Hey Poptropicans! In this post, we've got another ad game, another challenge, and another guest post. Poptropica's certainly been busy!

Let's start off with the big green tree base on Home Island promoting the upcoming Netflix animated film Vivo. Head inside and you'll find it's even prettier within! You can also talk to the animals to start a game.

The goal of the mini-game is to make your way through the Cuban rainforest to reach the Sand Dollars girlband before time runs out. Along the way, you'll have to dodge flies, crocs, and even a giant snake.

You'll win two prizes at the end: Gabi's Stylin' Outfit (with a drum animation) and a Head Rider of Vivo, a kinkajou (honey bear).

Between Vivo and Kamp Koral Island 2, it's cool to see Poptropica pulling in their ad dollars in more creative ways again. Let's hope we're on our way to getting rid of those pesky sidebar ads—and while we're wishing, how about the return of bigger game screens?

Vivo releases on Netflix in two weeks on August 6, with songs by the legendary Lin-Manuel Miranda (of Hamilton fame). Stay tuned!

Next up, another official artsy challenge! While the past few weeks and months have seen fan art, fan fic, and costume design contests, the new Coloring Creation Challenge asks Poptropicans to create their own Pop-themed coloring page! The idea is to create an outline drawing (with black or blue marker) on a white page that can be colored in, like so:

Previously released coloring pages from the Pop Creators

To enter the challenge, snap a pic of your design and drop it into Poptropica's submissions form no later than 8 p.m. PST on Monday, July 26. Doodle on!

Last but not least, there's a new guest post on the Creators' Blog by Invisible Ring on the gone-but-not-forgotten Tribes of Poptropica. As she explains, tribes were teams you could join in the Poptropolis Games and rep on your friends page or with custom hats you could make in the Twin Palms Mall of Night Watch Island. Plus, each tribe had their own themed common room!

  • Seraphim tribe common room
  • Creating a tribal hat on Night Watch Island

You can learn more over on the PHB's Tribes page as well as the individual tribe pages linked there (thanks for the blog shout-out, Ring!).

Here on the PHB, we've enjoyed even more tribal fun with our 2016 and 2020 Tribal Tournaments, and we even host a series of epic "Tribal Tailorings" in our ASG collection. Here's hoping for the return of the eight epic tribes!

  • "Seraphim for the Win" by happyclonetrooper
  • "PHB tribe reps" by Gentle Dolphin
  • idkNanobotsASG

That's a wrap for this post. What did you think of the Vivo ad game, and will you be streaming this release? What ideas are brewing in your head for the Coloring Creations Challenge? And which tribe rules them all? Share with us in the comments, and stay popping!

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