [ Original post ]
Tales of real stories
Welcome to Elk, an adventure game set on a fictional island stitched together with true stories and tall tales, and inhabited by the people who lived them.
Story
You play as Frigg, a young carpenter trading their busy life in the city for an apprenticeship in a small town. When she arrives in Elk, Frigg worries that the slower pace of life will be boring (they don’t even have the internet), but quickly discovers nothing could be further from the truth!
Tragic stories told with love and sometimes humour
The stories reflect the drama of our lives, on Elk it’s known that humour, love and death go hand in hand. Life may seem hard sometimes, but it is always followed by laughter.
Make new friends
On Elk, you will meet weird and wonderful characters - people whom the world has either ignored or forgotten. Follow their ups and downs, their odd drinking rituals and their unique ways of tackling whatever life throws at them.
Unique mini games
Help your new friends on Elk through playful mini games. All games are uniquely tailored to underline the story and the mood of the game.
Meet the people who told the original stories
We value the importance of storytellers, those who carry the tales of others and share them. That's why, in Elk, you will also meet the living storytellers who inspired us to make this game.
How we used true stories in the game?
True stories? how to use a true story in an ethical way? This is how we have dealt with it in Welcome to Elk:The stories in Welcome to Elk, are told by the people who we know and/or were there when the events took place. All are told from memory. The way they are used both on our webpage and in the game is true to the core story but everything like names, locations and other details are changed, renamed and often re-framed to protect the real people behind them, therefore, we call them tall tales. The stories are not one to one like you would experience in true crime for example. They are rewritten and combined to one linear narrative. Characters may play a role in one story where they where not a part of originally and only us who designed it will ever know – or come close to the real truth of the stories.
Welcome to Elk might look like a “fun” game but it’s about telling stories – some are filled with humour others are dark, but they go hand in hand.
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