Time for spooky season, Poptropicans! 🎃 While there are several contenders for creepy Pop Islands (including Vampire's Curse and Virus Hunter), I decided on one that, in my opinion, is the absolute peak of Pop's storytelling. Many people know I love a good bittersweet tale, and this island is exactly that...

Ghost Story!!

Repent: Or they'll lock you up and throw away the key.

While naturally family-friendly, Ghost Story takes on some quite mature topics compared to past islands, notably death, betrayal, and the difficulty to forgive and find peace, both from the actions of others and yourself.

I actually did cover this island before in the older Ramble Review series, and you can read it here!

Spooky Scenes: Could this be a scene for a new Poptropica Island?

Ghost Story also has some quite impressive art and background design, and also included the 3D sailing map seen in Skullduggery! This is used to go from island to island in this...island. In each area you learn about the different characters, and eventually how they are all connected, from the lighthouse to the prison.

Stringing Along: Play the music if the spirit moves you.

Ghost Story is also one of the first islands (pre-SUI) to include sound! Many Poptropicans remember the shock of hearing the voice of a character, Fiona, something that wasn't done again until Survival Island and Poptropicon. Along with that, there's also the short but very sweet violin song you get to play.

Ghost Story also has some soundtracks made and released by Jeff Heim! They appear to be for whenever it was updated to SUI or ported to HAXE, although this has yet to happen.

So let's continue Fiona's legacy! Ghost Story and other classic islands were rendered unplayable in the Flash-Haxe transition, but it should not go to waste. Let the Poptropica Creators know what you appreciate about the island to encourage them to preserve it!

Castori honorem ~ Maryann/Smart Bubbles