Guest Posts

Pop Puzzles: Whatโ€™s Missing? โ€” Round 2 Answers ๐Ÿ”‘

Hey Poptropicans, this is aย guest postย by Dizzy Feather.ย Enjoy!

A Grave Mystery: Perhaps a new perspective would help.

Hello everyone,ย Dizzy Feather here with theย answers to round two of โ€œWhatโ€™s Missing?โ€, a Pop puzzle where I obscured items from in-game scenes for you to guess โ€œwhatโ€™s missing.โ€ If you missed it, play the game onย the original postย before scrolling down for spoilers!

This time, I added more hints to make things a little easier. Shout-out to Love Singer,ย GirlsRule,ย Lazy Bones, andย Smart Icicleย for getting a majority correct! Anyway, here are the answers:

Hope you enjoyed this Jade Scarab edition of the game! Stay tuned for the next one โ€” it’ll be Fairytale Island-themed! ๐Ÿงš


Hope you enjoyed thisย guest postย by Dizzy Feather. If you did, you might also enjoy Round 1 of the What’s Missing? game (and its answer key).

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? Weโ€™d love to hear from you!

Glitches, Poptropica Junior

Junior Programmers and Players Wanted, Senior Glitchers Shunted ๐Ÿ‘ถ

Hello, Poptropicans young and old! The Pop Creators debuted an extension of the Poptropica brand and are now promoting it across social media. Introducing Poptropica Junior, a new website for “play-based learning” geared to Pre-K and early elementary kids

While Poptropica characters (without line art!) like Amelia and Xavier headline this new site, there’s also plenty of non-Pop content from sister site Funbrain. Pop Jr currently hosts a variety of mini-games, short stories, and coloring pages to preoccupy young players. The videos tab doesn’t work at this point, but let’s hope it gets fixed soon. 

Poptropica Junior website homepage

It seems that the Creators are trying to attract a new generation of Pop players with this website for those in early childhood. It kind of makes sense, with older players aging out of Poptropica, which is celebrating its 15th birthday next month. But what happens if those new players don’t stick around, especially with the current state of the game?

We’ve seen Pop trying to appeal to many demographics with mixed results. From the Steam bundle to Roblox games, this is yet another example of Pop throwing a reel into the pond of potential players. As a simplified version of an already simplified game, will Pop Jr be the gateway for new players, or the straw that breaks the camel’s back?


Meanwhile on the Creators’ Blog, Poptropica is promoting Coolmath Coding, a new Coolmath Games program dedicated to teaching kids how to code Roblox games and Minecraft mods. Check it out if you’re interested in learning game development at your own pace!

While the Creators’ Blog post mentions that you can try the first programming courses for free, the rest of the courses are locked behind a paywall. Pricing varies depending on which membership plan you pick. 


Now for some bad news related to coding. Due to the impending closure of free plans on cloud-hosting site Heroku starting November 28, we may lose access to various unofficial Poptropica glitching tools: the Save Data Converter for Flashpoint, Poptropica Format Loader for Flash-supporting browsers, and Modify a Poptropican for customizing your character. Fortunately, Flashpoint will not be affected. You can still access the oldest islands on Flashpoint, but say goodbye to saving future progress on them. (Thanks to Prof Robin and Oof for the news.)

So let’s make the most of what time we have left with these beloved programs! Finish those classic islands and dress up your Popsona in whatever old, obscure items you can find. Celebrate while you can!

Thank you for reading, and have a good day!

โ€”Gentle Dolphin ๐Ÿฌ

Fanfiction, The Villain Saga, Uncategorized

The Villain Saga – Episode 4, Part 2

(Table of contents) (See previous)

CUT TO HARE at the door of the lunchroom. The guards take off his handcuffs, release him, and quickly slam the door. HARE starts walking across cautiously, but quickly takes on his unbothered facade.

HARE

Morning El Mustachio. I see they havenโ€™t got you to shave that off yet.

(Conโ€™t)

Morning Gretchen. You seem as pleasant as ever, mind if I take that?

(He snatches one of GRETCHENโ€™S carrots before she can even start yelling)

Ugh, everything tastes like hand sanitizer here.

The door opens again, and in comes RINGMASTER RAVEN. He hides near the wall, ignoring the gazes of the other prisoners.

Continue reading “The Villain Saga – Episode 4, Part 2”
Advertisements, Fan Art Features

RainbowVision with Shadow Musicians ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŒˆ

Hey Poptropicans, tune in and let’s make some tunes!

Rainbow High is back on Poptropica, but this time instead of a fashion show, the ad for the doll series takes you to the RainbowVision inter-school music competition. You can play for either the Rainbow Divas or the Neon Shadows, but the game is the same: hit the notes when they reach the bottom. Sound up for the rock show jams! ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽธ

Winning for Rainbow High gets you the Electric Rockstar Outfit, while winning for Shadow High gets you the Neon Shadow Rockstar Outfit. In the main building, right of the center stage, you can also pick up a free Diva Glam Outfit. All three come with extended space bar actions!

Thanks to Dizzy Feather for contributing to this news post!


Somewhere over the rainbow, we’ve got the latest fan art featured in Poptropica’s Instagram stories! Click the artists’ names to see more. ๐Ÿ’ซ


And the styling doesn’t stop! For some outfit inspo, check out the Pop Creators’ latest short video showcasing a week of Pop fashion. Wow!

Keep on poppin’ on,
~๐Ÿ 

Free Membership Giveaways

PHB Membership Giveaway: August 2022

Hey Poptropicans, weโ€™re approaching the end of the month, which means itโ€™s time to announce another lucky Poptropican to win our monthly membership giveaway! ๐ŸŽ

Congratulations, Love Singer โ€” your new membership status lets you play various exclusive quests, including the upcoming relaunch of PoptropiCon, Ep. 3: Reign of Omegon! Plus, you’ll also get to enjoy premium store items, member gifts, and other perks.

If youโ€™re not a member, you still have the chance (or many chances, in fact): the PHB is hosting a giveaway every month, and itโ€™s easy to enter! Just comment on the Free Poptropica Membership page and leave at least two other comments around the PHB within the month to be entered into that monthโ€™s giveaway.

Weโ€™ll announce a winner sometime in the final week of each month. If you donโ€™t win, you can always try again for the next month! Full details ยป

Congrats again to Love Singer! Keep on popping on! ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค