Community15 Aug 2026Steam Community Items Now Available!!I am very happy to announce that some Steam Community Items for the game are now available! 9 Trading Cards You will find 9 cards depicting Elfie doing various beach activities to collect. Make sure you check out their full art! 10 Emotes ːelfiehiːːelfiecloseupːːelfiefalloverːːelfielookbackːːelfierunningːːthereshegoːːwhosthatelfieːːelfieleavingːːsandcastleːːcoolelfiehiː · 6 common emotes depict…
Language Related · Small changes to some of the German dialogue texts to make them fit better. · Used the same font variation for the responses for German that Spanish and Portuguese uses. It's slightly more compact than the version used for English and French. Bug Fixes · The sandcastle end level view now proper counts the blocks used. The actual count wasn't affected thankfully, it was just n…
About World Elephant Day Hello everyone! August 12 is World Elephant Day. The event was created to raise awareness to the numerous threats elephants face. Elfie and I would like to encourage you to check out the #WorldElephantDay on social media to learn more about it. You'll see many organization sharing fun facts about elephants, talk about what goes into conservation work when it comes to el…
This is a relatively small update overall, but adding a language is still pretty significant so calling it just a patch didn't seem appropriate. The game is also going on sale to Celebrate World Elephant Day! I'm currently preparing a post about it. :) New Language · Elfie: A Sand Plan now officially supports German! Other Language Related Changes · Integrated the other adjustments made by the…
Hello everyone! I hope you're having an amazing summer! First off, I would like to congratulate Aender Lara for the release of Block Block Block ! It's an incredible achievement and a wonderful game! And just like Elfie: A Sand Plan , it is self-published! Which, I know all to well, comes with its own set of challenges. With that said, it's my pleasure to announce that we teamed up to bring you…
Language Related Changes and Bug Fixes · Changed the fonts used for the Korean localization to be more similar to the latin alphabet fonts. · Re-added some of the remapping translations that were deleted by mistake for the Korean localization after the revision from patch 1.1.1. · Fixed the entry that for both Korean and Simplified Chinese for the unlocks. No content changes per say in this pat…
Language · Adjustments made to the dialogues to be more in line with the fan-translation. · Fixed the typo in the Steam page title. Bug Fixes · Camera not changing to pointer for changing the camera mode scene. This is a hotfix to address some of the feedback I've received from the players about the Korean localization. I've received more feedback while I was asleep, so it will likely be an ong…
New Languages (This is the main chunk of the update.) · Elfie: A Sand Plan now officially supports 3 more languages! · Simplified Chinese · Korean · Russian · Achievements have also been translated for these additional languages. · New sprites were made to properly display the localized name of the game as seen on Steam for Simplified Chinese and Korean. Other Language Related Changes · Added m…
Elfie did it! I'm happy to announce that Elfie: A Sand Plan is one of the winner of the 2026 Gee! Learning Games Award for the Small/Indie Game category! Thank you so much to the Gee! Awards for the recognition! Gee! Awards' Review of Elfie: A Sand Plan " Elfie's design is well-ordered, with an onboarding that builds the skills in a reasonable progression: first position, then stacking, then ro…
Tidal Splash Festival 2026! I'm happy to announce that Elfie: A Sand Plan is part of the Tidal Splash Festival 2026! Looking for more beach vibes for the summer? Consider checking out all the other games that are part of the festival here: GEE! Learning Game Awards Nomination I had previously forgotten to post about it here, but the game has been nominated the GEE! Learning Game awards! In the…
Fixed the following bug that makes it impossible to progress passed certain levels in version 1.0.3 Bug Fixes · The significant refactoring of how the game determines the final shape from multiple sand blocks didn't in take into account what made the previous version good. It now uses a mix of the two to determine the final shape. "If 1.0.3 seems pretty stable [...]". I should have known better…
You can also find the album for purchase on Bandcamp as well as streaming on several streaming platforms! There are also going to be visualizer's for the album on Youtube. Such as this one below! And here is the album cover art! We hope you enjoy the music from Elfie: A Sand Plan and that it can help you relax even when you aren't playing!
