Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks, Web Development

The Dragon of Dangers

Slanted Fish

Thank you Grumpy Wolf for all the updates and news below.

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Roooaarrrrrrrr.

What was that? “That, little knight, was the sound of the great metallic creature, the Dragon of Dangers,” a mysterious voice echoed in the misty red background of what appeared to be the dragon’s lair. The red knight jumped in surprise, and found himself face-to-face with a large, scary-looking green-and-brown dragon made of metal. Its glowing red eyes seemed to glare at him. “Yikes!” The knight gulped, and, in great fear, fainted to the ground.

Will you have the courage to face strong opponents on Astro-Knights Island? Here’s a piece of advice: Don’t be like the little red knight, but instead use your logic to bypass even the scariest monsters.

Blog Post Title: Here there be Dragons.
Description: Astro-Knights Island can be a dangerous place!
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fyUhortwA8M/ScvJE-mnlVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rvZ95oDArS8/s1600-h/dragon.jpg
Image Name: dragon.jpg

Does that knight look familiar to you? Yep, it was shown in PHB Sneak Peek #3: The New Knights of Poptropica. And that’s a good example of why PHB Sneak Peeks are real! 😀

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Hazmat Hermitavatar image
Looks like there’s another new kid on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog: Hazmat Hermit, who first appeared on March 26, 2009 to show us the sneak peek shown above. He is an NPC (non-player character) at the County Prison of Main Street, Super Power Island. If you want to visit him, he’s the one standing on top of the meteor and wearing the Hazmat suit. This is what the name “Hazmat Hermit” means:

Hazmat: an abbreviation for ‘hazardous material’
Hermit: a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place; any person living in seclusion
Taken from Dictionary.com

An isolated being wearing dangerous clothing?! Maybe we should keep away from him, then…

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New PHB Poll
Grumpy Wolf has helpfully reminded us that our poll about Big Nate Island is starting to ‘collect dust’. Therefore the PHB has decided that it’s time for… a new poll! Check it out: look for the widget on the right side titled “Blog Poll” and submit your vote! The question reads, “Advertisements in Poptropica: what’s your favorite section?”

These were the results of the previous poll, “What do you think of Big Nate Island?”

Option | Number of Votes | Percentage
It’s pretty easy. I finished really quickly! | 1,809 | 48.6682808717%
I’d say it was just right. Cool! | 938 | 25.2354048964%
Arrgh! So hard and challenging! | 447 | 12.0258272801%
I haven’t done it yet. / Not finished. | 438 | 11.7836965295%
Big Nate Island? What’s that? | 85 | 2.28679042238%

Total votes: 3,717
Total percentage: 100%

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New cheat and Creator identity discovered!
PHB Sneak Peeks: The Dead King
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Advertisements, NPC Popularity Contests, Spy Island, Web Development

Meet the scarecrow… I mean, winner!

Slanted Fish

🙂 Poptropica Help Blog has reached the 700,000 hits milestone! 🙂

  • throws cookies in your direction*

Wait, did you like the flavor? We’ve got jam ones too… or do you prefer peanut butter?

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Shark Boy, the host of the Poptropica Popularity Contests, congratulates everyone who voted and participated:

avatar imageThe results are in and the winner is…the secret agent from Spy Island! Congrats and thanks to all those who voted! We will be putting together a couple T-shirt designs of this character and will allow you to vote on your favorite design.

Cool! Be on guard for new T-shirt designs at Poptropica’s online store (after we vote for it, of course)! 🙂

Here’s Mr. Spy Guy standing proudly on the podium:

There is a small problem, though. Vince Graves and Medicine Man sure looks upset! Let’s just hope they don’t go seeking revenge… maybe we should go read a Goosebumps book instead…

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Ready for some Goosebumps? Take the blimp to any of the 8 islands and run to the right edge of Main Street, and you should find something like this:

goosebumps-scarecrowandmummy-ad

Enter if you dare…

You dared, didn’t you? I’ll explain what’s inside so you don’t get lost and scared… 😉

Floor | Side | Function
Bottom Left: Clickable Poster for ordering online
Middle Left: Scarecrow costume
Middle Right: Pale-green mummy costume
Middlish-Top Right: Clickable Poster for ordering online
Middle Middle: Goosebumps Quiz Game
Top Right: About the DVD (Return of the Mummy)
Top Left: About the DVD (The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight)
Top Middle: DVD Trailer Video

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Want to jump higher on Poptropica? Check out Director Lion‘s newly discovered cheat, now updated for the Cheat Codes page! 🙂

Nabooti Island, NPC Popularity Contests, Spy Island

Criminal in the Final?

