You probably already know that when you're in a multiplayer room on Poptropica, you can click the emote buttons on the side of the screen to make your character smile, cry, pout, and jump for joy. Did you know you can also do these elsewhere in the game?
A simple keyboard combination will allow you to use any of the emotes during your adventures, which lets your character react to the story as it happens.
Press Ctrl+Shift+1 to laugh at pompous jerks.
Press Ctrl+Shift+2 to cry when you receive bad news.
Press Ctrl+Shift+3 to blow your stack at a faun who's giving you guff.
And press Ctrl+Shift+4 to celebrate getting a new item.
That's not all! You can combine some of these emotes to create brand-new ones that you won't see in any common room. First, start the angry emote by pressing Ctrl+Shift+3. Once your character's face is red, but before his head pops off, enter either the happy or the sad emote!
Everyone will think you've spent too much time in the sun. Sunscreen, people!
Today we added a new Gold Card item to the store. It's called Smiley Potion. Use it like the Love Potion. You can choose one of three smiley faces to attach to another Poptropican or even yourself.
I decided to put on a disguise and try it out on Spy Island. Yeah, I know. I'm pretty smooth.
The wait is over. Visit the Main Street of any Poptropica Island and talk to Greg Heffley for a look at the cover of the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid book!
This week we're going to be sharing some neat tips and tricks to help you get a little more from Poptropica. We've hidden a lot of fun easter eggs in the game. You may have found some already!
Have you ever noticed how many of the background objects in Poptropica are interactive? Sometimes even more than you'd think. Take the crab that's crawling around the first screen of Time Tangled Island.
He certainly looks mopey. But he'll look even more mopey if you click on him.
See how he gets squished? Well, just see what happens if you keep clicking on him real fast!
Yikes! He explodes. Your Poptropican has to dodge the debris.
Don't worry, though: he'll come back together and be good as new in no time.
The same cannot be said for the roaches that infest Bucky's hotel room on Reality TV Island.
If you leave the room and come back inside, they'll be ready to be squashed all over again.
Have you found any more clickable objects in Poptropica?
Poptropicans, please welcome the wimpy kid himself to Poptropica!
Greg Heffley is waiting for you on the Main Street of your favorite Island with some exciting news. Visit any Poptropica Island for the scoop!
We've done a lot of detail work on the Hub for Steamworks Island. Before we can call it done, we've got to give it one more pass to make sure it's got character.
Ahh... that's the stuff. The Hub looks old, weathered, and worn. It looks like it was once a city on a hill. Now, it's grungy and decayed. And dangerous.
There's lots more to see and do on Steamworks Island, and we'll be showing you more soon. In the meantime, maybe we can all try to figure out what that blue thing is doing.
Are you a fan of vampires? We've got a whole new set of vampire looks just waiting to be costumized. Check them out in the Poptropica store!
The Hub on Steamworks Island continues to evolve. Now, all of the elements are colored in, and we've added some detail to try to tell the story of the island.
This version of the Hub is overgrown with vines and weeds. The wobbly angles of its structure are making it look like the whole thing could topple at any moment. And, of course, there's now a sign telling everybody where they are.
Time for a pop quiz: Can you tell the difference between the picture we posted yesterday and the one below?
Most of the background elements still look the same as they did yesterday: flat and monochromatic. We're adding more detail to the Hub on Steamworks Island. We've colored in some of the more important foreground objects. They really pop off your screen!
That doorway in the upper-lefthand side of the screen looks mighty intriguing, wouldn't you say?
One of the places you'll visit on Steamworks Island is what we call the Hub. It's a sight to see! A rickety tower, a massive drawbridge, and pot-bellied steam stoves powering everything. Safe to say that you've never seen anything like the Hub before.
Yes, it's hard to see what all the hubbub is about -- yet. Just wait until you see how this one develops!
It's time for the rock star gamers of the world to step up and break out the moves.
Poptropica Members: Get your exclusive Steamworks Island costume now!
Here it is! Today until July 30, all new and existing Poptropica Members will get this free costume added to their inventory. All you have to do is log into your game with a valid Membership!
Boy oh boy, that is one sweet looking mech pilot costume.
Wait a minute... what the heck is a "mech?"