Poptropica

__NOTITLE__ Explore, collect, compete 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 500,000,000 Poptropicans.

Home Page
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
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
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
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.

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

Login
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.

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

Costumizer
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
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.

Tribes
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.

Costume Closet
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.