While playing the Poptropica app the other day (by the way, the Android app is delayed again), I noticed something new and strange on the map...
That's right, an ad space! But it's almost on an island of its own, unlike desktop ad spaces which you can only visit through islands. To be honest, I think I prefer this format. It keeps the islands themselves clean and the map is a logical place to put it.
That's right, an ad space! But it's almost on an island of its own, unlike desktop ad spaces which you can only visit through islands. To be honest, I think I prefer this format. It keeps the islands themselves clean and the map is a logical place to put it.
Before I get into the ad space itself (Galactic Hot Dogs), I'd like to point something out -- so far, ad spaces on-line have been using the classic Poptropica engine (small screen, no sound) even if you get to them through a modern island. And we also know that only islands on the modern engine can run on the mobile app. So that means the Creators will start making regular ad spaces using sound and the big screen too!
Right, on to the ad itself. Go to the right of the ad space and start the game -- you have to jump over or shoot obstacles with two gray robots chasing you. The gun shoots automatically, so the strategy is to just run directly towards things smaller than you, and climb on top of/jump over things much bigger than you. Very easy. At the end, talk to the Princess, who has the Mega-Dog (I'm lost too). You get the prizes pictured above.
So those were the good ads. Now, on to something more alarming: the Creators' Blog now has an ad in the sidebar. Not so bad in itself (hey, even this blog has an ad in the sidebar), but their ad pushed the whole site into a wider look. The extra width misaligns the Poptropica logo and the text wraps for far too long. Also, accidentally leave your mouse on the ad for too long and it expands to take over the screen.
June 26
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Also, don't know if I mentioned this already or it's stuck among fifteen other blog post drafts, but the Creators' Blog has a new search bar and tag cloud in the sidebar (for a while now). A quicker/better way than what I was doing, typing "site:blog.poptropica.com <search query>" into Google.
While I'm here: the latest Creators' Blog post shows a selfie taken on Poptropi-con Island (which, as we knew, is about costumes, fashion, and not much meta-Poptropica-ism, closer to Poptropolis Games than Mocktropica). The man in the picture is the same as this guy from Poptropica Land. In addition, we know that you have to retrieve a Mjolnir for a wizard-like person in the island. So, Poptropi-con will have a distinct Norse Mythology theme as well as Land and possibly Legendary Swords. What role this has in the island, I don't yet know. Anyway, that was a long post and we've got a good week to look forward to in Poptropica!
UPDATE: Poptrickia got mentioned on the Poptropica Help Blog recently! Congrats on their 13M hits! I believe Poptrickia just recently hit 3 million -- but that's over four whole years. What an honor!
