Parallax Scrolling in Poptropica

There’s a new post on the Poptropica Creator’s Blog about how they added parallax scrolling to all the islands to give them more visual depth. It’s kind of hard to see but if you watch their video you can tell how the background scrolls at a slower pace than the foreground. It’s an old trick that a lot of 2D animation uses to make left to right movement seem more realistic. I think it looks pretty good. I also made my own video showing it. It’s easiest to see the effect when you’re outdoors and the objects in the background are in plain view.

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145 comments

  1. I don’t get it!
    SOO It sorta sucks

  2. poptropica is the most funest game ever.it’s alittle hard and alitle easy.it’s just FUN!

  3. Poptropica is the funnest game on earth! Except the waiting of getting from one place to another like if you go in a door you always have to wait.IT’S TOO BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. poptropica is the best

  5. good but how does it happen the youtube video always fresses

  6. i love going on poptropica because the advertisments have missions and you get awesome stuff when you complete them but why are they always hard.

  7. I need help on that SSOO much!

  8. poptropica is not ugly

  9. poptropica is awesome dudes!!!!
    it is one of the collest websites ever

  10. i love poptropica its the best game in the world!! ๐Ÿ™‚ <3

  11. I luv poptropica. It helps me get way from reality. some missions r soooooo easy, but some are so hard, like astro nights. You have 2 go to about a million places. (okay, not a million, but you have 2 go 2 like, 4 planets, and 1 huge asteroid. going to another planet is pretty far. but 4? thts like about a million places, along with the Asteroid.) But, i do figure y its hard. If its not, you wud finish poptropica faster, and then what? go on clubpenguin or something? the owner obviously wants to chalenge our minds and not make it so easy, we can leave in probably an hour finishing it.

  12. I don’t get it

  13. Hola Guten Tag Bonjour รคยฝย รฅยฅยฝ… lol ๐Ÿ˜†

  14. lol do u have an e mail that works i just got mine i can put u as a friend

  15. Ok
    MY email??
    It’s just [email protected]
    AND SOMETHING TERRIBLLLEEEE HAPPENED….
    ๐Ÿ™
    ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

  16. Ok to see how to do the faces click this link:

    http://poptropica.wordpress.com/cool-stuff/typing-tricks/

    ๐Ÿ™

  17. oh and i send u an invite 2 be my friend

  18. Ummmmmmm what’s ur email tell me I want to tell u my favorite Poptropica Account’s user and pass
    Only u can see it so no one could steal it ๐Ÿ˜›
    Dunno how to tell u what terrible thing happened… ๐Ÿ™

  19. [email protected] thats my e-mail tell me wat happened

  20. DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL U
    And should i give u my Poptropica user and pass? ๐Ÿ˜›

  21. if u want and im sorry 4 wateva happened ๐Ÿ™

  22. Ok…thx silverheart

  23. I’ve gave u my account… ๐Ÿ˜›

  24. And u know what? I’ve got myself a BLOG!!! Please check it out!

    http://silversky4244.wordpress.com

    So many peps stole silversky grrrr >:D

  25. LOL ๐Ÿ˜†

  26. I mailed u a pic of me in SmallWorlds

  27. my computer wont let me ๐Ÿ™ anyways i rping wit someone in a website its hard

  28. Ok. ๐Ÿ˜
    Do u know how to do the faces now? ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ˜›

  29. yep :eep: ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™ โžก

  30. Loool… ๐Ÿ˜† :mrgreen: ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜• 8) ๐Ÿ˜ก ๐Ÿ˜› ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ‘ฟ โ— โ“ ๐Ÿ’ก โžก
    ๐Ÿ˜†

  31. Let’s see…I’ve never done this before
    hello
    hi

    morning

  32. WOW ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

  33. meanie jk jk jk ๐Ÿ˜› ๐Ÿ˜†

  34. ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜› ๐Ÿ˜€ :mrgreen: ๐Ÿ™‚
    Did u went to my house in SmallWorlds (Green Shell’s Colorful Home)? Everyone thinks it’s totally awesome in there but i want my 5-star rating baaaccckkkkk… ๐Ÿ˜ (I have 4 stars or 4.3 right now ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ )

  35. Lol no I haven’t but I’ll try

  36. Kk…
    SOMETHING EVEN MORE TERRIBLE HAPPENED MY BABYSITTER (WHATEVER)’S HOUSE WENT DOWN BECAUSE IT’S RAINING HEAVILY IN CHINA THESE DAYS AND SHE’S SOOOOOO SAD AND ANGRY THAT SHE WANT TO FAINT…ONLY WE ARE IN THE HOUSE…… ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

  37. awwww thats soooooooo sad sunny

  38. Yea… ๐Ÿ™
    Anyway, SmallWorlds will be offline for 3 hours today
    Try tomorrow ๐Ÿ™‚

  39. And what’s jk ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ˜•

  40. Oh ok ๐Ÿ™‚

  41. AND SKULLDUGGRY IS ONLINE FOR EVERYONE HAVE U TRIED IT
    I did but can’t find a thing. :S

  42. Lol can u tell me ๐Ÿ˜€

  43. And I sent u a “Full Moon Potion” ๐Ÿ˜€

  44. cool it like a pirate movie

  45. Huh? ๐Ÿ˜•

  46. One of my friends in SmallWorlds though this is like a monkey head. ๐Ÿ˜›

    @(* . *)@

  47. @(*.*)@
    i made a monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  48. ROFL Silverheart…
    Oh and BTW I got a VIP in SmallWorlds YAY
    ๐Ÿ˜€