Slanted Fish

Ladies and jellybeans,
Tables and chairs.
Cross-eyed mosquitoes
And bald-headed bears!

I welcome thy Poptropicans to take a quick vote for…

Popularity Contest #6: The Final Round!

Before we get to that, let’s take a look at #5’s contestants: Poptropica’s criminals!

D, otherwise known as Vince Graves of Giza 1, Nabooti Island, received 63% of the votes and was declared the winner. Now we see that he has moved onto the finals, along with all the others that were voted for…

I guess it doesn’t pay to lead a life of crime, Vince, because C, a handsome agent at Spy Island’s Headquarters is winning by far, claiming 57% of all votes! Wow! It also proves how popular Nabooti Island is – 2 of its characters are in the Finals! This poll isn’t over yet, though: there’s still a chance for the others to win!

To make things better, the winner of the Finals gets a T-shirt design made of them, the Poptropica Creators say. They will probably be sold on Poptropica’s online Zazzle.com store, “T-shirts & More”!

Uncategorized, Web Development

New cheat and Creator identity discovered!

Slanted Fish

This just in: A new Poptropica cheat and another Creator’s real identity has been discovered! Read on for more information.

The New Cheat: Hold a Cup!

Is your Poptropican in need of a cool handheld item? Then this cheat is for you! Fearless Paw has found a way to hold a cup of black liquid, and generously informed us via E-mail to [email protected]. If you’d like to know how, head over to our Cheat Codes page, or check out this quick guide:

Yum, black juice! 
Yum, black juice!

 

  1. Travel on the Blimp to 24 Carrot Island.
  2. Enter the Carrot King Diner.
  3. Go to the “Change Your Hair Color” Section of the Diner. Click on it, which will open up a screen with various colors in containers.
  4. Fill the cup with white.
  5. As your Poptropican drinks it, press down on Ctrl+Shift+S.
  6. Your mouse should become a swirl. Close down the tab.
  7. Re-enter your account. Your Poptropican should be holding a cup with black liquid in it!
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Creator’s Indentity Revealed: Jess M. Brallier

One of PHB’s readers, Oumer26, was so helpful as to do some Poptropica research and has been sending [email protected], the blog’s E-mail address, updates on his findings so far. Recently, he has made a huge breakthrough: he discovered someone named Jess M. Brallier, who is one of Poptropica’s Creators! Thanks, Oumer!

Jess M. Brallier is the publisher, Family Education Network, developer of Poptropica. For proof, visit this website:
http://fun.familyeducation.com/page/61557.html

Also, take a look at this site that Oumer found, which talks about Mr. Brallier:
http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/contribbios/brailler.html

By the way, if you have some of Jeff Kinney’s (creator of Poptropica) bestselling books, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, you may have noticed that Jess Brallier is mentioned in the Acknowledgments at the back. Here are 2 examples:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
“… Jess Brallier, who understands the power and potential of online publishing, and helped Greg Heffley reach the masses for the first time. Thanks especially for your friendship and mentorship. …”

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
“… Thanks to Jess Brallier for bringing Greg Heffley to the world on Funbrain.com. …”

Because we know Jeff Kinney is also a Poptropica Creator, his book is on Funbrain.com, Poptropica (the game he created) is also on Funbrain.com, and now we know that Jess B. helped put Diary of a Wimpy Kid on Funbrain, it’s quite likely that Jess M. Brallier is a real Poptropica Creator too!

Note: Unfortunately, we could not find a way to contact Jess. If you do know, however, feel free to let us know!

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PHB Sneak Peaks: The Dead King

Codien

March 22nd, 2009 #9

[-!CLASSIFIED!-]


-Poptropica Help Blog Sneak Peaks-

Welcome to another wonderful week of ‘Poptropica Help Blog Sneak Peaks’. These posts are posted every week on Sundays. In every new post there will be stories that only we have. And only we post them. These stories are classified and are very secret.
This week’s story is ”The Dead King”, It is about the mysterious Pharaoh coming to life.

