Author: HPuterpop

I'm Andrew Wiles, although on this account I'm known as HPuterpop. I've played Poptropica since 2007, the year it started. I play on the users puterpop and puterpoptropica. I'm a graphic designer, editor on the Poptropica Help Blog, and executive manager on the Poptropica Wiki. Check out my links to find out what I'm doing at the moment - I like to stay active in the community and always have a couple projects in the works. Consider subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Google+. I would greatly appreciate it. I'd like to stress how easy it is to contact me, so if you do need to, [email protected] is the one to contact. Thanks for reading, I'll see you soon. :) And thanks to Muzzki for my current profile pic!

Web Development

Following Up

February 20, 2014February 21, 2014 HPuterpop

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First of all, I want to thank all of you guys for liking and commenting on my posts. I just reached 200 likes on this blog! That is amazing, and you guys are responsible — I’m going to bet that you can’t make it over 10 likes on this post. If I lose, you guys will get a prize. Let’s see who wins. 😉 BTW, I know I’m sorta overloading everyone with posts at the moment, but that’s just how it’s gonna be when a new island is in the air. I hope it’s not too incredibly annoying. And now, back to the scheduled programming. 😛

Many posts of mine are predictions, petitions, and things that are left unanswered. There needs to be a follow up to all these posts, and so from time to time, I’m going to make a follow up post, which closes the cliffhangers of the posts that we now know the answers to.

Re: The Life of a Lab Tester

I just wanted to mention a few of the possible preliminary workings of Poptropica Labs from Jordan Leary’s (Dr. Hare) blog. First, he posted a land mass generator (probably used for the land generator for Lands):

Lastly, he posted a poogle gallery— creatures that look very similar to the “pet rocks” that appear in Lands. He calls them “Poogles”, however, which is a pretty neat name, and probably the correct term for the pet rocks. Yay for hacked terminology. 😛

Re: Nightmares of the Carnival & release of Poptropica Labs

In this post, I theorized that Monster Carnival may be released as the classic pop, and not be a SUI. But according to Jeff Heim’s Facebook, he has made a soundtrack for the island, ruling out this theory.

And BTW, this post is where I got the fact that MCI was coming out mid-February; so ha, naysayers! 😛

Re: Release Dates

In this post, I theorized that the Mythology Island SUI would come out February 7th. Obviously it didn’t come out then — perhaps because the Creators wanted to trip me up. I said in the post that I didn’t really care. 😛

Re: Things get annoying (video ads)

In this post, I alerted everyone about the new ad unit of Poptropica, video ads. Sometime after, they disappeared. Has anyone else seen the ads?

Re: Spying on Spy Island

In this post, I theorized that Spy Island was going to be the next SUI… I don’t even know why you guys still listen to me. 😛

Re: Predictions

In this post, I theorized about Mocktropica’s plot. I said that Gamer Guy might be the villain, trying to get revenge on Poptropica for firing him. This is obviously not the case, but I still have a feeling that we may be seeing Gamer Guy in the future…

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Now I can finally put those posts to rest. 😛

-HPuterpop

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Happy birthday, Jeff Kinney!

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 HPuterpop

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jeffkinneycard You may know him as Comic Kid, you may know him as the writer of the Wimpy Kid series, but whatever you know him as, let’s wish him a happy birthday! Jeff Kinney is 43 today!

If you’re wondering who he is, Jeff Kinney is the main creator of Poptropica (he came up with the idea), along with the other titles I listed above. There is a contest being held by Pizza Hut’s “Book It” program, where you can win the full Wimpy Kid book set! Find the details here. 😀

I thought it was appropriate to make a birthday card for Jeff, so here it is! 😛 Comment here with your name and message on this post to sign it! 😀

-HPuterpop

Monster Carnival Island

The Monster Carnival Files: The Logo

February 19, 2014August 2, 2018 HPuterpop

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This file has been updated to the information from Monster Carnival Island. The red text is the updated info, the black is old.

Up until Monster Carnival is released, I’m going to post a series of “files” that go into detail about certain elements of the island as we know it. The third file will be about the logo — how it has evolved, and why it is what it is today!

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The picture above is the island as seen on the map from 2007. At the time, they simply put text under island microcosms, instead of the island’s logos. On this island, we can see a Ferris wheel, and a tent with monstrous eyes peeking out of the darkness.

~~The same island microcosm may be used for the new island~~*, but the logo is bound to be updated — in fact it already has been. But where did they get the idea for the logo?

*In fact, they did not use the exact same microcosm for the new island; it is very similar, however.

The above picture is the current logo. It is a very compact and creative idea — it consists of a carnival tent, with the bottom “Carnival” text sort of forming a chomping mouth. The “R” from Monster has a devilish tail, and may have been inspired by the “One Million Monsters” contest that the PHB held in the summer of 2009.

The Monster Competition

The fonts used in the logo have been modified, and I couldn’t find exact fonts to match them — but, Coney Island is close to the base font for the text “Carnival” in the logo. I couldn’t seem to find a font that could have been (positively) used for the “Monster” text, but the (pricey) Olaus Magnus font is a similar substitute.

