Author: LJ

Howdy, Poptropicanos, my name is LJ! I’ve been playing Poptropica for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been blabbing about it here on the PHB for over 8 years. Wowie, the time sure goes by fast when you’re having fun. Beyond the realm of Poptropica, some of my hobbies include drawing, taking long strolls, collecting way too many cool things I don’t have room for, creating unique characters, and letting my imagination run wild in my daydreams. In real life, I tend to be pretty extremely shy, but online, I’m usually bursting with cheerful energy. Don’t be afraid to chat me up in the comments or on the PHC. Also, follow my IG and DeviantArt if you wanna! -Gravatar icon by me! -Background by napstachill
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Jump, duck, and dodge! – DuckTales ad

LJ

Hello, everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker here to show you a pretty cool advertisement on Poptropica Original for Disney XD’s Duck Tales, which you can find on Home Island.

Poptropica Duck Tales

In this ad, there are three levels to be completed to be able to earn the prizes. You’ll have the option to choose your favorite duck to play as for all three. I chose Louie because he wears my favorite color. 😛

Anyway, go on inside and talk to Webby to start up the first mini-game.

Like many ad games we’ve seen before, this one is really simple. All you have to do is click and hold down your mouse to the right to run while jumping over any obstacles—which include chairs, statues, and bookcases.

Poptropica Duck Tales 2

The second and third levels are exactly identical, besides the setting. The goal is to dodge all of the fish/aerial crafts to the end (you can keep track with the progress bar) without losing all of your lives (the smiley faces).

After successfully completing all three levels, you’ll win Webby, Dewey, Louie, and Huey followers as well as a Talisman Power card!

Poptropica Duck Tales 5

Well, that’s all for now. Thanks for reading, as always! Talk to you in the next one.

– Lucky Joker 🍀

Pop Fan Artist Spotlights

Pop Fan Artist Spotlight: treesareredinautumn

LJ

Hello, Poptropicans!

It’s Lucky Joker here featuring another Poptropica fan’s artwork in another Pop Fan Artist Spotlight! Last time, I showcased the amazing art of BlazingAngel123. The featured artist this time around is the one and only treesareredinautumn! (Best pseudonym ever, in my opinion. 😛 )

Treesareredinautumn has made tons of Poptropica art in the past, and though she admits that her Pop art is kind of old, it’s still worth a look. Her Poptropica-related artwork includes everything from portrait requests to large scenic illustrations—all of them truly sublime. Check out this collection of her artwork below:

“Gift: RedCygnus”
“In the univerSe”
“AT: Lily”
“AT: Icy Fire”
“Princess Elyana”
“RQ: Purple Crumb”
“A Seat With A View”
“I Was Framed”
“RQ: Spotted Dragon”
“Gift: Blazing Sword”
“Gotta catch ’em all!”
“Plummet”

Her work is spectacular, isn’t it?

She says she’s inspired by imaginary worlds, the beauties of nature and the creativity of people around her, and that her favorite part about art is being able to create something from nothing and bring enjoyment to other people. Delightful!

And there’s plenty more where that came from. You can check out her DeviantArt gallery to view all of her other awe-inspiring masterpieces, which includes more Poptropica fan art and even works inspired by other things!

To close off this post, here’s an insight from treesareredinautumn herself about her creative process:

It starts with an idea. Whether it be a fully fleshed out concept of the final, or simply the desire to draw something. This is followed by trying and failing to transmit the idea to paper, while coming up with new ideas along the way. My drawings never quite come out the way I expect them to, but that’s half the fun. When colouring I generally have to try several times before I get it right, but it’s worth the effort!

Well, I hope you enjoyed this look into another Poptropica fan’s artwork! Perhaps you’re even inspired to make Poptropica fan art yourself. If you’ve created some of your own, we’d love for you to share it on our DeviantArt group gallery at We-Love-Poptropica!

– Lucky Joker 🍀

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Is creative content a myth?

LJ

Hello, everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker here today with somewhat interesting news from the Creators’ Blog. First off, a new Outfit of the Week post has made its way onto the blog—the Mythology Surfer.

Considering that it’s just one entire costume straight out of the store (rather than a unique costume made up of a collection of different pieces), it doesn’t seem especially worth highlighting, other than the fact that it’s returning to the store. Why not just add multiple item cards to the store at once and post about that?

Outfit of the Week - Mythology Surfer

There is a positive to this post, though, in my opinion.

