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 Astrid’s (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. Bo’s place, but it actually represents Anne Louise’s (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 Frigg’s 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 let’s 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🍡