Poptropica is an onlinerole-playing game, developed in 2007 by Pearson Education's Family Education Network, and targeted towards children aged 6 to 15. Poptropica was primarily the creation of Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. As of 2015, he remains at the company as the Creative Director.^[1]

Poptropica is an online role-playing game, developed in 2007 by Pearson Education's Family Education Network, and targeted towards children aged 6 to 15. Poptropica was primarily the creation of Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

In the game, players can go to different 'islands' (game quest scenarios), compete in multiplayer games, and communicate with each other. The islands all have various difficulties, but all center on a problem that the player must resolve by going through multiple obstacles or completing goals. All islands, upon finishing, award 'Poptropica credits' which are non-negotiable but may be used to buy costumes and special effects in the Poptropica store.

In 2011, Poptropica was listed on Time magazine's list of '50 Websites that Make the Web Great', where it was described as 'an inventive megasite for kids with a wholesome and slightly educational bent.'^[2] In 2012, Poptropica had an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world.^[3] By 2012, the game had grown to have over 500 million registered users, with 35 million in the 15-25 age group.^[4] Versions of the game have been released on Nintendo DS and 3DS, and iOS mobile devices. In May 2015, it was announced that Family Education Network was sold by Pearson to the interactive-education venture capitalist Sandbox Networks,^[5] and that Poptropica had 'over 3.2 million monthly unique users in 200 countries and territories.'^[6]

In 2015, Poptropica was sold to educational-technology investment ground, Sandbox Partners.^[7]

Gameplay

When it first launched in 2007, Poptropica only had one island, titled Early Poptropica Island. As of 2017, it has 58 islands to be explored, all with a different theme: examples include Back Lot Island, where the player helps produce a movie, and Super Power Island, where their goal is to defeat six super villains. Each island has its own quest, for which a player can receive an island medallion as well as 150 credits to spend in the in-game Poptropica Store. Starting July 6, 2011, Poptropica allowed players to replay islands without creating a new account, while still keeping track of all the Medallions the player had earned.

Advertisements

In addition to the available island quests, advertisers contract for temporary mini-games that appear on the site, sometimes targeted to players of a certain age group or gender. Regular advertisers have included Disney, Kellogg's Froot Loops, Lego toys, and various animated movies and DVD releases. Advertisement mini-games normally appear only during a two-week period. If the player completes an advertisement mini-game, they receive a temporary prize, usually related to the media being advertised.

A few Poptropica islands are themed after certain book series: these include Big Nate, Timmy Failure, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Magic Tree House. These islands are permanent, and can be played at any time. In 2015, a total of seven of these islands became members-only.

Mini-games

Poptropica features different mini-games that users can play with other people. These include Switch, Sudoku, Hoops, Sky Dive, Paint War, Star Link, Balloons, Soupwords and Pathwise. The game keeps track of how many times the player wins or loses a certain mini-game.

Expansions

Island Creator Kit

In August 2013, an island creator kit was made available for purchase. It is an activity book that walks the player through all the same steps the developers take when they make a new Island: coming up with a storyline, creating characters, and designing puzzles.

Poptropica Adventures

In 2012, in partnership with Ubisoft, Poptropica released a new video game for the Nintendo DS, titled Poptropica Adventures.^[8]

Poptropica: Forgotten Islands

On September 5, 2013, Poptropica launched Poptropica: Forgotten Islands, an iOS game, which allows players to meet new characters and discover story elements about Poptropica by finding artifacts littered throughout the game. It was also released on the Nintendo 3DS system through Ubisoft in 2014.^[9] It has been replaced on iOS with a mobile version of the desktop Poptropica game.

Poptropica Worlds

On January 11, 2017, Poptropica announced via their blog that they were introducing another game called Poptropica Worlds, developed in Unity. It was released in Spring 2017. Poptropica Worlds has new features, such as redesigned characters, customizable homes, and new Islands. Returning players are able to port over their avatar's look and name to Poptropica Worlds. Poptropica Worlds can be played on both the web and mobile. If membership was bought for Poptropica, it carries over to Poptropica Worlds, and vice versa.

