Another update? With actual content?! This is insane.
Skinny Moon updated us yet again today, this time regarding a new costume. The “Creepy Puppet” costume is now available in the store for 400 credits (pricey!). The costume itself has two versions, one for each gender. I can’t decide which one I like better.
Strangely enough, the costumes actually aren’t the same as the ones in the promo image; instead, they have white skin and in classic they don’t have eye shadow/mascara. You will need to adjust your own character’s skin color to pure white so it matches the jaw of the puppet.
In other news, the Ship Wheel on Home Island has been updated with a Halloween aesthetic — and a new portal to the Haunted House mini quest has been opened next to the Arcade. Nothing new in the quest, however.
I’m excited to see what is unveiled next for Halloween this year (as she promises there’s more at the end of her post). Fingers crossed, substantial updates on New Poptropica.
(Hey Poptropicans! This Popspiracy theory about a remade 24 Carrot Island is a guest post by Shaky Skunk, who regularly blogs on her site, Poptropica Skunk Blog. Check it out, and enjoy! – 🐠)
Wait – hold the phone… 24 Carrot Island is going to be remade for New Poptropica?! I’ve got compelling evidence to think so. Who knows, maybe other islands could also get remade! 😀
Our first piece of evidence is this sneak peek that was released on the Daily Pop a while back:
Hay There: This one is a real barnstormer.
Take a look at the setting of this image. The skies are brown and it’s located inside a barn, just like the one on 24 Carrot Island – the barn we can’t enter in the current version. The text on the barrel and crate have incomplete lettering on them – enough to speculate that it reads “Funny Bunny”, which is the name of the farm according to the sign there. Additionally, the man in the picture is wearing a hat with two pink rabbit ears.
Just the day before, there was another sneak peek – that of a homeless man. There is a bit of a similarity between the new design and this character from the current 24 Carrot – could the new guy be a remake of him?
Plus, remember those rat sneak peeks on the Daily Pop we all complained about? And how there’s a rat inside the factory on 24 Carrot? The newer rat might just be that critter.
Oh Rats: Too busy around here for sneak peeks! Honest!
It Moves: Only took a week.
Our final piece of evidence is a minor detail I found at the top of the monster worm picture from the recent New Poptropica sneak peek. Oddly enough, they’ve removed the pic from the official Creators’ Blog post, but you can still see it below. Among the file names up top, there are four that sound like they could belong on a new 24 Carrot Island – “Char_Rig_Cook.ai”, “Char_Rig_Cook_whiteskin.ai”, “Char_Rig_CrazyComet.ai”, and “body_parts_CC.ai”.
If you don’t remember Crazy Comet, he’s one of the four children that got kidnapped by Dr. Hare to become one of the drones working in the factory. As for the Cook character(s), they may be workers in the Carrot King Diner.
What do you think? Could the worm be related to 24 Carrot Island, and steal/protect the carrots? Who knows… I’m just sad that the first island wasn’t something like Early Poptropica, but you never know.
Finally, some new content! Earlier today, Skinny Moon gave us an inside peek into the New Poptropica that we’ve been promised — the development of a “monster worm” creature that will apparently appear in an upcoming island.
The bulk of the post, which you can read here, was written byJon Pitcher, a veteran artist for Poptropica. He gives a step by step development process for creating the creature. This includes a developmental sketch, vector illustration, coloring, and animating. The process is impressive, as is the final product. Here’s a summary look at the process:
Some notes:
Jon reveals that this creature has an earthy, dirt-covered home. What this could mean? Am I the only one to think of Crisis Caverns?
The art style is definitely different from regular Poptropica. It startles me that this is just a worm, considering the level of detail that went into it.
The FPS of the animation seems dramatically increased. Will this be a constant in New Poptropica?
The vector illustration is made with Adobe Illustrator – perhaps the rest of Poptropica’s graphics use this tool as well?
One of the programs he’s using is called “Spine”, a 2D skeletal animations tool. What does this mean for the Unity theory?
Equally intriguing is what seems to be verification that New Poptropica is still on track to be released later this year (how much later remains a mystery). See you next time, Poptropicans.
If you can’t trust a man in a red sweater, who can you trust? (Am I right?) Welcome to round forty-six of PMFM (Poptropican Meme Face Mondays)!
The lucky meme-faced Poptropicans this week are atlanta, Awesomeness!, and Bruce! And here are the memes:
atlanta
Awesomeness!
Bruce
Feel free to click on the images to view them in their full glory. 😛
And now some extra meme-ing! Today is undertale_1017’s birthday, so why not present her with a special birthday meme face? Be sure to send your birthday wishes in the comments! 😀
Include the meme face you would like on your Poptropican in your comment (a link to an image of the meme is very preferred).
Post your comment and wait! (PMFM is operated on a first come-first serve basis, so your meme face will come after all of the ones before are released).
Just a note: You do not need to re-comment on newer posts if you haven’t gotten yours yet. Once I reply to your comment mentioning “You being added to the list,” then I have seen your comment and added it to my literal list, so yours will be made after each one before is made.
This completes round forty-six of meme faces. Tune in next Monday for the next Poptropican Meme Face Mondays!
What do you think about this week’s meme faces? Comment below.
It’s Lucky Joker here – and today I have something different to bring to the table.
Down below are four pairs of Poptropica images. Each set contains ten differences, some of which may be quite easy to spot, while others may be more challenging.
Your mission: Find all of the differences and comment your answers down below!
The first six correct guessers for each set will be declared the winners! Good luck!🍀
#1: Poptropican Pursuit
#2: Skullduggery Scrutiny
3: Eastman Examination
4: Twisted Thicket Trackdown
I hope you enjoyed playing this Pop the Difference challenge as much as I enjoyed making it! How many differences could you find? I’ll have the winners and answers announced next Friday, October 21.
Share your thoughts, and leave your answers in the comment section below. See you next time – pop on!
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