Creators

Creator Q&A: PHC Discord Edition

Ultimate iPad Expert

Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultimate iPad Expert here. Today, I was simply minding my business on the Poptropica Help Chat (PHC), chatting here and there with the community.

And then suddenly, she appeared… At around 1:20pm EST, the one and only Skinny Moon (Poptropica’s social media manager) decided to drop in to the PHC and chat some with the community. We thought it would be a good idea to compile this little impromptu Q&A session in a post for you guys, and so, without further ado, here it is!

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Tall Cactus: Any news about the New Poptropica?
Skinny Moon: Nothing I can say yet. Trust me, when I have news, you guys will know!

Slanted Fish: Any behind the scenes info? 😄
Skinny Moon: Ummmmmm… well…. hmmmmmm…. 😉

Tall Cactus: When will you have news? lol
Skinny Moon: I know you guys are starved for info, but I don’t have the go-ahead to give any out. 🙁 We are SUPER busy working on both the current Poptropica and new Poptropica!

Slanted Fish: Any info about the contest winner’s call with Jeff Kinney?
Skinny Moon: The call got SUPER delayed because of a ton of things – health problems, business trips, etc. – and I just got access to the video recently. It’s on my list of to-dos to watch it and figure out if it needs editing before posting on YT!

Slanted Fish: Any news about officiation of the wiki/other sites?
Skinny Moon: Wiki also on my to-do list!

Slanted Fish: Would you guys be able to update the Daily Pop at least with some old pictures of the creative process and such, since you can’t share anything new at the moment?
Skinny Moon: I asked about posting older stuff on the Daily Pop and we’re going to look into it!

idk: Is the new membership page mobile-friendly? That’s what it looks like.
Skinny Moon: Yes, new membership page is mobile friendly

Tall Cactus: When do you think New Pop will be released, at least? And will there be a new island on the current pop?
Skinny Moon: New Pop scheduled to be released late this year and there will be new islands (plural!) on it!

Ylimegirl: Are we still going to be able to play the old Poptropica islands with the new Poptropica?
Skinny Moon: The old Pop won’t just disappear when the new Pop debuts, so you’ll still be able to play old islands there.

Slanted Fish: Are all the current islands going to be on the new Pop, with the new art style?
Skinny Moon: Can’t yet talk about on specifics regarding current islands and New Pop. We’re super busy working on new features for both the current Poptropica and making the New Poptropica. I know you guys are used to bunches of islands coming out each year and this year isn’t typical. But trust me, we have SO MUCH awesome coming your way!

Perfect Sky: I think I’m the only one wondering if there will every be new popgum….
Mad Apper:  Every new PopGum? Even Island-Flavored? What am I saying? Yep. New PopGum to go with every island.
Skinny Moon: Oooooh, I like the idea of new PopGum for every island!

Ripley: Wait aren’t you the one who runs the FB page?? I’m Lizzy, that chick you roasted in January. ^w^
Skinny Moon: Hi! Nice to see you! All you PHC people – if you’re on Facebook, come say hi there, too – like Lizzy!

Tall Cactus: So, will there be a new island on the current Pop?
Skinny Moon: I can’t comment on potential new islands. Sorry! 😦

Criaha: What’s your personal favorite island?
Skinny Moon: Hmmmmmm… that’s tough… I like MOTM a lot.

Slanted Fish: If it’s okay to ask, how is Poptropica doing financially? There have been a few rumors in both directions, but they’re mostly speculation.
Skinny Moon: Poptropica is doing great!

idk: Since the new Poptropica is being built in Unity, have there been any changes within Poptropica’s development team? Any new creators because of this change?
Skinny Moon: Our Creators are loving working with Unity. I’ve seen some awesome early animation – I wish I could show you!

CraftyPoptropiqueen: Is Binary Bard ever gonna come back? ;w;
idk: E. Vile come back, please. 😢
Criaha: Wait, I don’t want to sound annoying, but will ringmaster raven come back? O3O
idk: Dr. Cumulo Nimbus gets no attention either.
Tall Cactus: What about Black Widow?
Skinny Moon: I will let the Creators know you all want to see the villains come back!

Brave Tomato: How’d you get the community contact job? ^^
Skinny Moon: I’ve been working for the company since January 2015 and was hired to manage the GHD blog and social. That went well, so they gave me Poptropica. And then that went well, so they gave me everything social media-related under the StoryArc Media umbrella – though right now I’m pretty Poptropica-focused.

Tall Cactus: Is there gonna be a Pop TV Show?
Skinny Moon: Though we’d LOVE a Pop TV show, that’s not something in the immediate future…

Angry Tomato: Any new islands?
Skinny Moon: All I can say about new Islands is there will be new islands in the New Poptropica!