References

1. ^Dossena, Tiziano Thomas (October 29, 2014). 'From Lost Side Of Suburbia to Poptropica, An Exclusive Interview with Artist Kory Merritt'. L'Idea Magazine. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
2. ^McCracken, Harry (August 16, 2011). '50 Websites that make the web great'. TIME. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
3. ^Alexa ranking
4. ^Brian Solis (2010). 'Virtual Worlds'. Engage. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN978-0-470-57109-5.
5. ^Rosen, Judith (May 21, 2015). 'New Owner for Poptropica and FEN'. Publisher Weekly. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
6. ^Dorbian, Iris (May 21, 2015). 'Pearson sells Family Education Network to Sandbox Partners'. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
7. ^'Pearson sells Family Education Network to Sandbox Partners - PE Hub'. PE Hub. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
8. ^'Ubisoft and Poptropica partner to bring popular virtual world for kids to the Nintendo DS system'. PRWeb. May 29, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
9. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20141012014051/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/CoA7KDYAI99r7hBGI2w-hZtcxRBtTbQb/

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Poptropica is an online role-play browser game created by Jeff Kinney and Family Education Network for kids ages 6–15. However, it was recently bought by Sandbox Networks.

In the game, players, called Poptropicans travel to different islands and complete quests on them. So far there are forty-six islands (not including the rising of Poptropolis) released on Poptropica and over 500 million Poptropicans.

• 1Home Page
• 2Creators' Blog
• 3Poptropica Island Tours
• 5Poptropica Shop
• 8Travel Map
• 9Island Quests
• 11Ingame GUI (Classic)
• 14Friends
• 15Store
• 16Daily Pop
• 19Common Rooms
• 21Advertisements

Home Page[edit | edit source]

The home page of Poptropica (at poptropica.com) is a showcase of what Poptropica has to offer. Their logo is shown, including a cameo from the Poptropica Blimp.

Menu[edit | edit source]

A menu then links to 'Play', a direct link to the login; 'Blog', the Creators' Blog that is covered later on this list; 'Parents', Poptropica Parents that is covered later on this list; 'Membership', which leads to a membership page (Membership will be covered later in this article); 'Products', which links to the Poptropica Shop (covered later in this article); 'Help', which links to a FAQ page; and 'Apps', which links to the Poptropica App.

A big yellow 'Play Now' button is just under the menu. Clicking this will replace the carousel below the button with the Poptropica Login.

Carousel[edit | edit source]

Speaking of, the carousel below always showcases 3 of the most current updates to the game / app - they usually have very similar update content to the carousel in the Home Screen.

Links[edit | edit source]

A feed for the most current post from the Creators' Blog is under the carousel, with the text 'From the Blog'. It shows the title of the post, the author of the post, and a small excerpt from it.

From there, a more in depth list of products from the Poptropica Shop is shown, in one column out of a table of four columns. This column is called 'Merchandise'. There's also 'Newest Islands', 'Classic Islands', and 'Popular Islands' that list the expected content.

Poptropica Log Page For Kids

Creators' Blog[edit | edit source]

The Poptropica Creators' Blog is 'a creative journal from the makers of Poptropica.' The blog is mainly for updates and sneak peeks for upcoming features.

Layout[edit | edit source]

After the blog logo, there are two columns of content - the left and right column. The left column is for blog posts, and right serves as a sidebar. The sidebar shows a description of the blog, a menu to some merchandise, a search box, post cloud, a blog archive, and a list of island quests.

Aliases[edit | edit source]

The authors on the blog are Poptropica developers with the aliases of characters from the game.

Poptropica Island Tours[edit | edit source]

Trailers[edit | edit source]

Avatar Studio[edit | edit source]

The Avatar Studio is where you can look up your and others' Poptropicans. To get to it, you can either buy the free card in the Store or look it up online. Then, type in a username and you will see that person's Poptropican. You can then save it to your computer, and things like that. Also, apopular glitch, the Avatar Studio Glitch, can be used to get rare outfit pieces.

Poptropica Shop[edit | edit source]

The Poptropica Shop is where you can buy Poptropica merchandise, like toys and t-shirts, with real money.

Custom T-shirts[edit | edit source]

Some of the things you can buy in the Poptropica Shop are custom t-shirts. These shirts can have popular Poptropica characters, or your own Poptropican.

Poptropica Parents[edit | edit source]

Login[edit | edit source]

If you click 'Play,' you will be taken to the login page. Poptropicans will run across the screen. Sometimes, when a new island is released, the Poptropicans will be characters from that island. You can choose to login (Returning Player) or to make a new account (New Player). If you choose 'Returning Player,' you have to put in your username and password, and after that you can play. If you choose 'New Player,' however, you will need to make a new Poptropican. First, you will be asked if you are a girl or boy, and how old you are. Then, you can custum what your Poptropican looks like and their name. Lastly, just hop in the blimp and start your adventure! If you want to, you can make an account so your Poptropican and your progress will be saved.

