Category: Glitches

Gaming the system, or the system playing tricks on us.

Daily Pop, Daily Pop Sneak Peeks, Glitches, Twisted Thicket Island, Web Development

Jungle mysteries, monkeys, elves, and more!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

Poptropica’s been a bit quiet lately, and even the Daily Pop has less sneak peeks this month than usual. Still, there are some pretty interesting pics hinting at what’s to come:

That’s quite a bit to take in! Are the monkeys and jungle scenes related, and if so, might they be part of the new tutorial island the Creators are working on? At least we think the hot air balloon is.

Also, looks like a Photo Booth is coming to Mystery of the Map (MotM) Island – presumably with the release of the print version of the graphic novel, expected this March! And what’s with the MotM fort with dodos? Plus, why does the left character in “Terra Firma” look suspiciously similar to an original character design by Poptropica player Bony Hopper?? The mysteries are many.

Check out the PHB’s Daily Pop Sneak Peek Archive for more sneak peeks!

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Earlier this week, the Creators also tweeted out these planning sketches from the Twisted Thicket Island files. Check out all those fancy curls and leafy bits. Which elf design is your favorite?

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On a different note, we have a new page on the PHB under the Cool Stuff tab: Overview of Poptropica Glitching! Whether you consider yourself an experienced glitcher or have no idea what that means, this article will give you an overview of what exactly goes on in the underground world of Poptropica glitching for awesome account alterations. Check it out!

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Curious about PHB authors Giant Hawk and Ultimate iPad Expert? Check out the latest Community Celebrities post on Slippery Raptor’s Blog, where fellow PHB author Slip interviews the twin bros on all things Poptropica (plus some questions about their lives offline)! Read it here.

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Also, hang on for the results of the 2016 PHB Readers’ Survey! We were hoping to have the results up by now, but due to delay, they will be coming later this week. 🙂

Stay popping, Poptropicans! 🐠🐠

Glitches, Web Development

Announcing Custom Name Genie!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

In case it’s been a while since you’ve last checked out our Cheats page, you may notice a recent addition: the Custom Name Genie form! Like with our Avatar Studio Gift, we’re using our secret method* to bring you some awesome account alterations. As the name suggests, using this service, you get to have your very own custom name on Poptropica!

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*Due to not wanting our method to be patched, nor to have it abused, we will not be sharing it with the general public. Fear not, our goal is to let everyone simply enjoy the products!

All you have to do is fill out a simple form on our Cheats page specifying the desired details, and one of our glitching genies* will get to your request within a week and send you the custom-named account. Please note that this service cannot be done on pre-existing accounts (we will have to make you a new one), and of course, we will not make any offensive names.

With that being said, go wild with creativity! If you’d like your name to show up in-game, you can use any combination of the standard or Creators’ Poptropica names (see list here). Otherwise, non-standard custom names will show up in-game as Poptropican Lizard, but you can still see the custom name on the Avatar Studio as well as on the Poptropica app if you import your character’s look. Also, your name can have anywhere from one to four parts!

Whether you decide to become Captain Lucky Chicken Wing (shows up in-game) or Kim Kardashian (doesn’t show in-game), we hope you find a name you like and enjoy the Custom Name Genie. 🙂

*Thanks goes to renowned Poptropica glitchers Keith Sammut and Red Lizard for their help in manually processing and creating each request.

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We also hope you’ve been enjoying the Avatar Studio Gift (details here), because we’ve been increasing our ASG offerings! Here’s just a sample of what’s new. Check out the rest!

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We’ve added all eleven Realms animals, various epic-looking costumes that are otherwise exclusive to the Poptropica app, some Omegon costumes from PoptropiCon, cute aliens from Galactic Hot Dogs, and touched up some of our other sections. Have fun with these new costumes!

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In other news, album photos for Escape From Pelican Rock Island are finally here! Thanks to Tall Cactus for the tip. If you finished the island very early on, you may have to play it again to get the pics – however, for others, you may already have them. In any case, you can view the photos on our EFPR Island trivia page!

Finally, I’d like to ask you guys for your thoughts on the possibility of the Poptropica Help Network having our own mobile app! It would be a one-stop spot on your phone or tablet for our various networks: PHB, PHC, Twitter, Wiki, and more. Not promising anything, but your input is appreciated! 🙂

Anyway, that’s all for now!

Just keep swimming, Poptropicans. 😀

– 🐠 slantedfish 🐠 –

Glitches, PHB Specials

A merry Avatar Studio Gift to you!