Elfie: A Sand Plan is 20% for its first ever Steam Summer Sale! 🎉🐘 What a perfect time to help a small rotund elephant build a sandcastle or two (or a hundred eighty-six) while relaxing by the beach! 🏖️🐘
Bug Fixes · Relatively significant refactoring of how the game determines the final shape from multiple sand blocks. This should solve most unexpected combination that are meant to work. However some combinations that we're not initially planned may still not give the expected result. A specific example for this would be the "cheese" triangle block. As stack 4 of them in each direction won't gi…
I've added a public beta branch to use so I could easily test it on other devices and I saw no reason not to make it public. I also plan to use it for when in the final steps of adding new languages. Bug Fixes · Fixed the fullscreen and windows mode bug not working properly when closing and reopening the game. · Small tweak to how the time is registered for one of the game's features. · The str…
Hello everyone! What an incredible first week it has been. Elfie: A Sand Plan currently has 100% positive reviews with 85 reviews. Making it one of the best reviewed games to come out this month! Thank you so much! Though the initial launch discount is over, I have good news for all fans of elephants out there! We made a "Relaxing with Elephants" bundle with the folks over at Studio Niente! You…
Bug Fixes · Rotation hotkey will only rotate the currently held block now. · Pressing the pause/back key bind does not resume the game while in the keybinding options. · The second song "Bossa Nozou" should loop now. · Fixed the font for Japanese in the end level UI. Language · Small context based tweaks to Spanish (Spain) localization. Thankfully there were no major issues. To report any bugs…
HURRAY! Elfie: A Sand Plan came out earlier today! Elfie invites you to help her build some sandcastles. Given a set of sand blocks in each level, you will need to match your sand sculptures with what Elfie has in mind. I hope you enjoy your time at the beach with Elfie and that all the spatial puzzles the game includes help you improve your 3D visualization skills! And here is a little launch…
Release Date Trailer Elfie and I hope you enjoy this cute release date trailer we put together! Release Date Pressed Elephant is happy to announce that Elfie will be ready for your arrival at the beach on May 12th, 2026! Elfie: A Sand Plan will have a 10% launch discount. And the OST album will also be available for purchase separately at launch. And One More Important Thing... Elfie: A Sand Pl…
The Flash Game Vibes event is live!! I'm happy to announce that Elfie: A Sand Plan is taking part of the Flash Game Vibes event! Though it most often evokes nostalgia for old educational games and visuals from the GBA and DS era of handheld gaming. There has been a few times where someone said it reminded them of some old Flash games they played! You can go check out the event here! In other ad…
Small Fixes · Spanish Spain locale was not being detected properly. The game should now detect more than just the language locale for es-ES. · Changes to one of the Japanese text that was not imported correctly previously. "Hidden" QoL Features By hidden, I mean that these features are available but are not explicitly stated anywhere in-game currently. This is to both because they are a bit exp…
Hello everyone! I took a little break after Steam Next Fest. The event went well, but admittedly it's a part of game dev that takes more energy from me than what I normally do. And I was already a bit tired beforehand I think. I'm posting this today to announce that I've decided to delay the release of Elfie: A Sand Plan to Q1 of 2026 . I've talked to silent swimmer, Elfie's composer, as well a…
Language · The hint Elfie gives to rotate the blocks should now properly indicate that it's double tap (double click) and not just tap. QoL · Added middle click as a secondary action to rotate the blocks. This is just a single click at the moment. · The hint Elfie gives to rotate the blocks can now appear in level 3, 4 and 5. (Only 3 previously.) So players that might have accidentally complete…
New Languages! Though this update doesn't bring any major changes to the flow of the demo itself, it does add 2 languages and 2 variants for one of them! · Spanish (Spain) · Spanish (Latin America) · Brazilian Portuguese Furthermore, I look forward to working with the same localizers (which you can go check out in the credits!) for the release of the game! 😄🐘 There's also a small secret local…
Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce that Elfie: A Sand Plan will be $6.99 ! (USD) There's a lot of thought that went into this decision and I wanted to share some of it with you. So without necessarily going into too much details, here are some of the major factors: · It's a relatively small game. (Though the level count is growing everyday at the moment haha!) · It's important to keep it aff…
There is now a macOS version! Some of few may have noticed that the demo is now available for macOS! I hadn't announced anything yet as I was testing things out and was planning to add a few fixes while at it. Though the macOS is available, I haven't had the chance to try to run it on older macOS devices. If you happen to run into any problems, feel free to let me know! Bug Fixes · macOS: There…
Bug Fixes · When going to the Credits when pausing the game, the player would stay stuck there and have to force quit the game. That should be fixed now. Gameplay Changes · Modified the hit boxes for the triangular shapes and the stairs. It should be easier to pickup blocks that are behind them and make selecting the block you want to pickup behind other blocks more accurate. Language · Fixed s…
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