Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

The long wait for Astro-Knights Island is over!

Hoorah! After months and months of impatient waiting, it’s finally here! Let’s welcome the one-and-only Astro-Knights Island!

We’ve also updated our blog with an Astro-Knights island guide for the adventurers in distress!

Guide: https://poptropica.wordpress.com/island-help/astro-knights-island/astro-knights-guide/
More Information: https://poptropica.wordpress.com/island-help/astro-knights-island/

And here’s a final sneak peek at what you might expect on this troublesome island:

Blog Post Title: A Day in the Life of the Bard
Description: The Space Sharks are among my strongest but most stupid creations. They are a little thick headed, so I had to shoot at all three of them just so I could get their attention. We had quite a lovely space stroll until one of them got carried away and took a bite out of my space ship. What a mechanical mess! 0110111101110101011101000010000001100110
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Image URL: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bqXCl2IJBSo/SjJqY3c6EVI/AAAAAAAAAB8/tzXKyfDIzEc/s1600-h/3sharks.JPG
Image Name: 3sharks.JPG

[The binary code translates to “Out for a stroll”.]

So head on out there and explore the unknown territories of outer space! The kingdom of Arturus is counting on you.

Advertisements, Reality TV Island, Sneak Peeks

Beautiful Sea Life

There’s an advertisement building for 6 to 8 year olds on Main Street (any island). It’s a Kellogg’s Froot Loops adventure, and this time it is up to you to rescue the toucans from the FrootOctopus! All you have to do is find 8 flashing red spots on the octopus and jump over it to “tickle” it. When you are done you will be awarded a yellow Froot Loops Costume and a FrootOctorizer (both temporary items).

Comic Kid flicked through his sketchbook. He smiled at every little doodle he’d ever drawn, thinking of the adventures it came with. But today he thought that one particular image stuck out to him: the little fishies. Then he got an idea.

Half an hour later, he’d reached the ocean next to Reality TV Island and was happily swimming underwater. He dove deeper, passing by schools of fish and a bunch of coral, until he finally saw the ground. There was one medium-sized green fish down there, grinning at him. Cute, thought Comic Kid, whipping out his underwater camera. He snapped a picture for memories and headed back on shore to put into his blog later. Amazing!

Blog Post Title: What Lurks Beneath
Description: Remember the pictures of fish that I drew awhile back? Well I thought I would go back to where I first saw them and show you what they look like in their surroundings. Amazing, huh?!
Image URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/Si6Tjba3KMI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ACaeLJB6ODE/s1600-h/underwater.jpg
Image Name: underwater.jpg

Reality TV Island, Sneak Peeks, Web Development

Hey armadillos, the Poptropica Store is open!

Shark Boy worded the great update very well on the Creators’ Blog:

 Today is a BIG day for Poptropica; we have opened the doors to our new online store where you can buy awesome outfits, abilities, and more! To purchase anything in the store you need Poptropica credits. You get 100 credits FREE for every island you complete, or you can purchase more with a credit card.

Quick Tips:
*Some outfits allow you to change their colors!
*Some outfits have special abilities. For instance,you just press the SPACEBAR key on your computer, and the Rock Stars will rock out on their guitars!

Thanks, Shark Boy!

So, log in and spend your credits! There’s lots of cool and exciting things with this new update. Firstly, to access it, click on the 3-dimensional star icon on the top-right corner, next to the Inventory. If you would like to, there is now an option to change your password! Therefore, please don’t post any more accounts on the Poptropica Talk page as they most likely will be stolen.

As mentioned above, you will get 100 credits for each island you complete! If you haven’t already finished all of them, check out our handy Island Help guides. Alternatively, you can also buy your credits with real world money using a credit card. Thanks to Grey Flame for the image found at http://poptropica.com/store_info.html:

Poptropica Store Info

Some costumes have a special action, such as Robin Hood. To perform this action, wear the costume and then press the space bar on your keyboard. For example, the Robinhood Outfit will cause your character to shoot an arrow with the bow. These actions could be useful for making videos!

By the way, female characters (girls) have more options in the “Special Costumes” area. There is more stuff they can wear there that boys don’t get to purchase, such as the “Fairy Queen” or “Geisha”!