Criaha: I was just wondering, will you ever have LGBT characters?
Skinny Moon: Excellent question. I don’t think I can officially say anything about this yet, but trust me when I say allowing full customization of a player’s character is something we’re discussing for the New Poptropica.

MissEligon: I have a question, I feel like this might be something to hide until later, but will we ever hear more about the infamous for villains?
Skinny Moon: Hmmmm… TBD… 😉

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Quite the interesting Q&A session, despite being an unexpected visit. It really was a fun time, and we’re hoping Skinny Moon will stop by more often! 😀

Jessica also showed off her 5-month-old puppy, Toby, while on the chat, so I gotta add that in here. 😛

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If you’re not already part of the PHC community, we would love for you to join. It’s a friendly place where you’ll get to hang out with lots of Poptropicans, including PHB authors, other Poptropica bloggers and artists, and as you just saw, even the occasional Creator! Find out more on our Chat page!

Meme King out. 👑

• Ultimate iPad Expert •

PMFM (Poptropican Meme Face Mondays)

Poptropican Meme Face Mondays: Round 29

Ultimate iPad Expert

Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultimate iPad Expert here.

*sobs* You’re right Micheal Jordan, you’re right. I have now rededicated my entire life to putting smiles on people’s faces, this is my calling. Welcome to round twenty-nine of PMFM (Poptropican Meme Face Mondays)!

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The lucky meme-faced Poptropicans this week are The Genius, RedSpiderGaming, and Golden Icicle! And here are the memes:

Feel free to click on the images to view them in their full glory. 😛

Also, I just want to quickly add, today is The Genius’ birthday, so please send him a birthday greeting! 😀 (P.S., The Genius, I hope you like your meme face)

Want your own meme face?

Well, it’s simple. Comment on the most recent PMFM post (just choose the one of the list here). Be sure to follow the criteria below:

  • Very crucial: Wear the outfit you want to have in the meme face on Poptropica and keep it on for at least a week.
  • As mentioned, find the most recent PMFM post (it will be at the top of this list)
  • Include your Poptropican username in a comment.
  • 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 twenty-nine 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.

Meme King out. 👑

• Ultimate iPad Expert •

Crisis Caverns Island, Daily Pop, Membership, Mission Atlantis Island

Crisis Caverns, Deep Dive, & Membership Makeover

Spotted Dragon

Heyo everyone! SD here with another update. So let’s get to it!

First up, credit to idk for an entire album of Crisis Cavern themed Daily Pop sneak peeks! Too many to list in fact, but they’re there, so I suggest you check them out! 😛

crisis caverns sneak peek

Second up, credit also goes to idk for finding two cool test scenes for Deep Dive Island, now known as Mission Atlantis of course.  In both, you can explore and interact with a few things, but it was just a test so there isn’t much else to it.

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While on the topic of Deep Dive Island, or Mission Atlantis, an unused diving suit was also found! As you can see below, it was all black instead of the yellow one that ended up being used. Pretty neat, huh?

deep dive suit

Lastly, credit goes to WimpyKidFan for noticing that the Membership page for Poptropica has a new design! While it does look new, improved, and sleek, is this really what we want the Creators’ to be focusing on? Don’t get me wrong, it looks pretty cool! But it does seem like a small step towards “New Poptropica.” And don’t get me started on new islands.

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Anyway, that’s it for now guys! If you’re already on summer break, I hope you’re having a blast! Or at least relaxing. If you’re almost there, I believe in you! Hang in there! If you don’t have a summer break… then, uh… *shrug*

~SD

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Finding Trappers for an Adventure

Mighty Gamer

Hey, Poptropicans!

There’s a new ad in Poptropica for the upcoming Pixar movie, Finding Dory, which as you may know is a sequel to Finding Nemo! I’ve known about the movie for a while now, and I can honestly say I’ve been excited for it ever since.

You can find the ad on Home Island by running to the right until you spot it. By watching two short video clips, you’ll get two neat prizes. One is a Hank Hat – yup, that’s a squid on your head. The other prize is a Coffee Pot… and yup, that’s Dory in a coffee pot. Poptropica is realistic. Totally. I know.

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Also, another filler post has appeared on the Creator’s Blog, in which the Creators were discussing a new character for an upcoming island – but instead of giving sneak peeks, they compared characters from previous islands together, too. Most likely this is for Crisis Caverns Island, which has yet to be officially announced.

In this “sneak peek”, there’s a “crazy trapper”, “puzzled trapper”, and the “angry trapper”. Can you guess where these characters are from? (See just below this picture for answers!)

