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Poptropica is an online, role-playing game made by Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a wimpy kid series. Targeted at children ages 6 to 15, where players can travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely with each other. Players are given several quests, called islands, which they are encouraged to complete. Players can currently travel between twenty-eight islands, but more are added over time. Poptropica was developed by the Family Education Network, a division of Pearson, which also owns kids’ site FunBrain.com. Since 4 February 2012, Poptropica has an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world.[3] Poptropica was officially launched September 2007. It has grown to have over 75 million registered users, 35 million of whom are in the 6-15 age group.[4]
Popularity
As of 4 February 2012, Poptropica has an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world.[3] Its official launch date was in September 2007. It now has over 75 million registered users, 35 million of whom are in the 15–25 age group.[4] The game entertains over 10 million kids each month.[5] In 2010, Poptropica was the 5th most searched for video game on Google[6] according to the 2010 Google Zeitgeist. In the United States, it was most searched for in West Virginia and least searched for in Vermont. The city it was most searched for in was Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Characters
Popotropica's home page When players first arrive at Poptropica, they create a character avatar that can be customized immediately, or modified while playing.[7] Such modifications include changing hair color, clothes, eyes hair style, and skin color. Characters' names are automatically generated from lists of nouns and adjectives, in the interest of user safety (i.e. Fierce Paw, Magic Hippo, etc.) This is so there is no user name abuse in the game. This is also to protect uses from using their real names in the game too.
Multiplayer Rooms
Players can interact with other players through scripted chat in special "multiplayer" rooms. Players can also interact with NPCs as part of their current island quest. In multiplayer rooms users can only use a selected message pre written to talk to other users in the game. This is so no abusive language is used in the game.
Clothes
Most of the clothes found in Poptropican characters (both players and NPCs) are obtainable by players with a tool called the Costumizer. Such clothes include hats, hair, mouths (i.e. if and how the character smiles), neck items (jewelry, scarf, ties), shirts, belts, skirts, dresses and pants. The Costumizer is represented by a green T-shirt icon.
Additional clothes may be obtained from the Poptropica Store. Some costumes from the Poptropica store allow special actions when you hit the space bar. (i.e. the Pop Star costume makes a character sing when the space bar is pressed).
Handheld items are usually not Costumizable. However, they can be purchased from the Poptropica Store, as part of costumes. An exception to this is in the Haunted House, where most of the Halloween costume items can be copied.
Items
In Poptropica, a backpack icon is used to represent the inventory of a player. By clicking on it the player can view the items they have acquired. Items are obtained from quests on different islands, many of which allow special actions on the associated island. Players are awarded a special medal and 50 credits each time they solve a quest. Some items picked up on one island cannot be used on other islands.
Players can also "buy" items from the Poptropica Store such as special costumes and gold cards that allow various actions like turning smaller (Minimizer) and chewing bubble gum (Bubble Gum).
Toys
Poptropica began selling Toys in the summer of 2011. They are currently available through Toys "R" Us. Some of the toys sold are poptropica blimps and other various items like game characters.
Friends
Friends allow you to work with them on their adventures. The Friends icon will be at the top of the toolbar in Poptropica. In April 2012, a new feature called Poptropica Friends was announced and once it is released, it will replace this area on the main menu. Poptropica Friends also allows you to answer pop quizzes each day, put costumes in the costume closet (members only) see your photos, and much more.
Islands
Players can currently travel between 31 'islands', but more are added every year.
Here are the list of islands:
Upcoming Islands
Mini Quests
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Poptropica is an online, role-playing game made by Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a wimpy kid series. Targeted at children ages 6 to 15, where players can travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely with each other. Players are given several quests, called islands, which they are encouraged to complete. Players can currently travel between twenty-eight islands, but more are added over time. Poptropica was developed by the Family Education Network, a division of Pearson, which also owns kids’ site FunBrain.com. Since 4 February 2012, Poptropica has an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world.[3] Poptropica was officially launched September 2007. It has grown to have over 75 million registered users, 35 million of whom are in the 6-15 age group.[4]
Popularity
As of 4 February 2012, Poptropica has an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world.[3] Its official launch date was in September 2007. It now has over 75 million registered users, 35 million of whom are in the 15–25 age group.[4] The game entertains over 10 million kids each month.[5] In 2010, Poptropica was the 5th most searched for video game on Google[6] according to the 2010 Google Zeitgeist. In the United States, it was most searched for in West Virginia and least searched for in Vermont. The city it was most searched for in was Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Characters
Popotropica's home page When players first arrive at Poptropica, they create a character avatar that can be customized immediately, or modified while playing.[7] Such modifications include changing hair color, clothes, eyes hair style, and skin color. Characters' names are automatically generated from lists of nouns and adjectives, in the interest of user safety (i.e. Fierce Paw, Magic Hippo, etc.) This is so there is no user name abuse in the game. This is also to protect uses from using their real names in the game too.
Multiplayer Rooms
Players can interact with other players through scripted chat in special "multiplayer" rooms. Players can also interact with NPCs as part of their current island quest. In multiplayer rooms users can only use a selected message pre written to talk to other users in the game. This is so no abusive language is used in the game.
Clothes
Most of the clothes found in Poptropican characters (both players and NPCs) are obtainable by players with a tool called the Costumizer. Such clothes include hats, hair, mouths (i.e. if and how the character smiles), neck items (jewelry, scarf, ties), shirts, belts, skirts, dresses and pants. The Costumizer is represented by a green T-shirt icon.
Additional clothes may be obtained from the Poptropica Store. Some costumes from the Poptropica store allow special actions when you hit the space bar. (i.e. the Pop Star costume makes a character sing when the space bar is pressed).
Handheld items are usually not Costumizable. However, they can be purchased from the Poptropica Store, as part of costumes. An exception to this is in the Haunted House, where most of the Halloween costume items can be copied.
Items
In Poptropica, a backpack icon is used to represent the inventory of a player. By clicking on it the player can view the items they have acquired. Items are obtained from quests on different islands, many of which allow special actions on the associated island. Players are awarded a special medal and 50 credits each time they solve a quest. Some items picked up on one island cannot be used on other islands.
Players can also "buy" items from the Poptropica Store such as special costumes and gold cards that allow various actions like turning smaller (Minimizer) and chewing bubble gum (Bubble Gum).
Toys
Poptropica began selling Toys in the summer of 2011. They are currently available through Toys "R" Us. Some of the toys sold are poptropica blimps and other various items like game characters.
Friends
Friends allow you to work with them on their adventures. The Friends icon will be at the top of the toolbar in Poptropica. In April 2012, a new feature called Poptropica Friends was announced and once it is released, it will replace this area on the main menu. Poptropica Friends also allows you to answer pop quizzes each day, put costumes in the costume closet (members only) see your photos, and much more.
Islands
Players can currently travel between 31 'islands', but more are added every year.
Here are the list of islands:
- Early Poptropica
- Shark Tooth
- Time Tangled
- 24 Carrot
- Super Power
- Spy Island
- Nabooti
- Big Nate
- Astro-Knights
- Counterfeit
- Reality TV
- Mythology
- Skullduggery
- Steamworks
- Great Pumpkin
- Cryptids
- Wild West
- Wimpy Wonderland
- Red Dragon
- Shrink Ray
- Mystery Train
- Game Show
- Ghost Story
- S.O.S
- Vampire's Curse
- Twisted Thicket
- Poptropolis Games
- Wimpy Boardwalk
- Lunar Coloney
- Super Villian
Upcoming Islands
- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Island
Mini Quests
- Haunted House
- Dr. Hare Secret Lab
- Earth Day
- Legendary Swords