To access these purchased items, go to your Inventory, and click on the scroll bar at the top. Click on the gold words, which say “Purchased Items”, and you’ll be able to use your items! Also, you may have noticed the Games button to be gone. Well, don’t worry too much – right underneath “Purchased Items” is “Games”, where you can see all your game cards. And as some of you have seen – right underneath Games is Astro-Knights! They’re probably just preparing for the island’s release, but there’s another hint that it’s coming really soon.

And Poptropica’s homepage has slightly changed! The buttons at the bottom of where you log in have now been formed into a bar, which looks much nicer. Thanks again to Grey Flame for taking this picture for us:

Homepage Bar Buttons

It was a beautiful Monday morning. Ned Noodlehead decided to take the day off to visit his favorite vacationing spot, Reality TV Island. The sun was shining down his back, and he loved how it felt. He strolled through the forests quietly, admiring nature, gasping at every little leaf. And suddenly, out popped an armadillo, big and brown, but with a friendly smile. It looked up at Ned. Ned shyly smiled back and waved. “Isn’t he cute?” he said aloud.

Blog Post Title: A New Little Friend
Description: When I’m traveling from island to island on my adventures I’m always eager to make new friends. This little guy was the latest to become my new friend. Isn’t he cute?
Image URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/SiA5f7rrw0I/AAAAAAAAAEM/YMg5UAvD_kY/s1600-h/little_friend.jpg
Image Name: little_friend.jpg

In other news, make sure you check out our super-rare monster giveaway contest in the post above! The entry deadlines are in one week.

Bonus Items, Snapshot Series, Sneak Peeks, Uncategorized

Poptropica Credits, Stats, Store, Stuff and More!

A big WOW!!!

Poptropica Creator Shark Boy has just revealed a major update that will be coming soon. We don’t know a whole lot about it, but here’s what Shark Boy said on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog:

 We’ve been working on a bunch of “super-special” outfits, new abilities, and some other awesome stuff that we will be offering for Poptropica credits. You can earn FREE credits for each island you beat, or you can purchase more credits. Poptropica credits can be used to get some cool stuff from our store. Stay tuned, coming soon!

Looks cool. From SB’s post, we gather this info:

Stats
There will be a new interface called “Stats”. This will have/show:

  • Your character’s Poptropica name (such as Invisible Foot in the picture)
  • A picture of your character’s current look
  • Your battle ranking from playing multiplayer games in chat rooms
  • The number of “Poptropica Credits” you have, and a button to be able to purchase more of these credits.
  • An option to change your account’s password
  • Which island medallions you have
  • Your recent Poptropica activities – whether it’s just logging in or winning/losing a multiplayer game
  • A box telling you what’s happening around Poptropica: the example talks about Astro-Knights coming up!
  • Poptropica Store: you’ll get to spend your credits on cool rock star outfits and more!

Store
There’s also going to be a “Store” tab. So far, this is what we know:

  • Poptropica will be having a store for buying in-game items and powers. The “super-special” costumes they are working on can be bought here, as well as some new abilities (possibly Comic Kid’s new emotes from the many previous sneak peeks?) and other awesome stuff!
  • To shop at the store, you need “Poptropica Credits”, which are going to be Poptropica’s “money”, or their type of currency.
  • Some free credits can be gained from completing island quests.
  • You can purchase more credits, most likely with real-world money, such as American dollars.

Stuff
Lastly, there will be an interface titled “Stuff”. We don’t really know what this is, but maybe it’s a new type of inventory. Maybe all your equipment from Time Tangled, 24 Carrot or whatever island will be moved to this tab. (Just a guess.)

So now we know what the “super-special” outfits were for. At least we get credits for finishing an island too, so even if you aren’t allowed to buy stuff off the Internet, you’ll still get a chance to spend a few. Magic Monster suggests that maybe winning multiplayer games might also get you credits, because they mention winning and losing Soupwords and Balloons in the “Recent Activity” section. However, that could mean we could get credits just for logging in – which is a bit unlikely, but we don’t know for sure. What do you think?

Also, as Incredible Fish noted, you will soon be able to change your Poptropican’s password! So when this update comes, please don’t give away accounts on the Poptropica Talk page (or anywhere else on this site) to the public, or it may become out-of-date very quickly because there are people out there who like to mess up accounts. Other people won’t be able to use most of our Poptropica Talk accounts soon, so enjoy them while you can!

