Poptropica: Legends

Orb Legend – an epic saga

HPuterpop

This post contains the information to possibly the largest update that we, the PHB, could ever muster. This update extends farther than the Poptropica community—beyond online virtual worlds. I am pleased to announce the beginning of a new adventure…

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Orb Legend is a role-playing game (RPG) created by a group of artists and creatives, centered around the adventures of Meridian Sinker, Quatia, Anguila, and the entire BHP team, throughout 6 books jam-packed with puzzles, stories, side quests, amazing soundtracks, and lovable characters. Yes, this is an actual game, created by me and my awesome team.

But how?

We’re using an amazing engine—“Game Maker Studio”—to put the game together, if that’s what you’re asking. You may recognize it as the engine that the RPG “Undertale” was built on—and gameplay wise, this game will be incredibly similar to Undertale.

What will happen to the PoptropiComic?

The PoptropiComic is no more. Orb Legend will be replacing it, continuing the same storyline. Sadly, after I created a couple pages, I realized that the story isn’t compatible with that medium. The story will be much more enjoyable here—trust us!

What can I expect from the game?

Think Poptropica, but the story is stretched out between over 20 different quests. The lore and backstory run deeper than Poptropica has ever delved. You will be playing as Meridian Sinker, so it will play like a spectating movie in which you get to choose what to do – but make no mistake, your choices won’t directly impact the main story.

There will be logical puzzles similar to Poptropica – and a battle mechanic similar to Undertale.

When can I play?

The game is in early development currently—but expect it sometime this year. Of course, it will be released in parts, which we call chapters. The chapters will be released one at a time—and there are about 4 chapters each book. There are 6 books, meaning this could be a project that lasts years.

What will it cost?

Because of Poptropica’s copyright, we can’t sell the game for profit. It will be absolutely free! However, we will have a Kickstarter campaign up and running soon, so you can donate to the game. In return, we’ll have fun rewards!

Who’s developing it?

You can read more about the entire development team on the official blog, but here’s an overview:

  • Andrew (HP) is the head of story development. I also do most of the spriting.
  • Paul (UiPE) helps out with graphics and story.
  • Blake helps out with making dialogue and story fluid.
  • Kat (Oddly) creates the (incredible) soundtrack for the game.
  • Ylimegirl programs the gameplay and helps with dialogue.
  • Joshua (GH) helps out with story and correlations between the game and his series.
  • Nicholas is the incredible background pixel artist.

I want more info!

We’re currently still working on the official blog, but you’ll be alerted here whenever it’s live!

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Again, this is a huge endeavor and one that I’m super excited for. Happy New Years! Also, if you think you have any skills that may add to the project, feel free to contact me at [email protected].

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—HPuterpop and the entire Orb Legend crew

Blast from the Past, Daily Pop-In, Escape from Pelican Rock Island, Galactic Hot Dogs Island, Hall of Fame, Home Island, Mystery of the Map Island, PHB Specials, PoptropiCon Island, Timmy Failure Island

2015 Rewind: Islands, Events, and More!

Slippery Raptor

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Hey guys, Slip here.

Wow, another year has already passed. 2015 is coming to an end, and what better way to bring it to a close than to reflect and look back to all that’s happened this year?

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2015, for Poptropica, is one of its awesome years. They reached a lot of milestones and new developments that made our game experience better than ever. This post is divided into three parts: the islands, the Poptropica milestones, and the PHB events.

Islands & Episodes

In 2015, we had a total of 4 new islands and 2 new episodes! From the forty thieves to space pirates to robot rulers, there was a lot for Poptropica adventurers to experience this year. Let’s take a look!

Arabian Nights Episode 2: Lair of Thieves

Poptropica started the year with releasing the second episode of Arabian Nights—one of the best episodic adventures we’ve had. It was definitely challenging, heart-stopping, and mysterious all at the same time. In this episode, everything was well done, making for an enjoyable experience. (You can check out our review here!)

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Galactic Hot Dogs Island

Poptropica also launched a brand new sponsored island early on in the year: Galactic Hot Dogs. To be honest, Galactic Hot Dogs Island is one of Poptropica’s easiest islands, and its lack of challenge plus its being a sponsored island with a very contrasting art style made it rather unlikeable for many Poptropicans (in fact, it was voted Worst Poptropica Island in the PHB’s Poppies event!). Still, Poptropica brought a new island with a distinct story and a light challenge to all.

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PoptropiCon Episode 3: Reign of Omegon

After releasing Galactic Hot Dogs to everyone, PoptropiCon’s concluding episode followed next. Now this was one amazing episode. Everything worked out well and Omegon played effectively as the story’s antagonist. I believe Poptropica made sure that this island would be remarkable; it definitely was one of the better ones and even inspired our April Fool’s prank this year!

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Mystery of the Map Island

In May, a new island dawned on Poptropica. Based on the Poptropica graphic novel, you could say this island is a hybrid of both original and sponsored island. I enjoyed how our player is added to the plot. The downside was that the graphic novel had already been released, which meant everyone was already aware of what was going to happen. Still, the island was cool to play, and the design was well made. (Read our review of this island here!)

