Survival Island – Page 7 – 🏝 Poptropica Help Blog 🗺

Hey everyone, after a (not so short) hiatus, I finally have finals, tests, projects, etc. out of the way and can be active in the community again!

As previewed by HP in a post earlier this week (along with many other awesome things – so check it out if you haven’t), the new Fishing Suit has been (officially) released for Survival – Episode 2. It is currently free in the Store for everyone, so make sure to go claim yours! (The Fishing Suit can also be found on a tree trunk in Episode 2.)

As always, there have been some interesting new Daily Pops. Sometimes these Daily Pops can give away a lot about upcoming islands. They helped us figure out that “Mall” (Night Watch), “Movie” (Back Lot), “Monster” (Monster Carnival), and “Winter” (Survival) islands were all being prepared for release, and now it appears that the next island will have a city theme to it!

As you can see, the Portable Toilets, Pizza Pocket Truck, and vending machines, along with all the background imagery gives away that the creators are working on a new city themed project! What city, you may ask? I predict it will be San Francisco, or a city based on San Francisco. The second image gives it all away. In the background, behind the pizza truck we see a bay with a bridge over it. This bridge might just be San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge!

So what do you think? Are you excited for a new San Francisco-based island? What do you think the plot could be about? Share your ideas in the usual place below!

Glitches, Survival Island

Quick Survival Ep. 3 glitch alerts & fixes

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

There are a couple of glitches concerning Survival: Episode 3 that I wanted to mention, mainly because they’re preventing people from finishing the island…

The first glitch is the lemon glitch, and it occurs when you break the lemon box onto the ground. You won’t be able to click on the lemon and obtain it no matter what. To fix this, go to another scene, such as the nearby ad street, then come back. It will have reset, and you can pick up the lemon.

The second is a little harder to fix — it happens when you try to assemble the radio while on the radio tower scene. When you do, the wires that are necessary to fix it don’t show up. Try logging out and back in, then trying to assemble it on a different scene. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to restart the episode and assemble the radio in a different area than the radio tower.

If you have any more game-breaking glitches, share them with us in the comments. You can also find the Survival: Episode 3 guide here on the PHB. Hope this helps!

-HPuterpop

Survival Island

Survival Ep. 3 for members, Ep. 2 for all!

June 6, 2014June 9, 2014 Samwow5

Looking for the PHB’s walkthrough for Survival: Ep. 3? Click here! You can also check out the video walkthrough here!
Or do you need our guide for Mission Atlantis Ep. 1? We’ve got you “tidally” covered!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to quickly inform you that Survival Island Ep. 3 (Distress Signal) is out for members! There’s no demo for non-members.

However, Survival Ep. 2 (Hook, Line, & Sinker) is out for all! Also, Survival: Episode 2 is now on Poptropica’s iOS app! The PHB’s Survival Island written walkthrough has lots of pictures and covers all three released episodes!

Good luck out in the wild, everybody, and remember to check your rank afterwards (click here for the episode 2 map and here for the episode 3 map!)

Also, check it out — PHB author HPuterpop (user: puterpop) finished third! 😀

~SW5~

PHB Quickie, Reviews, Survival Island

PHB Quickie: “Survival: Hook, Line, and Sinker” Overview

June 6, 2014June 7, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Survival Episode 2: Hook, Line, & Sinker is now my favorite episode out of the two (3’s overview later :P). It has an awesome atmosphere, an interactive environment, and ominous story development that we’ll talk about later. You can check out the last overview for Survival here, or view the PHB’s Guide for both episode 1 and 2 of Survival!

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There’s definitely a difference between the two episodes, but the one thing I like best about this one is the correlation. It really makes the environment different from the last episode, yet seamless and politically correct. I know, you’re probably asking When has Poptropica ever been politically correct, but to my surprise, it’s being just that! The episode starts with you climbing down the same cliff that you could jump off of in the first episode. The log that you could push off the cliff in the first episode is awaiting you at the bottom.

There’s also a new layer of interactivity that has been sort of dying off over the years. When I say interactivity, I mean a clickable adventure, with animations when you click stuff. Compared to other recent islands, this one has a surprisingly higher amount. And by the way, this type of clickable idea was inspired by Humongous Entertainment, an old game making company which helped foster my love of Poptropica. In fact, Poptropica is sort of following in that company’s footsteps in a lot of ways.

As for the soundtrack, again, Jeff Heim is amazing, but other than that the tracks are sort of following in the episode’s footsteps. These episodes are entirely experimental, and I don’t expect too many of them to be released, or for islands to become extinct — remember Arabian Nights Island, scheduled to come out later this year?

The story isn’t revealed completely, it just teases the viewer — in the awesome outro scene for the island, a camera hidden in the trees zooms out, and a silhouetted figure is shown watching you and the rest of the island from a panel of screens. From here, we already know what the plot is, but I really like how unique the story telling in this island is — MA doesn’t have cut scenes, and Survival is one of the first to use them as a main part of the game play.

Anyway, that’s just my Bitcoin. 😉 I rate this episode 4.5 out of 5 — not only does it have an awesome story, but it also has continuity that surprised me.

-HPuterpop

Survival Island

Survival Ep. 3 (Distress Signal): wallpaper & poster

June 4, 2014June 6, 2014 Samwow5

EDIT: The Creators just posted that Survival: Distress Signal will be released on Friday (a day later) instead of on Thursday! They say they need to fine-tune a few things before it’s ready. Stay tuned to the PHB for more news!

HP’s Edit: The glitches involved with the delay of the release may have something to do with a couple glitches: the first is that Chromebook do not run SUI’s, at all. I recently got a Chromebook, and the SUI screen will not work — a couple other users of Chromebooks report the same problem.

The other glitch is that whenever you are in an SUI tab and you go to another tab, after switching back to it you get a horrible lag that is fixed by either clicking the screen or going to the tab again, then back. These two are annoying and detrimental to the game, and hopefully they will have them fixed soon.

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Hey everyone! The Creators just released a couple of images for Survival Ep. 3: Distress Signal! I’ve got to say that these are pretty cool! There’s a Desktop Wallpaper (top) & Printable Poster (bottom).

I guess Fishy was right about the radio tower! Also, looks like a spot has been added for the Survival – Episode 3 medallion, but it’s currently blank:

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Just a reminder that Survival Ep.3: Distress Signal will be released to members this Thursday, June 5th! Anyway, I will be writing a guide for the PHB and I hope I finish first in the race to be #1 for completing episode 3! ^_^

~SW5~