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Snapshot Sagas
Vlad encounters a “visitor of mysterious origin” in this next episode of Snapshot Sagas! Check it out:

I had such a relaxing week! I was sipping some coconut milk at the Coconut Cafe and taking in some sun on the tropical Shark Tooth Island beach. My relaxing time didn’t last long however, because I ran into something out of this world on my latest trip to the Coconut Cafe! It was a Poptropican named Striped Hero, but I couldn’t be sure if he was really from Poptropica because I had never seen anything like him before! He was just as friendly as any other Poptropican that I have met, and I was able to take a photo with him, but his origins are still a great mystery to me!

Congratulations Striped Hero! You have been the latest visitor of mysterious origin featured on Snapshot Sagas!

Keep looking for me anytime you visit an island! You could be the next Poptropican (or mysterious visitor) featured on Snapshot Sagas!

Congratulations from the PHB, Striped Hero! And as Cheerful Claw said, we definitely won’t have to worry about them delaying Astro-Knights any longer because they’re acknowledging the fact that the cyborg-face is out. Take a look at The Mechanical Fever news post to learn more about this metallic mask!

Astro-Knights Island, Reality TV Island, Sneak Peeks, Web Development

Astro-Knights and Reality TV are coming…

:mrgreen: Our most recent staff member to join the PHB Team, Grumpy Wolf, has been added to the Poptropica Help Blog’s header! Thank you for the wonderful change, Codien! :mrgreen:

Astro-Knights Island Coming Soon!The Astro-Knights Island official description has been changed for the 3rd time! It now says:

Launch thyself into a new adventure on Poptropica! The Princess hath been kidnapped and taken to the far reaches of space. Thou must assemble a space vessel and fly among the stars on an intergalactic quest to rescue her and save the kingdom of Arturus.
Taken from http://www.poptropica.com/astro_island.html.

Also, the image of Binary Bard has changed into a man in some warrior’s armor. The brown body is possibly made of bronze, and the helmet and spear could be silver, iron, or steel.

We now know that the kingdom the royal family lives in is called Arturus, which might be related to the Arthurian legends, as Cheerful Claw said. It looks like we’re going to save the Princess again, instead of the King and Queen.

Reality TV Island Coming Soon!Reality TV Island finally has an official description, rather than the unofficial description from the Creators’ Blog! Here’s what it reads:

Have you ever wanted to be the star of a reality TV show? Well, now’s your chance! Duke it out with your fellow contestants and avoid elimination to win the show’s grand prize and become a hero to your home town.
Taken from
http://poptropica.com/reality_island.html.

The picture showing a campfire at night with trees and a hut surrounding it may possible the “home town” that the description is talking about. It’s also related to this sneak peek we had earlier!

Also, the hippie guy on the right resembles the one shown in this sneak peek. He’s got curly dark brown hair with some strands sticking out, a tan-colored headband, and a big smile. Mr. Hippie is also wearing a peace symbol necklace, a rainbow-colored shirt, and tan muddy pants. Do you think he’s one of the contestants from another town or is he a citizen of your home town? We’ll have to wait and see!

The island banners, or signs, on the homepage of Poptropica.com have also changed!

  • The “Now Online: Big Nate Island” banner has been removed. Just as well too – it was already released so many months ago!
  • The “Coming this spring: AstroKnights” banner has been changed to “Coming soon: AstroKnights”. Yippee!

AstroKnights coming soon

  • There is a new banner that says “Coming later this year: Reality TV Island”. This means that we will have RTV Island to look forward to before the year 2009 comes to an end!

RealityTV coming later this year

There’s also a new poll on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog about AK Island: How excited are you for Astro-Knights to come out? Here are the results as of today!

Poll Option | Votes Percentage
I can’t stand waiting anymore; I will never play Poptropica again! | 15%
I can’t sleep at night! | 5%
I go to Poptropica every day to see if Astro-Knights is out. | 70%
I am waiting patiently. | 5%
I am not that excited. | 1%
Astro-Knights…what is that?! | 1%

!!!WARNING!!!

The Poptropica Help Blog has discovered a new disease known as the Mechanical Fever. It has only been discovered until very recently, but it is spreading fast. If you do not wish to have half your face zapped into a metallic state, act quickly to protect yourself now. Learn more here.