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Arabian Nights Episode 3: Careful What You Wish For

Wishes do come true, as the ending of Arabian Nights showed us. I would consider this episode one of Poptropica’s finest works. Poptropica made everything top-notch in this episode — the story, the characters, the gameplay and even the design were all so amazing! Plus, Samhal the comedic genie gave us a lot of laughs along the way! (Read the PHB’s review here!)

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Timmy Failure Island

This island isn’t a complete failure; it’s actually greater than expected! Sponsored islands have a down-factor since they aren’t an original Poptropica story, but this island defied the paradigms of the sponsored islands! From its wacky characters to its hilarious whodunit storyline, this island didn’t fail to meet our expectations. As far as sponsored islands go, this is one of the best. As a plus, it even came with a weekly giveaway! (Check out our review here!)

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Escape From Pelican Rock Island

We’ve been through a lot of prisons in Poptropica. Most of the time, prison security was a joke. Not so with Pelican Rock Prison! The year ended wonderfully with this island, which brought on a unique storyline with fantastic designs, particularly of the individual characters. Poptropica clearly worked hard on this island, and I believe this is the best island of 2015. 😛 (Catch the PHB’s review over here!)

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That brings us to the next part: Poptropica’s milestones of 2015!

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PHB Events

Look back through the parties, events, milestones, and even fan art contests! Here’s a slideshow of various PHB events we’ve had through the year:

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This year was a big year for other reasons – namely a stronger reunion of the PHN.

UiPE bringing back a weekly series really helped out with inspiring the community again like Poptropican Portraits did once. Last year, HP reflected that he wanted the community to be more community centered, and in the past year we have gotten a lot of awesome community help. Trusty Biker helped out with the PHN website, Ylimegirl did a load of work on the Poptropica Wiki, and remember the fan art contests UiPE and HPuterpop held?

The Poppies was an awesome awards show – we really enjoyed seeing what you guys, the community, collectively preferred. We’re excited for next year!

We also joined forces with We-Love-Poptropica on deviantArt, the biggest Poptropica fan art community, fulfilling our goal to focus on the arts. Plus, starting in July, we picked up our Magazine series again, this time publishing The POPCORN in PDFs.

Here’s a timeline of some of our major events, too!

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Wow, a lot of things have come down in one year and things have gone so fast. Time really flies when you’re having fun, eh? It’s really a great time to reflect and ponder all of the things we’ve done this year.

Looking forward to the new year, here are a couple of our next aspirations:

  • A better glitch community. Free for all! (And more on the way!)
  • More active viewers – PHB lurkers, start commenting more on our posts! That’s the only way we can improve. 😀

Here at the PHB, it’s our privilege to bring you the best Poptropica news as we can. Hope y’all enjoyed this year-end recap! 2016 is going to be an awesome year!

🎇 Happy New Year, Poptropicans! 🎇

~from the Poptropica Help Blog ❤

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Escape from Pelican Rock Island

Everyone’s going to prison! (Escape from Pelican Rock for all!)

Slippery Raptor

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The warden threw a party in the county jail.
The prison band was there and they began to wail.

No, wait! How did this end so wrong? Everyone’s going to prison! Uh oh.

Anyways, after 3 long weeks of waiting,  Escape from Pelican Rock is now open to all players! Prepare to live the life of a prisoner! Jailhouse Rock is now playing all over town!

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I do have a feeling who’s behind this frame-up. Someone I know and has been on the tip of my tongue for days. I’m pretty sure about this. He’s been sending everyone to the dungeon, waiting for his next victim. The mastermind is the Earl of Lemongrab! Yep, I got it right.

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If you ever get stuck in the dungeon and got into serious trouble, check out our EFPR Island Guide— complete with information and pictures! You can also check out your ranking in the World Champions map and see how well your Houdini-esque escape worked. 😂

Plus, you might also want to check out Captain Crawfish’s walkthrough or even our review! Another thing, the PHB’s year-end recap is coming tomorrow! 😀

Now I hope you’ve learned a valuable lesson, Poptropicans. I’ll visit you in prison one day. 😛 I hope that you don’t end up saying this:

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Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock.

-Slippery 💦

 

PHB Parties

Recap: The PHB’s 2015 Holiday Party!

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This weekend, the PHB hosted our 3rd annual PHB Holiday Party for all Poptropicans! Many of you even came a couple hours early, and we had a blast hanging out and playing Doodle Race on the PHB chat, the PHC (which, by the way, is always open!).

We filled about five Multiverse rooms, with lots of games being played and candy canes being thrown in the air on Poptropica. It also looked like many of you have been enjoying our Avatar Studio Gift, as we saw from your costumes!

Overall this party was a great success and I’m glad so many people came to spread holiday cheer! Those who came had a chance to talk to many of the PHB authors (we missed you, Slippery Raptor! *cries*). Again, remember that the PHC is always open for Poptropicans to hang out and chat about whatever. It’s a great place to meet other Poptropicans and occasionally PHB staff!

Thanks to all who came, and I wish all of you a belated Merry Christmas and early Happy New Year from all the authors here at the PHB! 😀