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Welcome back to the Favorite Poptropica Island Tournament! 🏝️🏆
From Round 1 of voting, 16 islands have been eliminated, and 16 others have moved on to Round 2!
We still have a lot of voting to do before reaching the finals, so let’s get back to it! The voting period for Round 2 ends Friday, February 9 @ 11:59 p.m. EST.
Thank you for reading, and have a good day!
—Gentle Dolphin 🐬
Welcome to the Favorite Poptropica Island Tournament! 🏝️🏆
In the preliminary round, 55 islands fought for your votes, and now the top 32 islands have entered the ring! Which island will take the crown as the most beloved Poptropica adventure?
You have until Wednesday, January 31 @ 11:59 p.m. EST to cast your votes for Round 1. May the odds be in their favor!
Thank you for reading, and have a good day!
—Gentle Dolphin 🐬
Happy New Year, Poptropicans! 🎇🎊
You might remember the “Favorite Poptropica Character Tournament” that I hosted on Twitter X last year. Now, I’m hosting a new Pop-based tournament exclusively on the Poptropica Help Blog: the “Favorite Poptropica Island Tournament”! 🏝️🏆
Poptropica has over 50 islands to choose from, and I need your help to limit the scope. I have compiled a list of every Poptropica island from long-lost classics to fresh newcomers. All you need to do is select up to 10 islands in the preliminary round poll linked in this post. You have until Monday, January 8 @ 11:59 pm EST to nominate your favorites. The 32 islands with the most nominations will move on to the official tournament.
🏝️ Choose your favorite islands here! ☑️
Thank you for reading, and have a good day!
—Gentle Dolphin 🐬
Poptropica has given us a lot of adventures to go on over the years, since the game first began in 2007. To celebrate the game’s legacy, in this post we’re going to go on a tour of its island eras! 🏝️
This Poptropica Island Eras Tour, as some of you may have swiftly guessed, is inspired by another iconic Eras Tour — the 2023 concert tour of pop queen Taylor Swift, whose music career has also spanned a similar timeframe as Poptropica over the years. An enchanting connection! ✨
Speaking of Taylor, let’s kick this off with one of her hits! The PHB came out with “Backspace”, a parody on “Blank Space”, back in 2021 to petition for the return of old islands that have disappeared from the game since the end of Flash in 2020. Enjoy:
And now, let’s meet the Poptropica Island Eras…
Welcome to the beginning! The Classics are the earliest islands to have popped onto the map. These OG islands from 2007–2013 came with small screens and almost no sound. They were built with AS2, a Flash-based programming language, and are now only playable via Flashpoint.
Bonus Tracks — these mini-quests from the Classics era were not quite islands, and a couple were released on consoles besides the computer.
After years of solid standalone stories, Poptropica decided to shake things up by introducing episodic islands, breaking up an island’s story into a series of episodes. This Episodic era only lasted a couple years from 2014-2015, bringing shorter but more frequent releases.
Starting from 2013 and encompassing the Episodic era, Poptropica used a newer (but now still outdated) Flash technology, AS3. These Flashier islands came with more sound and bigger screens. These adventures can be found in AS3 Flashpoint as well as Poptropica’s paid Steam bundle.
With the looming demise of Flash, Poptropica Worlds was introduced as a new platform for the game’s future development. From 2017–2018, Worlds brought a handful of 3D adventures. Sadly, it remained inactive until it was quietly discontinued in 2022, and is no longer playable.
While Worlds went dormant, Poptropica continued updating its original platform. In 2020, Poptropica rolled out Haxe to replace the Flash build. This current era is characterized by islands that are shorter and simpler than in years past, along with a curious trend towards Roblox.
Like Taylor reclaiming her music by re-recording her previous songs, Poptropica has also since re-released some of their old islands after they were lost to Flash. The Flashier era and a few of the Classics are recovered on Steam, but we can only hope that more adventures join them someday. Until then, we also have the unofficial Flashpoint.
Anyway, that’s a wrap for the Poptropica Island Eras Tour! We hope you enjoyed this journey through Pop’s many storytelling eras of 16 years and counting. Share your favorite era with us in the comments! ✏️
Poptropica, it was enchanting to meet you.
~ 🩵 the PHB
Happy holidays, Poptropicans! No matter what you celebrate this time of year, we hope you all have fun and stay safe with your loved ones.
It’s been a quieter year than usual for Poptropica, but we still experienced our share of ups and downs! Check out our 2023 Rewind post in the Pop Yearbook for a recap on the past year’s shenanigans.
🎉 Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! 🎆
—the PHB team 🏝️🗺️🎄
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