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Tidal Splash Festival 2026 & GEE! Awards

Elfie: A Sand Plan · published 6 Jul 2026, 20:24 UTC

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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: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45022621-South-East-Asia-Game-Aesthetic/sale/tidalsplashfestival2026

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 Small and Indie Studios category!

There also happens to be a People's Choice category! You can vote for Elfie: A Sand Plan for it using this form: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Cpi9pwo8fjz5dQ

The voting ends soon on July 8th! 👀

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In-game event26 Sep 2026Release Update 1.3.0 (+ patch 1.3.1)(Sorry for the wait on the patch notes! I was a bit spent yesterday getting everything ready!) New Languages · Elfie: A Sand Plan now officially supports Thai and Indonesian! · Thai can have very tall characters, so I had to make it possible for Elfie's speech bubble to get a bit taller too. This should only happen when playing in Thai. Other Language Related Changes · Going through the integra…Sale25 Sep 2026GDoCExpo Sale & Language Update!Hello everyone! ːcoolelfiehiː If you follow the game on other social media, you may have seen the announcement that Elfie: A Sand Plan is taking part in the GDoCExpo Steam Sale event!! ːelfierunningː I've had the chance to listen to some amazing game development talk throughout the week. From technical talks like Aseprite pixel art workflows and plugins, to more businessy stuff like studio mana…Game update22 Aug 2026Release Patch 1.2.3Bug Fix · With the addition of new languages, some of the conversations that unlocked swimsuits were not activating properly. They should activate properly now. Other · Changed some import settings to one of the fonts. A very small patch, but the unlock issue needed to be fixed. To report any bugs you encounter, please feel free to post in the Bug Reports sub forum.