Category: Web Development

Whether it’s the PHB or Poptropica.com, these websites get updated from time to time, and these posts are here to document those developments.

Glitches, Web Development

Announcing Custom Name Genie!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

In case it’s been a while since you’ve last checked out our Cheats page, you may notice a recent addition: the Custom Name Genie form! Like with our Avatar Studio Gift, we’re using our secret method* to bring you some awesome account alterations. As the name suggests, using this service, you get to have your very own custom name on Poptropica!

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*Due to not wanting our method to be patched, nor to have it abused, we will not be sharing it with the general public. Fear not, our goal is to let everyone simply enjoy the products!

All you have to do is fill out a simple form on our Cheats page specifying the desired details, and one of our glitching genies* will get to your request within a week and send you the custom-named account. Please note that this service cannot be done on pre-existing accounts (we will have to make you a new one), and of course, we will not make any offensive names.

With that being said, go wild with creativity! If you’d like your name to show up in-game, you can use any combination of the standard or Creators’ Poptropica names (see list here). Otherwise, non-standard custom names will show up in-game as Poptropican Lizard, but you can still see the custom name on the Avatar Studio as well as on the Poptropica app if you import your character’s look. Also, your name can have anywhere from one to four parts!

Whether you decide to become Captain Lucky Chicken Wing (shows up in-game) or Kim Kardashian (doesn’t show in-game), we hope you find a name you like and enjoy the Custom Name Genie. 🙂

*Thanks goes to renowned Poptropica glitchers Keith Sammut and Red Lizard for their help in manually processing and creating each request.

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We also hope you’ve been enjoying the Avatar Studio Gift (details here), because we’ve been increasing our ASG offerings! Here’s just a sample of what’s new. Check out the rest!

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We’ve added all eleven Realms animals, various epic-looking costumes that are otherwise exclusive to the Poptropica app, some Omegon costumes from PoptropiCon, cute aliens from Galactic Hot Dogs, and touched up some of our other sections. Have fun with these new costumes!

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In other news, album photos for Escape From Pelican Rock Island are finally here! Thanks to Tall Cactus for the tip. If you finished the island very early on, you may have to play it again to get the pics – however, for others, you may already have them. In any case, you can view the photos on our EFPR Island trivia page!

Finally, I’d like to ask you guys for your thoughts on the possibility of the Poptropica Help Network having our own mobile app! It would be a one-stop spot on your phone or tablet for our various networks: PHB, PHC, Twitter, Wiki, and more. Not promising anything, but your input is appreciated! 🙂

Anyway, that’s all for now!

Just keep swimming, Poptropicans. 😀

– 🐠 slantedfish 🐠 –

Advertisements, Daily Pop Sneak Peeks, Web Development

A Menu for MPIP Stories & More!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

Over the past week or so, the authors here on the Poptropica Help Blog have been posting their Poptropica stories – how they came to Poptropica, its community, and the roles they’ve played in it. It’s called My Place in Poptropica (MPIP), and even the Creators have been enjoying them! 😀

Anyway, we’re extending this chance to tell your Poptropica story to you, dear Poptropicans of the community! If you would like to write your own “My Place in Poptropica”, contact us ([email protected]) and we may publish your MPIP story here on the PHB! From how you found Poptropica to how it plays a part in your life, we want to hear your stories!

Please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username.

If you missed any of the 9 stories the PHB authors have shared so far, here’s a list to link you up:

What else is new? Well, the menu on classic non-SUI islands (those not colored on the map) has gotten a revamp to be similar to those on SUIs (sound-updated islands)!

It’s now a chest like the one on SUIs and opens up in the same way, but it’s on the left instead of right, and the options are still different from SUIs. Cool, but will take some getting used to. 😛

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Also, there’s a new ad on Main Street of Escape From Pelican Rock! Watch the video for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, and you’ll get an Alvin Outfit.

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Over on the Daily Pop: could these sneak peeks be hinting at a personal home feature where we can show off all the island medallions we’ve earned and kick up our feet in cozy fireplace spaces? Hmm…

In the Club: If you’ve got it, flaunt it.
Fireside Chat: Pull up a chair.

Catch up on sneak peeks from months and years past with our Daily Pop archive!

Anyway, that’s all for this post! We’ve had lots of posts recently, from news to MPIP stories to this year’s PHB Christmas Special, so be sure to catch up below and share your My Place in Poptropica with us!

