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!
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.
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.comfor 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! 👀
(The crossed out ones have already been drawn and the circled ones have already been claimed. To make it easier to find them, the ones available currently are in a highlighted circle! 🙂 )
This batch was loads of fun to draw. Thank you for submitting your amazing Poptropicans. All the designs were very epic! 🤩
How to get your Poptropican drawn next? Here’s what you need to do:
💬 COMMENTBELOW (on the most recent DYPAE post) a reference screenshot for your Poptropican (using a public image sharing site like Imgur), their name, AND which facial expression you would like them to have from the chart near the top of the post (for example, E2).
🙅♂️ When asking for an expression,please don’t ask for one that has already been claimed (either by someone in the comments before you, or one that has been crossed out or circled blue in the chart). First come, first served!
❗️ Please only comment ONE Poptropica character per person. BUT if you’ve already gotten one of yours drawn, you CAN comment ONE MORE character! 😝
⏳ After you comment, WAIT PATIENTLY. Everyone who comments and wants to have their Poptropican drawn will get added to a list, so no one gets missed. Each round I’ll only post a handful of them, so hang tight, yours will get drawn at some point. 😃
It’s the next day since the villain’s escape from Erewhon prison. While there’s no storms currently overhead, the sky is patched with clouds. BLACK WIDOW is on deck, wrapping her wrists and hands with bandages and tape.
She turns to one of the masts, where an area has been marked with old paint splatters. WIDOW starts punching, rapidly striking at the pole with no apparent injury or pain to her knuckles.
CUT TO the interior of CAPTAIN CRAWFISH’S cabin, which is placed near the stern. The windows are decorated with red stained glass, and crimson-hued lanterns add light to the room. It’s covered in treasure and nice furniture from his previous expeditions, including luxurious rugs, antique globes that map different “dimensions” of Poptropica, and a daybed in a nook. CRAWFISH is sitting at his main desk near the windows, with some extra chairs placed out. DIRECTOR D., MOREAU, and his assistant EDWARD are all in the room.
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