Category: Islands

Poptropica is filled with a variety of islands, each one unique with its own stories and characters. Explore island tips, trivia, and other extras through our blog archives!

Sneak Peeks, Steamworks Island

A moving helicopter bot!

Shaggy Tornado

The mystery of the thing that Binary Bard found on Steamworks Island continues. We found out one thing: it moves!! :O

A Steamworks Island mystery: It moves!

Imagine my surprise when I came across a strange-looking machine on Steamworks Island. The place is full of old gears and pulleys and things, but most of it is rusted out and hasn’t been used for years. This one looked a little different — different enough to pique my curiosity.

I don’t know what you do when you’re in an unfamiliar place and you come across some strange being that’s curled up in a defensive position, but I know what I do: I poke it. So that’s what I did.

Whoa! It moved. And there were a lot more suprises in store.

BINARY BARD

It looks like it is called a “sprocket” based on the picture title. Wonder what it does, and if it helps us. Guess we’ll find out soon enough. This is Shaggy Tornado signing off!  *salutes smartly*

Steamworks Island

Green, green,techie greenhouse

rrburner

New PCB post!

http://blog.poptropica.com/2010/08/something-is-living-on-steamworks.html

As though the plants seem to be coming from the greenhouse? We may even find Mr.Snuggles (or Tenner :P) and Bola inside too. Besides the more plant side of the post, the creators also have helmet in store.

A helmet? A time capsule? A future cheese storager?

Until next time!

Update:The robot is opened!

Merlin has a friend!

Steamworks Island

Finally the Hub is (almost) finished!!

Shaggy Tornado

After a long, hard week of unfinished Hub pics, it is almost complete!! See here:

The Hub of the universe

We’ve done a lot of detail work on the Hub for Steamworks Island. Before we can call it done, we’ve got to give it one more pass to make sure it’s got character.

Ahh… that’s the stuff. The Hub looks old, weathered, and worn. It looks like it was once a city on a hill. Now, it’s grungy and decayed. And dangerous.

There’s lots more to see and do on Steamworks Island, and we’ll be showing you more soon. In the meantime, maybe we can all try to figure out what that blue thing is doing.

BINARY BARD

I wonder what does that blue thing do? I guess we’ll all find out when Steamworks is released! See ya!

*runs off to see what the blue thing does*

Steamworks Island

Details, I detest them

Cool Wing

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Details, details…

The Hub on Steamworks Island continues to evolve. Now, all of the elements are colored in, and we’ve added some detail to try to tell the story of the island.

This version of the Hub is overgrown with vines and weeds. The wobbly angles of its structure are making it look like the whole thing could topple at any moment. And, of course, there’s now a sign telling everybody where they are.

Almost done!

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BINARY BARD

Ffufufuufu. Hub bub blub. There’s a blue square dude! O:

They even show some animations! o.o

On another note~ I’ll be on vacation for 3 weeks and I will be unable to post. So I notified Hijuyo telling her that I would take Thursday’s post.

>:c My post. No edity. >:c

~Tsuki out.

Steamworks Island

The Hub: Stage 2

Green Boa

The hub! The hub! What’s up with the hub?

Is it a robot, so big and so tall?

Or just a building? Is that really all?

Is it a HUBby, someone who’s fat?

Or maybe a factory! Now how about that?

A really tall tower? A dirty one to scrub?

The Hub! The Hub! What IS with the hub?

Yeah, my poetry is very lame. 😐 But I thought this post needed some spark, to make it stand out. 😉

…ANYway, the new PCB post, The Hub! 

O, the Hub! The Hub! What dangers you hold?

Random Person: GET ON WITH THE POST!!!!! 

Green Boa: Sor-ry 😐

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Time for a pop quiz: Can you tell the difference between the picture we posted yesterday and the one below?

Most of the background elements still look the same as they did yesterday: flat and monochromatic. We’re adding more detail to the Hub on Steamworks Island. We’ve colored in some of the more important foreground objects. They really pop off your screen!

That doorway in the upper-lefthand side of the screen looks mighty intriguing, wouldn’t you say?

The Hub certainly is taking more shape, more realism, more excitement! I still can’t wait to find out what Steamworks island will be like, any way, Cya laters Alligators! 🙂
…….. ALLIGATORS?!! :O *runs for life*