Stay popping, Poptropicans. 😀

Graphic Novels, Home Island, Realms, Web Development

Snow on Home Island, Hula Hare, Realms, & more!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

First of all, it’s snowing on Home Island (and also on the PHB)! Fancy. The NPC (non-player character) in front of the Shop is wearing a costume that fluctuates between yeti and Jack Frost, and the other NPCs are carrying candy canes. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

If you take the blimp over to Poptropica Realms, there’s a new loading screen featuring Dr. Hare playing with a blue hula hoop! You can also see this in action with this link. So far, this only seems to appear before Realms is loaded. (Thanks to Happy Panda for the tip!)

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Speaking of Realms, the Creators haven’t posted much in the way of Remarkable Realms as of late – until just recently, when they featured Loud Chicken’s “Esador City” on the official blog! To visit this magnificent cityscape, use the Realms code 72pyj.

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It’s been almost a year since Poptropica updated their homepage layout, but if you ever want to go back to the classic layout where there was less clicking around to get to the game, Nice Hawk of Poptrickia recently shared this link that allows you to do just that:

http://www.poptropica.com/play-poptropica.php

If you prefer the original page, be sure to bookmark the link while it lasts!

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There’s also a few things going on relating to the Poptropica graphic novel – the first volume, Mystery of the Map, will be released March 1, 2016 in bookstores, and if you’re a US resident, you can even enter this giveaway on Goodreads for a chance to win a copy of the book!

If you view the book on Amazon, you can also see what the book cover will look like (pictured below). (Ehh… the design could be better. 😛 ) Also, check out this wall decal of Oliver in Poptropica HQ that the Creators shared on Twitter!

Did you know you could read a preview of the graphic novel on this Poptropica page? But don’t worry, you can continue reading the whole thing over on the PHB’s Comics page!

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Have you flipped through the latest PHB magazine, Issue #28 of The POPCORN? Poptropica recently gave us a shout-out, which gives even more reason for you to check it out!

Anyway, be sure to catch up on all the happenings below. Stay popping, Poptropicans! 😀

Social Media, Web Development

Announcing… the Poptropica Help Subreddit!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

I’m pleased to announce the opening of the Poptropica Help subreddit – at reddit.com/r/poptropicahelp! It’s essentially a minimalistic forum (you might even call it PHF (Poptropica Help Forum) 2.0!) for all things Poptropica – check it out:

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If you casually browse the internet, you may have heard of Reddit, which is basically a user-generated hub of news links that shows the most popular stories based on user votes. Subreddits focus on specific niches, in this case Poptropica, and this subreddit is now another facet of our Poptropica Help Network.

On the Poptropica Help subreddit, we encourage you to post helpful tips, jokes, witty ideas, theories, costumes, and basically anything imaginable! Once you post your tidbit, it gets thrown into a big bucket of other posts. Users of the subreddit sort the cream from the crud (by “upvoting” or “downvoting”) until the best posts show up on the “hot” section of the forum.

You’ll need a Reddit account (it’s free) to vote, comment, and post on our subreddit – plus there are many other subreddits out there you may be interested in! In any case, while there is an /r/poptropica, it is mostly inactive – but with your help, we can make our Poptropica Help subreddit a hotbed of activity!

Pop on over and start posting some Poptropica content! 😀

TAFN.

-HPuterpop

Wiki

Don’t H8 M8, R8 8/8 for Poptropica’s 8th birthd8

Ultimate iPad Expert

Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultim8 iPad Expert here with some news on Poptropica’s 8th birthday! The Creators took to their blog to explain a little about what’s happening for this year’s celebration. For those who don’t know, Poptropica’s birthday is in September – the whole month counts, because no one seems to know the specific date. 😛

Anyway, it seems we’ll be getting more giveaways, which could mean some really epic prizes. They also mentioned games, which I’m not sure about really. Does this mean some sort of birthday mini-game or something? Who knows? Looks like the fun starts next week on September 15th:

I’m excited to see what Poptropica does for this year’s birthday suit, if there’s to be one, and so are fellow PHB authors Slip and HP. Check out this fan idea from Slip, plus HP’s remade version:

So that’s all for the 8th birthday so far, but I wanted to give a little update from the Poptropica (Help) Wiki. If you’ve visited there recently, you may have noticed our new logo:

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That’s not all – we’ve also been working on a spiffy redesign for the entire website! Just a reminder that we recently relocated from Wikia to host the wiki on Gamepedia – head over there to check out the new layout and help with editing pages!

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The design is still under development, but figured I’d show it off to you guys since I think it’s pretty awesome. Big thanks to anddrewwiles (aka HPuterpop) and Ylimegirl for helping to make the new design a reality.

So, are you excited about Poptropica’s 8th birthday? What do you think of the new Poptropica Wiki design? Comment below.

• Ultimate iPad Expert •