Slanted Fish

Merry Christmas, Poptropicans! This year, the Poptropica Help Blog has been working on a very special gift to present to the Poptropica community… an Avatar Studio Gift!

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If you’re at all familiar with ASGs, you’re in for a treat! To catch everyone up, that’s the Avatar Studio Glitch, the main method Poptropica “glitchers” use to obtain otherwise uncustomizable costume parts. It’s been around for years, with lots of trading going on at the PHC, various YouTube videos showing how to get various costume pieces, and a number of ASGs listed on our Cheats page. But with our merry little Avatar Studio Gift, we’re about to bring you even MORE!

You can find them all on our new page, Avatar Studio Gift, which lists 100+ costumes that you can perform the infamous Avatar Studio Glitch on in order to obtain said costumes (for those not acquainted, instructions for the glitch can be found on the page as well). Check it out:

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Here’s just a small sample of some of the ASGs you’ll find in our big bundle. Whether it’s a character with a beautiful beard, a non-human, or something from a long-gone ad, we hope you’ll find something you like. Depending on demand and resources, we hope to add even more in the future!

Some key players who I’d like to thank are Dr. Snowball, a retired Poptropican who sent us a clever (though clandestine) method that allowed the production of such accounts to occur significantly easier than before; Red Lizard, Zerror, and Grumpy Wolf, for contributing a large part to this gift; as well as a few others who are also credited on the page. We hope you enjoy these ASGs.

Just don’t put together something atrocious with your newfound rare costume parts. Make a snazzy outfit, and have fun with these no-longer-uncustomizables. Deck the halls!

🎄 Merry Christmas, Poptropicans! 🎄

~from Poptropica’s little helpers. 😉

Glitches

Poptropica: Make “rare costume” glitches obsolete!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

I’m touching on something mildly controversial today, and some people will hate me for it – glitch trading. Poptropica’s trading community has become a monster. No, I don’t want your weird hat that looks like a football got shoved into an ostrich’s mouth.

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Seriously, guys. What is cool about having weird looking costumes? What does that prove? I get messages every day asking me if I want to trade some of my “rare” items in my costume closet – which by the way, are uncommon, not deformed. For someone who knows how the game works internally, it’s sorta useless to try to trade these things with me.

(By the way, if you have any rare pepes to trade, that’s a whole nother ballgame. Contact me for more info 😉 )

But for real, I don’t see why it’s such a big deal nowadays. However, that’s not what I’m here to talk about. Instead, this is my opinion on how to fix glitches – glitches like the Avatar Studio glitch, the SUI Costumizer glitch, and the eye expression glitch.

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I want to talk about a little game called Terraria, which if you didn’t know is one of my favorite games. They recently came out with an update involving 800 new items, new NPCs, better artwork, etc – but that’s beside the point. The point is, in the update before that, a game breaking glitch had come to the surface – hoiking. It was a way of transportation that exploited the game’s way of making sure players wouldn’t get stuck in blocks. It was the fastest way of travelling ingame – until the new update. They literally made it so minecarts could go even faster than hoiking, therefore making it obsolete.

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This is what Poptropica needs to do – instead of having a glitchy reputation, have a smart one. Make a card that allows you to have different eye expressions, make costume trading possible, and make more things costumizable. Make glitches obsolete not by fixing them (some of which can’t be fixed without extensive redesign), but by making them unnecessary in comparison.

TAFN.

-HPuterpop

App, Arabian Nights Island, Glitches

Poptropica for your Kindle Fire & Plundered Armor for members!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

I wanted to make a quick post for the Kindle Fire users of the community – I also own a Kindle Fire – to tell them that they can in fact install Poptropica on their Kindle Fire (it’s free, too!). Watch the video below (I apologize for the poor quality of the screen recordings).

The only drawback to this is that you won’t be able to make in app purchases (basically, you won’t be able to install the islands that cost money).

Anyway, I hope you find this tutorial helpful – if you did, consider subscribing to my YouTube channel – I make gaming stuff, art stuff, and Poptropica stuff, so you may want to check it out. 😉

By the way, members can now collect a new free costume – Plundered Armor, available in the Store for Arabian Nights: Ep. 2 (Lair of Thieves), coming out this Thursday for members. Plus, check out the PHB’s Behind the Scenes: Overview & Theory for Arab Ep. 2: Lair of Thieves to get an idea about what’s coming up! We’ll have a guide for the episode as soon as possible. 🙂

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TAFN.

-HPuterpop