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“The Villain Saga” – Season 2, Episode 3, Part 1 + A message from the producer

Agent Bubbles

(Table of contents) (See previous)

INT. MUSTACHIO GANG HIDEOUT – AFTERNOON

EL MUSTACHIO GRANDE and the four other members of his gang are lazing around, trying to avoid the height of the daytime desert heat and plotting their next move.

SCARRED BANDIT

That bank is wide open for us. Traders are coming soon too, we can grab it and pawn it off with no one noticing!

BANDIT GIRL

I don’t want to go back out until we know that storm isn’t going to happen again!

REDHEAD BANDIT

Still worried about you lil’ neckerchief?

BANDIT GIRL

It’s not just that! Y’know I can handle losing a piece of fabric!

(con’t)

Something was wrong there. It felt dangerous.

REDHEAD BANDIT

…Still worried about your dangerous lil’ neckerchief?

BANDIT GIRL

I’m gonna get you right between the eyes–!

MUSTACHIO

Come on, enough of that!

(con’t)

Yes, a scrap of fabric is no problem, but what happened the other day was not something we should scoff at.

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Merchandise, Pop Fan Artist Spotlights, Uncategorized

Pop Fan Artist Spotlights: PollyCatArt stickies and more 🖼️

Agent Bubbles

Hello Poptropicans! We’ve got a few fun Pop fan artists to spotlight, featuring goodies you can hold in your hands, plus more incredible artwork from the fandom community.

Earlier this year, we covered DizzyLeopardShop, a small business whose products include adorable Poptropica-themed stickers and keychains you can snag on Etsy. Check out our Q&A with the artist here!

Lately, a couple more shops have joined in to add Poptropica fan-made merch to the market! One is a set of waterproof stickers of the “Big 4” classic villains by PollyCatArt, who currently sells other nerdy goodies but hopes to add more Pop-themed items soon. They’re currently on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

…And all of this is totally not said out of bias, because I’m PollyCatArt!

A few of these stickers have already been purchased, including by my fellow PHB writer Gentle Dolphin! Thanks for your support! 💕🐬

Shameless self-promotion aside, another Pop-inspired artwork is also up for sale: the “Computer Game Wall Art” mini print by LenaDrawsArt, showing the old Poptropica map screen with a few classic islands! This would look great above a desk or workspace (especially if framed!) so you can always be reminded of the glory days.

Besides fan-made merch, we’d also like to spotlight some recent digital art pieces from the community!

First up is this gorgeous animation by MelonBobber-Pop on YouTube. This has a very smooth loop and does a great job at mimicking Survival Island’s background and environment designs!

Next is this beautifully stylized set of illustrations of Princess Elyana and other Astro-Knights characters by snoopypilots! Also featuring some doodles of the Binary Bard who is… wait, Hatsune Miku??

https://www.tumblr.com/snoopypilots/801424581223235584/forever-love-drawing-this-island-specifically

Interested in more Poptropica fan art? Come join our Poptropica Help Chat (PHC) Discord community, where community members create, discuss, and share all things Poptropica! 🌟

Castori honorem ~ Maryann/Smart Bubbles

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“The Villain Saga” – Season 2, Episode 2, Part 1

Agent Bubbles

(Table of contents) (See previous)

INT. CAPTAIN CRAWFISH’S SHIP “H. M. S. SEA CHICKEN” – EARLY MORNING

Crack of dawn. No one is awake, not even the Captain himself–except for those trapped in the galley. The COOK is busying herself preparing breakfast while barking orders at RAVEN and HARE.

COOK

What is this? You’ll break the Captain’s gold tooth with this hard tack!

(She tosses it back at HARE)

Soak it longer!

HARE yawns, struggling to keep his head up as he stirs a bowl of pea soup.

HARE

…Ants…don’t let the ants…get in here…zzzzz…

The COOK lifts a couple heavy pans from a cabinet, turning to RAVEN with one in each hand.

RAVEN

I thought we were almost done with prep?

COOK

Oh, this isn’t for “prep”…

(She pushes the pans into RAVEN’S arms)

It’s time to get the others up. Off to the fo’c’sle with ye!

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Fanfiction, PHB Series, The Villain Saga, Uncategorized

“The Villain Saga” – Season 2, Episode 1, Part 2

Agent Bubbles

(Table of contents) (See previous)

EXT. CAPTAIN CRAWFISH’S SHIP “H.M.S. SEA CHICKEN” – EVENING

FADE IN on the ship, later the same day. CRAWFISH has managed to gather everyone on the ship together on the deck. EDWARD is next to him with an old blackboard and a piece of chalk the size of his knuckle. Compared to the lovely weather from earlier, storm clouds are approaching once more.

CRAWFISH

All right, you lily-livered new folk!

(con’t)

I know none of you are used to life at sea, so we’re going to change that starting now!

HARE gags, still a little green in the face.

CRAWFISH

Each one of you has to carry your weight, no matter how high and mighty you may think you are.

EDWARD

None of us want to go through the trouble of training all of ye, so most of this will be cleaning an’ simple chores.

DIRECTOR D.

I used to hire janitors for this…

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Uncategorized, Web Development

Blimp Journey: Passing the baton for a Poptropica-inspired game 👨🏾‍💻🫆

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! Several months ago, an aspiring game developer began working on a Poptropica-inspired game that came to be known as Blimp Journey. Though progress was promising, sadly the project has since been halted. Now you’re invited to continue this work!

Allen Dawodu, also known as Looks to the Moon or mysystemlagz on Discord, along with a small team, has so far released a tutorial and two simple islands which can still be played on BlimpJourney.com for now. Check out screenshots below from the adventure Scorched Complex, which includes Poptropica-like elements such as point-and-click movement, collecting items, and puzzles:

The tutorial, as well as another quest called Dragon’s Claw Volcano, are accessible by going to the map via the hamburger menu in the corner. The latter features more colored artwork and puzzles:

Credit also goes to era for story development, Antonio Raymond for music, Snoopypilots for artwork, and the (now gone) Blimp Journey Discord community for playtesting and offering feedback.

Though Allen has stopped working on Blimp Journey due to limited time and resources, he’s inviting anyone with game development skills and passion to continue his work (built with the Godot engine) using the source code and assets for the project, now publicly available on GitHub. This repository, he says, has everything you’ll need to create character designs and islands relatively quickly. And if you do end up creating something with it, we at the PHB would love to hear about it!

While we’re sad to see the end of Blimp Journey, it’s definitely left an impact for Poptropica fan game development, as there are currently a couple other games in the works that have been encouraged by this project. 💥 Poptropica Legends, led by HPuterpop, is aiming for a demo release in June, while NewTropica, led by FoundOasis, aims to recreate a Poptropica launcher like Flashpoint. We’re keeping our eyes peeled for updates, so stay tuned with us! 👀

~🐠