At the end, you can see they’ve included a trivia question about the costume, and I’m a sucker for all things trivia. I did comment my answer earlier this morning, but it’s still not visible, most likely due to not being approved yet.

Also on the Creators’ Blog is a post called “Guess the Island.” It’s pretty self-explanatory: a picture is posted, and we guess which island it’s taken from.

Guess the Island

Looks a lot like the Stolen Snapshots series hosted by former PHB author Slippery Raptor, and also one that Silver Wolf used to host on her blog, Poptropica Tips for Poptropicans.

I also commented my answer under this post, but no sign of approval for visibility yet. Which island do you think this screenshot came from?

Well, that’s it for now! What do you think of the recent posts on the Creators’ Blog? I think we’ve seen better days, but I am appreciative of the effort, and I do like trivia. 😛

Thanks for reading, as always! Talk to you in the next one.

– Lucky Joker 🍀

Creators, Sneak Peeks

A berry cool sneak peek!

LJ

Hello, everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker here sharing with you an update, and for the first time in forever, it’s a sneak peek from the Poptropica Creators’ Blog! Let’s pop into it!

First off with the more exciting news, Poptropica posted this GIF of two images on Instagram and on the Creators’ Blog yesterday.

zomberry

At first glance, it seems obvious—Zomberry Island is coming to Poptropica Worlds. If you take a second look, however, you can see a zombie machine in one of the clips. In the already existing Zomberry Island on Poptropica Original, there is no zombie machine of any sort. So this could be a new addition to a potential remake. As we know, 24 Carrot had some new characters and added plot points that differentiated it from the original.

Regardless of what exactly this is—at this point—almost any update on Poptropica Worlds is something to look forward to.

Moving on to something else worth noting from the Creators’ Blog: the comments under all of the latest posts have been approved for us to read!

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Not as rousing as the sneak peek, but a good update nonetheless. Perhaps the Creators have seen our recent post regarding this subject. 😉

Well, that’s it for now! What do you think of the possibility of Zomberry Island coming to Poptropica Worlds? Personally, it’s not one of my favorites, but I am still excited to see something new. Share your opinions in the comments section below!

Thanks for reading, as always! Talk to you in the next one.

– Lucky Joker 🍀

Creators

Calling all Creators to listen to their fans!

LJ

Hello, everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker here today with news from the Creators’ Blog, and, to be quite honest, it’s more of the same from last week’s disappointments.

About the most interesting thing to occur is the new header at the top, but the design itself isn’t new—it’s a crop of the main screen from Poptropica Worlds.

pcb worlds header

As far as post content, in the past week, there have been two Island Highlights (for GHD Island & Timmy Failure Island, both of which are old news) and another Outfit of the Week post.

The Island Highlights are about as bland as before, and as for the Outfit of the Week, this time the writer didn’t even bother to list the steps of how to put the costume together. Well, at least it’s not littered with inaccuracies this time.

Outfit of the Weak Grim Reaper

As far as this Grim Reaper outfit goes, it’s not very original. You can literally get the costume in its entirety from the Haunted House mini-quest. At least mentioning some sort of description would’ve made the post just that much better in terms of quality.

Not only does this “Outfit of the Weak” (as we’ve dubbed it) not include a description, there’s also no signature, so we’re left to wonder who even wrote this post—and the several bad ones before it.

However, there’s a glimmer of hope: the unnamed Creators have also this week issued a post titled “We Want to Hear From You!”, where they ask what we would like to see on the blog and in the game itself. Granted, they asked this already about a month ago on social media, to little effect on their part, but we’ll see where this goes.

Calling all Poptropicans!

Our answers to this question should be pretty clear if the Creators have been at all paying attention to their fans, including here on the PHB.

To start with what we’d like to see in the game, we’ve listed many ideas in our Pop Petition series, plus Poptropicans in the comments of these posts have agreed and added their own ideas as well. Take a cue, Creators.

As for the Creators’ Blog, it’s not rocket science: we want to see more relevant, quality posts and communication with fans. Right now, it’s a far cry from what it used to be with former Creators like Skinny Moon (social media manager) and Captain Crawfish (writer). With months of waiting between island releases, we as fans want to see something that will keep us interested—simply throwing out old news isn’t going to do the trick. Accurate descriptions for each Outfit of the Week would be a good start, but sneak peeks every once in a while wouldn’t hurt either. 😉

What would you like to see in Poptropica and on the Creators’ Blog? Leave your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below!

Thanks for reading, as always! Talk to you in the next one.

– Lucky Joker 🍀