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Answers: Crazy Trapper is Ed the janitor from New Jersey on Cryptids, Puzzled Trapper is Myron Van Buren from Survival, and Angry Trapper is the distressed guy in Loch Ness whose vehicle you fix, also from Cryptids.

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In other news, PHB author HPuterpop recently pieced together the soundtrack for Poptropica Adventures for Nintendo DS. Here’s the video down below for those who want to take a listen. We also have a guide for the DS game if you’re interested!

All of them are great, but what are your favorites? Mine are Mini 01, Mini 02, Myth, and… well, most of them are great.

That’s pretty much it for this post.

Until next time!

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–MG

My Place in Poptropica

My Place in Poptropica: Squeezy Starfish

Slanted Fish

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Squeezy Starfish, a Poptropica player who likes the sponsored islands and creating good outfits. See below for details on sending in your own MPIP!

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2012 | What’s this?

It was Friday Fun at school. I was in the computer lab, playing around on the running game QWOP. The teacher then told us a few websites we could go on: Sumdog, i-Ready, or Poptropica. The first two I knew were educational game sites, but what was Poptropica? Being the curious person I was, I googled it. I clicked on it and a bunch of characters ran across my screen.

I created a new character for myself, going through the names, not the outfits. I got Squeezy Starfish, which I thought went together pretty well. My beginning outfit was *violent shudder* me with my hair back in a green headband, a heart shirt, and a skirt. As you can assume, I didn’t like it.

But I shrugged and went along, my friend guiding me throughout the entire thing. He taught me about the pop quizzes, and saving your account, and the islands. The first island I wanted to try out was Red Dragon Island since I liked Magic Treehouse, the Wimpy Kid islands being the next since I liked those as well. And oh gee, that was a bad choice. Red Dragon’s actually one of my least favorite islands to this day. Now, I never really knew what I was doing, but I played around and switched islands all the time.

2013 | A Re-Discovery

Boom! After that day, I didn’t play at all. Until a day in 2013 when I was cleaning out my backpack, in small illegible handwriting on a post-it note, there lay my username (cs84910), and my password. At the bottom there were big bubbly letters with the words Poptropica on them. And so I went on my cousin’s computer and started playing.

Oh look, fetus Clare (Clare’s my real name) actually wanted to finish Red Dragon. But oh well, she couldn’t get past the bonsai tree part and still can’t to this day. Oh look, fetus Clare wanted to finish Wimpy Wonderland. But oh well, she couldn’t get past Twisted Wizard and still can’t to this day. You see, I’m not the most committed person. However, I surprisingly got past Wimpy Boardwalk.

I didn’t try out any of the other islands, since I just liked the books and wanted to do only those islands. Also, during this time, I finally got a non-cringey outfit and got rid of the bad hair for a wavy hairdo and a light blue kimono from Red Dragon. Then there was a small period of time that I forgot about Poptropica once more.

2014-2015 | The Year of Poptropica

I had stumbled across a website called the Poptropica Help Blog and remembered about Poptropica. I had also friended a lot of my friends on Poptropica. By this time, I was a *cough* emo nerd who considered herself a rebel… but that doesn’t matter right now. So I looked around the PHB. THESE PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO COMPLETE ALL THE ISLANDS?!?!?!?

From then on, I went on Poptropica as much as I could and tried to complete all the islands. And I almost did. Halfway through my island adventure, BOOM! I forgot about the sponsored islands and now I can’t finish them because I don’t think I really want to be a member. I was disappointed.

Oh, and look, Clare got an outfit that was even less cringey! A blue superhero suit and a blue beret! And… holding her signature fish. Also in this period, I made three more accounts. Cuddly Panda (tylerandjoshdunit), Spotted Fox (bluecrayon410), and one where I used an ASG on Red Lizard (poopyunicorn123). After this, I got an even less cringey outfit. The Hermione Granger costume and the Aqua Hipster costume (from the PHB Costumes page) combined! Yay.

Since Clare is a person who gives up easily, she never finished Red Dragon, Astro-Knights, Skullduggery, or any of the sponsored seven besides Wimpy Boardwalk.

2016 and beyond | ???

If I’m being honest, I think I’ll lose interest pretty soon. But that’s okay! I’ll still visit the PHB for funny posts and try to complete the mentioned islands. If the Creators keep going with islands, I hope they’ll make a Harry Potter one or a Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus one. (Hey Creators, if you decide to do a Heroes of Olympus one, be sure to include my bae Leo – What? I didn’t say that hahaha… *awkwardly slides away*)

Welp, thanks for reading Clare’s MPIP, and – goTTA BLAST!

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Hope you enjoyed this “My Place in Poptropica” story! Feel free to send in your own (please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username). Look out for more community MPIPs in the future!

~the PHB.