In my opinion, the Monster Carnival logo is one of the most creative logos Poptropica has ever released. ~~Let’s hope the island is just the same. 😀~~ Check out my review of the island here. 🙂

-HPuterpop

Monster Carnival Island

The Monster Carnival Files: The Monsters (and Hypno-Powder!)

February 18, 2014August 2, 2018 HPuterpop

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First of all, the members-only Hypno-Powder is now available in the Store! To use it, equip it and press the spacebar. Check out what you can do with it:

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Up until Monster Carnival is released, I’m going to post a series of “files” that go into detail about certain elements of the island as we know it. The second file will be about the monsters of Monster Carnival as we know them.

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The Daily Pop above is the first time we ever saw a glimpse of the monsters from Monster Carnival. The title of the post was “Monster Mash”, and the description reads “These monster costumes never made it past the concept stage.” Some say that these were costumes for the store, but they released Medusa in Mythology Island, and I believe the one on the left is from Monster Carnival — a werewolf janitor. Many other sketches for Nabooti Island were drawn in the same style, and so I think those were sketches for islands instead of store costumes.

The early ideas of Monster Carnival was to have a zombie plot, where the ringmaster has enslaved zombie workers. That wouldn’t cast a very wide variety of monsters to design and interact with in the game, so with the upcoming island, the Creators have different plans.

On the last day of October 2013, a Daily Pop was posted titled “Super Fly”, and the description reads “Happy Halloween from Poptropica!” This was disregarded because it was about Halloween, and not a serious working, but the post shows a fly with a labcoat on, and a brain in a container beside it. Perhaps the fly is Doctor Price and he switched brains with a fly? Anyway, the picture is monstrous, and we may be seeing Super Fly in the future.

These two Daily Pops were what got our theorists thinking that Monster Carnival was coming back. The first has mutated animals, including a multiple eyed puma, and a jackalope (a mythological creature). The next picture shows a glob monster, and a hairy hand just right of the screen shot. No. 99 is danger! as seen on the box, and is probably a monster you will have to find, capture, or fight in the quest.

Mechanical Ravens also appear in recent Daily Pops, but they are discussed in the first Monster Carnival file, Ringmaster Raven. There have also been monstrous forests showing their faces on the Daily Pop, although they aren’t necessarily monsters. 😛

On the 21st of January 2014, a Daily Pop was posted with the name “Beast Mode”. Is this beast No. 99? I don’t think such a hunky creature could fit into such a tiny box that the danger monster is supposedly contained in — unless comically.

The last monster on this list has no name (just like the others), but he has been seen quite a lot in these past monstrous months. I call him a mean goblin thing. The first time we ever saw this creature was in the desktop wallpaper for Monster Carnival.

In the wallpaper, you also see a monstrous Ferris wheel — but that’s to discuss some other time. 😉

On February 12, 2014, the Creators posted about working at Poptropica — they get chased by monsters all the time! The picture in the post shows a Poptropican wearing the Ringmaster Costume running away from the mean goblin thing. This suggests that for a part of the island, we will be chased by monsters! Ouch.

Werewolf janitors, mutated pumas, jackalopes, giant apes, glob monsters, super flies, mean goblin things, and No. 99 — DANGER!

This is all we know about the monsters of Monster Carnival — this post will be updated when Monster Carnival Island comes out, so check back when it does! 😀

-HPuterpop

Poptropican Portraits

Poptropican Portraits Round 8

February 16, 2014February 18, 2014 HPuterpop

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8 is an even number — and I’ve drawn over 70 portraits! You gotta admit, that’s pretty amazing. 😛

I hope everyone is satisfied with their portrait! 😀 If you don’t see yours in there, just tell me in the comments. I’m only taking up to 10 requests this round. The request limit may differ between rounds, but requests made after the quota (10) will be disregarded. Remember, these portraits are Gravatar friendly, and make great Gravatars! 😛 Also, for you fellow designers who would like an extra, transparent (no background or text) copy of your portrait(s), just request in the comments. 🙂

If you are wanting to have your own Poptropican Portrait, I’d be glad to draw one for you if you follow the following criteria:

This is how the system works: you leave requests on the post that has the portraits that were requested last week. I will only take requests that are left on the latest portrait post.
Requests must be made by the owner of the account. I really would like if people would stop requesting portraits for their friends; if the friends really want them enough, they can come on here and request them.
I must have either a username or a link to the Avatar Studio included in the request. Otherwise, I will have to use a low quality photo from somewhere on the web, which makes the colors different from the actual character.
No requesting two times for the same character unless it’s a specialty. Sometimes, I will make another one, because I wasn’t pleased with it. Please tell me in the comments how you liked your portrait! If you are not pleased, I am very sorry.
Keep in mind that I need you to keep the outfit that you want to be drawn from the time that you request it to the time that it is published. Otherwise, I will draw something you may not have been expecting! So please keep that in mind.
I won’t accept glitch accounts anymore if it’s not your main account. I’ll still accept minor accounts, just not if they’re loaded with glitches. They’re difficult to draw, and most of the time the items are from advertisements, which I don’t enjoy drawing…