-The Dead King-
A Mummy!…I mean, A DADDY!

Out jumped Codien with a flashlight in hand, scouting the area for any signs. Codien had been searching for lost treasures. So far he had found none. He slowly shuffled down the cold dark floors. Raising his hand, shaking, his flashlight illuminated a dead end with a golden plaque. It read “DO NOT AWAKEN THE PHARAOH”. Well that’s strange. Codien couldn’t see any pharaohs around, how could he possibly wake one up. He chuckled, then stopped – he heard a noise. Breathing deeply Codien took the courage to turn around slowly. His flashlight lit up the passage he had just walked through but nothing was there. With a sigh of relief he took a step back. CRACK! He stepped on a old bone. Codien stopped. He could hear deep raspy breathing. Sweat beads building on his forehead he once again turned to face the golden plaque. Expecting there to be the giant, evil, smelly old Pharaoh breathing down on him. He took a deep breath, ready to scream. No one was there.

Codien let out a puff of air. He was shaking all over. He lent, half collapsing out of breath against the golden plaque. He really didn’t want to see an old wrapped up Pharaoh. Codien shot up. He heard a faint click coming from behind the wall. Before Codien could inspect what had happened the wall rotated with a whoosh pushing Codien to the other side with it.

mummypreview

On the ground sat Codien with his knees to his chest and his head in his hands. He didn’t want to look up. He knew what was just ahead of him. Sitting on a throne or slowly coming out of a sarcophagus, moanning with his arms outstretched all wrapped up in cloth. He looked up slowly preparing for the worse. He took in a deep breath and – “ARGH!” There in the corner of the room stood a Pharaoh. All glorified with gold and jewelery with his hands above his head wearing a creapy face about to tear Codien to shreds.

Codien took in another breath preparing to scream again. When a noise amplified from somewhere echoed through the room. “Hello. Welcome to the Pharaoh exhibit. Here we have a replica Pharaoh as he would of dressed back then. Beside him is his sarcophagus and of course inside is the Pharaoh himself. Please enjoy the exhibit and PLEASE DON”T TOUCH ANYTHING!”

Raising his head slowly he realised the Pharaoh was just a model. Laughing Codien strolled over to the Pharaoh and examined his outfit. It was amazing. Such detail and colour. He then looked at the sarcophagus. “Wow! I wonder if it gets a little stuffy?” Codien chuckled turning to the Pharaoh with a smile.

“Actually it does.” murmured the Pharaoh.

 

Mummys! Arn’t they just a treat? Well i can tell Codiens not a fan of them as you can tell from his encounter. So Pharaoh should be coming out in Astro-Knights we think. But how on earth does that make sense. Well this is a comment by Rachel that might be able to show how.

Do you think this is for Astro Knight, or is this for something else? I do agree, it looks a LOT like time-tangled island…
I wonder if the “French island” isn’t actually French at all. That picture with the statues looks like its from Rome, and of course in the French Picture you can see the flag (and crepes). Maybe this one is from Japan (or china, if they did it wrong) and the island has something to do with worlds!

Worlds! Maybe Astro-Knights will be about travelling to different worlds. It would make sense, we have a spaceship and we are going to different planets to track down the King and Queen. Or maybe these Sneak Peaks are for a totally new island that we don’t know about yet. Only time can tell.

You can check out Poptropica Help Blogs other sneaks peaks here:
 
So that’s my Sneak Peaks this week. Next week might be the last PHB Sneak Peak because PHB is working on something different but similar that will come out every 2 weeks and will involve YOU.  

See you next week. Hopefully.

TaTa

[MESSAGE WILL BE WRAPPED UP IN CLOTH AND WILL BE LOCKED UP FOREVER IN 3 SECONDS…]
[100 YEARS LATER…]
[“OMG! IT’S A PHB SNEAK PEAK. THEY USED TO MAKE THESE FOR AN AWESOME GAME I USED TO PLAY!”]
[“DADDY IS THE MESSAGE SUPPOSED TO MOVE LIKE THAT AND MOAN?”]
[!OMG! IT’S ALIVE!]