Hey Poptropicans! Looks like things are popping on Pop again. 😉
It may have taken a good seven months, but it looks like the Poptropica Creators are finally about to bring the winning designs of the #MyPoptropicaCostume contest to the game, with confirmation that that means both Poptropica Worlds and Original! Check out the awesome sneak peek, featuring mermaids and letterman jackets:
They haven’t given an exact release date, only “soon,” but it’s a comfort to know they’re at least being worked on (it is rather long overdue). Maybe my earlier nudging helped – but in any case, it is nice to see a glimpse of what they’re working on (we’ve been pretty starved for regular sneak peeks lately!).
Here we see the grand prize winning designs, “Ocean Princess” designed by Creepy Peanut and “Hip Hop Boy” by Speedy Toes. The 6-month memberships they won have probably expired by now, but at least they’re finally going to see their costumes for real, and with designs for more than one gender, expanding upon their original entries! Hopefully, the top 10 runner-up costumes will soon follow.
Speaking of costumes, the 10th Birthday Costume has finally been added to Worlds, this time glitch-free! You can find it in the store for free. Get it while it’s here!
If you’re playing on mobile, be sure to update your app so you’ll see this costume in the store, along with the all-new Ye Olde Shop building!
(And it only took an extra week compared to Pop Original…)
In other news, Poptropica had their first ever livestream this weekend: specifically, this past Friday (Sept 22) at about 4:40 p.m. EST. It was completely out of the blue, not having been announced on any of Poptropica’s social media channels except YouTube. You can catch the entire 22 minutes of video here:
The livestream is hosted by one Creator, a young lady in the corner of the screen who introduces herself as Stephanie. Her game username is later revealed as PopTrop_Steph. A quick look-up in the Avatar Studio shows that she has never played Pop Original (at least not on her account), since Worlds accounts that have never played Original (like hers) will have the “Afro Guy” appearance (as she does – so it looks like she’s probably a new Creator). (Personally, I’d like to see some livestreams for Pop Original too, though I guess the closest we have are Captain Crawfish’s walkthroughs!)
Indeed, the whole video focuses on Poptropica Worlds, from creating an account to landing on Home Island to – well, that’s about it, really. What Stephanie goes through will probably be familiar if you’re not completely new, but if you want to watch a Poptropica Creator narrate an exploration of Worlds while eating a bunch of gummy bears, this is the video for you. Oh, and we’re promised there’s more to come in the future.
We’ve never met Steph before, but she seems pretty friendly and excitable. It looks like we’ll be seeing more of her on future YouTube livestreams – the next episode, she says, will be about what you can get with membership in the store. That might get some kids interested in membership, but we hope Poptropica will remember to keep up the love for the free players as well.
It’s not clear whether or not Steph is responsible for the rest of Pop’s social media these days, although I would guess not, since the mystery blogger on the Creators’ Blog has previously used a yellow-haired male character. Regardless, it’s nice to finally know at least one face and name – and if there are other social media staff working for Pop, we hope they’ll introduce themselves as well!
What did you think of the livestream video? What would you like to see in a future video from Poptropica? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Glitch free! Yus! Now my entire game isn’t glitched!
Just most of it.
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Nice to see someone from behind the scenes at least.
I agree – it helps make the players’ connection to the Creators feel more personable, like it was with Skinny Moon.
Oh my goodness! I’m actually super excited about this. The costumes look great on Poptropica Worlds!!
They sure do! It’s good to finally see some sneak peeks of what they’re working on.
Steph seems pretty personable as well! And just out of curiosity, would you be able to move the ad from the top of your site somewhere? Because it blocks the header sometimes.
Sorry about that, but unfortunately we don’t have control over the placement of the ads. If you’re logged into a WordPress account, you won’t see the ads, or you can also download Adblock on your computer to stop seeing them.
Continuing with Fishy’s ad blocker mention, if you want to allow SOME ads but not ALL of them, I’d suggest Privacy Badger. It notes down all the trackers the website has and you can toggle them on or off.
Hmm lots of Poptropica news today. I really hope that multiplayer features come to Poptropica so she can livestream the multiplayer features! It will be awesome!
That would be great to see! Maybe the Creators can host some live parties in the future. 😀
I know right
Were there other winners, or they’re just coming later?
Or just I probably made a mistake.
As mentioned in the post, there were 10 other runner-ups whose costumes were also promised to be created and sold in the store. They’ll probably be coming later. 🙂
Okay, thanks! 🙂
out with the jess in with the stephanie. is steph mystery creator’s blogger?
*illuminati theme here*
Costumes? Behind the scenes? We’re finally getting some new stuff.