Travel Map[edit | edit source]

Blimp[edit | edit source]

Microcosms[edit | edit source]

Island Quests[edit | edit source]

Characters[edit | edit source]

Items[edit | edit source]

Locations[edit | edit source]

Controls[edit | edit source]

Ingame GUI (Classic)[edit | edit source]

Outer Menu[edit | edit source]

Inventory[edit | edit source]

The inventory is represened by a backpack. There, you can see the items from the island quest, store items, or ad prizes.

Costumizer[edit | edit source]

The costumizer is represened by a green t-shirt. Here, you can costumize different outfits, hair, etc., from nearby Poptropicans. You can also save your look to your closet.

Map[edit | edit source]

The map is where you can travel to other Islands. The colored ones are SUI (sound-updated) and the non-colored islands are in the classic format.

Ingame GUI (SUI)[edit | edit source]

Home Screen[edit | edit source]

Friends[edit | edit source]

Pop Quizzes[edit | edit source]

When you log into your Poptropica account, there will be a Pop Quiz to answer on your Home page. They ask random personality questions. You only get to answer one per day. You don't have to answer it, but if you do, your answers will show up on your profile, and you can see your Friends' answers. However, there are a limited amount of Pop Quizzes, and if you answer them all, you won't get to answer anymore until more are added.

Emotions[edit | edit source]

On your Friends page, you can edit how you are feeling. However, it is completely optional and doesn't affect the game in any way.

Tribes[edit | edit source]

Tribes were introduced when Poptropolis Games released in 2012, and is a necessary part of that island. The tribe you choose is the tribe you represent in that quest, kind of like what country you're from in the Olympics. Also, you can go to your tribes' common room and your tribe shows up on the player maps and common rooms.

Photo Album[edit | edit source]

When you are playing an island, you will earn a photo at certain points. The number of photos for each island depends on the island. For example, Early Poptropica has 5 photos and Galactic Hot Dogs only has 1. To see these pictures, you have to go to your Friends page and look in the Photo Album. However, non-members can only see one photo per island, but members can see all of them. Sometimes, you have to replay an island to get every photo.Another thing you can do with the Photo Album is costumize any outfit in a photo, including your friends'.

Costume Closet[edit | edit source]

The Costume Closet is where you can save your outfits so you can wear them again later, and so your friends can costumize them. However, the number of outfits you can save depends on if you have membership or not. You can save 30 looks if you are a member, but you can only save a fraction of that if you are a non-member.

Store[edit | edit source]

Poptropica Worlds Login

Credits[edit | edit source]

Gold Cards[edit | edit source]

Costumes[edit | edit source]

Daily Pop[edit | edit source]

Comics[edit | edit source]

This is where you can read a variety of different comics, such as the Peanuts and Big Nate. A new comic strip is added every day or so.

Games[edit | edit source]

This is where you can play a variety of different games. They have nothing to do with Poptropica or the games you can play in common rooms. If you get a high score, your Poptropican is shown next to that game for the world to see.

Sneak Peeks[edit | edit source]

This is where you can see sneak peaks for upcoming islands or, sometimes, concepts for existing islands. A new sneak peak is added every weekday, but sometimes none are added because of things like holidays. There is also a caption for each sneak peak. These actually hint at things that will happen in an island, but you only realize that after you play that island.

Celebrity Clips[edit | edit source]

This is where celebrities, or should I say book authors, such as Jeff Kinney and Rick Riordan, share true stories about themselves. These include embarrassing moments, their favorite candies, and things like that. However, they are pretty outdated. New ones haven't been posted for many years.

Island Quests[edit | edit source]

Mini Quests[edit | edit source]

Common Rooms[edit | edit source]

Emotions[edit | edit source]

Chat[edit | edit source]

In common rooms and multiverses, you can chat with other players. Once you click the chat button, you will get 3 questions you can choose from to ask players. Then, the other players will get 3 answers to choose from. Chatting on Poptropica is very safe, as you choose from different questions and answers instead of having free chat.

Minigames[edit | edit source]

Mini games are head-to-head games that you can play with other Poptropicans in common rooms and multiverse. Winning games increase your battle ranking.

Membership[edit | edit source]

Advertisements[edit | edit source]

Carts[edit | edit source]

Billboards[edit | edit source]

Ad Quests[edit | edit source]

Login Items[edit | edit source]

Island Medallions[edit | edit source]

Poptropica Play Game Now