PHB Sneak Peeks

PHB Sneak Peeks: Mapping out Real Life Poptropicans!

EDIT: The site redirects to Poptropica now… they must’ve seen this post.

Hey everyone! HP found something really cool today and told me to post about it! If you visit this link, you’ll find Google Maps on a Poptropica page, but tailored for Poptropica. It’s called Poptropica Visitor Map (or “Poptropica Birth Announcements” on your tab).

mappop2

(I was looking around on it, and the pic at my house was my dad and I working on a floodlight while my neighbor’s yard was torn out… great picture of our house though xD).

Anyway, it seems to be for showing where and when Poptropica accounts are being born, and although it’s not fully operational yet, maybe it will be soon. So far, it seems to be stuck on just one random Poptropican: Tiny Leaf, born in Thorn Hill, TN.

mappop

In my personal opinion, this might be too much personal info… I don’t want someone stalking me! xD I hope Poptropica comes out with a more discreet way of making this work, though, because I think this is really cool!

~SW5~

Daily Pop Sneak Peeks

I Foresee Strangeness

I speak the truth, ladies and gentlemen! Strangeness lies ahead!

Disclaimer: What is below adds up to absolutely nothing

The Creators sure are going out of their way to be confusing with their Daily Pop sneak peeks.

First let’s take a look at this picture:

rubduk

What do you see above? I see two ducks in a perfect circle of water in some grass with rocks. The caption reads, “Let’s give this another try and see if we can goose some numbers.” What? Doesn’t make much sense to me.

Now the key here is the shape of the water. It’s obviously outside but can’t be a pond because it’s a perfect circle. So for now we’ll say it’s a bowl.

And there’s also the question of whether the ducks are real or rubber. Looks to me like rubber because the Creators typically exaggerate eyes in all their characters.

Last thing: the caption says “Let’s give this another try” so that leads me to believe this will be some type of mini-game.

So we’ve got a game involving rubber ducks in a bowl outside. Wow, I really dissected that thing.

Next:

rx

First thing’s first: The caption says “The Perfect Prescription.” Rx is the universal symbol for prescription medicine. This “thingy” is sitting on top of a roof. A power line stretches behind it.

So what is it? A chimney or a sign. Or something else? If it’s a sign, it’s probably for a drug store. If it’s a chimney, that’s just really weird. So is whatever this place is selling, because you see what’s popping out of it? Stars and stuff.

You know, I can’t say I have much of an explanation here. It’s kind of weird.

That’s all for today, Poptropicans. Two Sneak Peeks explained. (For the most part.) That’s what I do, so enjoy my facts. 😀 Adios!

PHB Sneak Peeks

The Lost Items of Poptropica

Hi Gs,

If you stalk through the item files of Poptropica for some bit, you are going to run across items that you have never seen before.  “Am I missing out?”, you ask.  I can tell you soundly that you are not missing out on anything; instead, you have discovered a lost item of Poptropica!

These items are very rare, and will never show up in your game; but outside of the player, you can view these hidden gems, which have never been used, and most likely never will be.  These items are not for the new releases, they are for islands that have already been released.  With my high tech solutions (ok, totally NOT high tech), I have been able to view these items completely, without having the name cut off.  This will make things easier, don’t you think? 😉

First off, a Teleporter Fuse, from Spy Island.

fuse

The description says that the satellite teleporter won’t work without the fuse…  sort of strange.

paint pallette

This is a Paint Pallette Watch from Counterfeit island; who knows what part of the quest it was supposed to go in, but it does not have a “Wear” button, so it wasn’t a customizable item.

Gravity Boots

These Gravity Boots are from Lunar Colony, and they are customizable!  The first customizable shoes… sad that they were never released.  Also in Lunar Colony, this  radio headset which you do wear in the quest, but never get an actual item for:

Radio Headset

And this Energy Boost Blaster is from Zomberry Island:

Energy Boost Blaster

We’ll never know for sure what these strange items are for, but it’s sort of neat to know about them.  If you ever find something unusual or strange, tell us!  🙂

-HP

PHB Sneak Peeks

Spying on Spy Island

Hi Gs,

I’m going to make one more prediction: Spy Island is the next to be updated!

spybg

Thanks to Elphangor and raqk for figuring this one out, lets go in order here… first, Elphangor revealed a new soundtrack for Spy Island.  You can listen to it here.  One, I love it, and two, what?!  This is crazy!  But still not crazy enough!

Next one goes to raqk, who found a background for Spy. That’s not much of a discovery, eh? Let’s take a look at the link:

http://static.poptropica.com/game/assets/scenes/spy/mainStreet/background.swf

See anything interesting?  The new “sound improved” island’s url are always /game/, while the old island’s url are always /base.php/.  So, the conclusion is, Spy Island is most definitely coming next, and also, it’s already been uploaded?  I’ll let you guys muse over it while I eat donuts.  I dunno why I said that… 😛

-HP

PHB Sneak Peeks, PHB Specials

PHB Sunday Special: Hacks, Music, and Genius

Hi Gs,

A while ago, Strange Cat (or Christmas Clown) mused that I may become the new Codien…

I didn’t really take it seriously, but now, I sort of wonder.  I think I may have hit the jack pot, I can prove it to you with a link.  Maybe even a couple links.  Anyway, let’s break this down into parts.

static.poptropica.com-game-assets-scenes-poptropolis-mainStreet-interactive.swf

Gamer Guy

The talk of the town is that Gamer Guy got fired.  Well, I’m pretty sure he didn’t get fired.  I have my theories, but I also may know who he really is. I don’t know for sure, but Kyle Fox sure fits the description: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kyle-fox/14/190/587

I believe that Kyle did a one time job for Poptropica, and the posts were just part of that.  They took advantage of the situation, and made it into a sort of publicity stunt.  When the job was over, his fun was over. This seems to be slightly forced though, so what do you guys think?

The Music

If I haven’t told you before, here it is:  if all else fails, I will root for the new improved islands JUST because of the amazing soundtrack. Jeff Heim is a genius, his music is genius, and you can hear the actual original soundtracks from their original files. This is only the beginning.  More will be revealed later.

The Backgrounds

As well as music, you can view the backgrounds of scenes just like you can view items!  Sadly, you can’t save them to you computer, as they are shockwave files, and some of them are off of the screen.  Maybe in the future we can have a page dedicated to the backgrounds, as there are key words to reveal them.

The Body

You can also view parts of the Poptropican body!

The Sounds

You can also hear the sounds!

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In  all, I think that this is a major breakthrough, and it’s not just for the sound islands.  To file away everything together will be a huge undertaking, but I think that it can be done!

There is more than just what I showed you today; the possibilities are endless!  I will post more some time or another. 🙂

-HP