Arabian Nights Island, Labs (Land), Sneak Peeks

Best of Land’s Dream Homes & Arab genie sketch

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! The Creators have posted their top ten entries for the Dream Homes portion of the Land challenge, and I’m honored to be listed among them! ❤ In fact, you can check out the PHB post below for an in-depth tour of my “slanted fish” Land. :mrgreen:

However, I don’t want to detract from the glory of the other picks (and there are some pretty great ones!), so here’s a gallery of the chosen Lands, along with their witty captions (click to enlarge):

From Cool Sponge, here’s a Victorian-style mansion that looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to live, provided the Bates Motel is not located just down the hill.
From the one and only Friendly Fish, an abode that lives up to her name.
From Golden Lightning, a period piece that wouldn’t look out of place on Mythology Island.
From Golden Lobster, a dream home of biblical proportions — inside the belly of a whale!
From Hyper Fire, the great thing about a houseboat is that if you don’t like your neighbors, you can just pack up and leave!
From Mad Comet, a gorgeous fusion of old and new, built into a hillside. Does the League of Shadows have meetings here?
From Red Sun, a nicely organized, wonderfully appointed home. It’s move-in ready!
From Small Tiger, this one has it all: a lovely garden, comfortable accommodations, and a storeroom that will guarantee you outlast the apocalypse.
From Striped Fox, this home is distinguished by a massive telescope in the observatory, which fortunately is pointed away from the bathrooms.
From Zany Crown, this is a treehouse that stays true to its roots. Just beautiful.

Great entries, guys! And don’t feel bad if yours isn’t up there: the Creators received thousands of entries over the weekend, and they promise that they looked at every submission. The next/current theme until Oct 23 is Village, and the Creators will be announcing their favorites on Friday.

By the way, for more details on making the most of this sandbox feature, do check out the PHB’s Poptropica Labs (Land) Guide, now with a detailed chart for what you unlock at each level and how much Poptanium you need to get there! 😀

There’s also a poll on the sidebar of the Creators’ Blog asking “Who created your favorite Dream Home?” and so far, Zany Crown and her treehouse is taking the lead! These are the results:

  • Cool Sponge (7%)
  • Friendly Fish (that’s me!) (12%)
  • Golden Lightning (5%)
  • Golden Lobster (7%)
  • Hyper Fire (6%)
  • Mad Comet (10%)
  • Red Sun (4%)
  • Small Tiger (11%)
  • Striped Fox (2%)
  • Zany Crown (31%)

Also, is it just me, or are the Creators deliberately avoiding words like “contest” and “winners” for this “challenge”? Not that I have a problem with it; just an observation. What do you think? 😛

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Another behind-the-scenes sketch has popped up on Poptropica’s Twitter, and this one’s an early character sketch for the unreleased Arabian Nights, Ep. 3! From the looks of it, it’s a female genie – perhaps the one from the Sultan’s lamp? We’ll have to wait and see.

arab3 genie sketch

Speaking of Arabian Nights Island, friendly reminder that Episode 1 will be available to all this Thursday, October 23 (at least according to one of Poptropica’s tweets)! And while we’re talking about upcoming releases, Poptropica has also tweeted what’s to come for ads:

Anyway, that’s all for now! Keep on popping on, Poptropicans. 😀

Published by Slanted Fish

Hello! I'm Slanted Fish, the editor-in-chief and creator of the Poptropica Help Blog (PHB). I'm a writer, Hong Kong native, and Christ follower. My Poptropica username is slantedfish 🐠 Don't forget to be awesome!

12 thoughts on “Best of Land’s Dream Homes & Arab genie sketch”

  2. Congrats for getting featured, fishy! You deserved it! 😀
    I have 293 Poptanium!!
    Observation- I think you’re right!!
    On 23rd! 😀 2 days!! 😀
    Also, the sketch looks pretty interesting to me.. I wonder what it’ll be! 😀

    ( Also, man, how many times will I get first comment!? 😛 )

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    1. Thanks, Sajo! You’re the second comment here, actually – sometimes people’s comments don’t show up for a while if they haven’t been auto-approved or moderated yet. 😛

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      1. Welcome! 🙂

        I know, I know, but still. At least it seems to me I’m first! 😛 Also, I have current 404 Poptanium! 😮 I think that’s the most anyone has had! 😛

  3. Seriously guys, my computer breaks down for 2 days and you have a million new posts. But awesome! i wish i had the time to participate in the contest.
    (Aww! You guys keep changing the heading picture thingy at the top! *makes pouty face*

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    1. Heh, well, there’s been a lot going on (especially on Poptropica’s very active Twitter)! Hopefully you can find some time during the public preview to play around with Land; it’s pretty cool. :mrgreen:

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    1. From what they’ve said, it sounds like they do look at the entire Land (or at least, anything that has something remotely interesting constructed on it that isn’t auto-generated land space). If you use more than one separate area to build, presumably the Creators will want to look at that too. Remember to click on ‘share’ from the in-game menu to send entries to the Creators! 🙂

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