  49. i know i know ……. i’m funny jkjkjk

  50. Huh
    Can u tell me what to do in Skullduggery
    I’m really worried about my mum as u see she’s not home for a month and I didn’t study ONE BIT in this month I dunno if she would… ๐Ÿ˜
    She said she’ll be home before my birthday
    And tomorrow is HER birthday too bad she can’t have it
    She said to come back maybe in the last days of June
    ๐Ÿ˜• ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜

  51. okay wat part r u on i’m almost done i just need to defeat the pirate and get to the island where the treasure is

  52. Bahhhh…I haven’t even started ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ™‚

  53. what account is it silver sky ? or another

  54. Yes Silver Sky ur not trying to get on right? ๐Ÿ˜›

  55. Then what the… ๐Ÿ˜•

  56. i can help but only if u let me o on ur account.

  57. so silver sky rite?
    what island r u on now?

  58. Early Poptropica

  59. ok good don’t go to astro knights my laptop dosen’t like that island

  60. lol ok
    do anything u want just dont change my cloths hair and dont spend my credits ๐Ÿ˜‰

  61. i wont i’m going right now

  62. okay i got u the tiny ship and i’ll do the rest tomarrow

  63. Thanks! ๐Ÿ™‚

  64. Omg that tiny ship is SLOW lol ๐Ÿ˜†

  65. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! MUM IS COMING BACK THIS SATURDAY!!!! OMG OMG OMG D:

  66. Bad. ๐Ÿ˜

  67. She’s back. ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜

  68. Strange post on my Chinese Online Game Forums.

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    รฉยปโ€˜รฅยดลฝรคยธโ‚ฌรฆล ยครฆโ€นยฟรคยธล รฆโ€“ยฉรฆล“ห†รฅยฐยฑรฆล“ห†รงโ€ฐโ„ขรฅยคยฉรฉยกยถ
    รจโ€œยรฆลธโ€œรฆโ€ฐโ€รฆลฝโ€ฐรฉโ€ขล“รจล ยฑรฆยฐยดรฆล“ห†รงโ€ยจรฅยดยฉรงลฝโ€ฐรฉยกยถ
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    รฅยโ€žรจยกล’รฅยโ€žรคยธลกรฅยทยฅรคยฝล“รงโ€ยจรฅล โ€บรฉยกยถ
    รฉยฉยฌรฅห†โ€”รฆยฏโ€บรคยธยปรคยนโ€ฐรงโ€ยจรฆยยฅรฉยกยถ
    รฆหœยฅรฆโ„ขลกรงโ€ฐยนรฅห†ยซรจล โ€šรงโ€บยฎรฉยกยถ
    รฆยฏยรฆโ€”ยถรฆยฏยรฅห†ยปรฉฦ’ยฝรฉยกยถ
    รฆล“โ‚ฌรฅยลฝรคยธโ‚ฌรฆยฌยกรฉยกยถ
    รฆห†โ€˜รฅยคยงรฅยคยดรฉยกยถ
    รงโ€ยจรฅล โ€บรฉยกยถ
    รฆห†โ€˜รฉยกยถ
    รฉยกยถ

    ๐Ÿ˜€

  69. Sorry, can’t translate. ๐Ÿ˜€

  70. I met a new friend in SmallWorlds ๐Ÿ™‚

  71. why cant you translate

  72. Uhh, that’s kinda hard to explain…as u see I know what it means inside my head but u know…can’t tell it to anybody else… ๐Ÿ˜•

  73. And can I ask you something?

  74. Is that ur new name cutesunshine

  75. huh
    wat
    ?
    ๐Ÿ˜•

  76. Argh. ๐Ÿ˜ก >:(

  77. ik i ha8 them but i’ll get to use this foreva no matter what

  78. Use what ๐Ÿ˜•

  79. my laptop ๐Ÿ™‚ i never lose and daady is letting me use my laptop now i wuv him

  80. ๐Ÿ™‚ I found a COMPLETELY AWESOME arena game on SmallWorlds! I played with my second-best friend on there and it’s so funnnn!! She’s only 11. ๐Ÿ™‚
    Hoping to see you on SmallWorlds!

  81. 102 Comments. There was more then 1000 on a quite new post here lol

  82. I suddenly wish to meet u somewhere on a game. ๐Ÿ™‚

  83. lolz im not in it very often cuz i chat wit ppl on website i love u can join

  84. Which website? ๐Ÿ™‚

  85. forums.warriorcats.com

  86. umm u got another site….because one email address can only be used once ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ™‚

  87. lolz yea i got 2 emails cool huh i can get u in if u want i’ll make another e mail so u can get in the site

  88. kk! ๐Ÿ˜€

  89. i’ll do it on tuesday

  90. k
    arent u excited of SteamWorks Island? ๐Ÿ˜›

  91. I am…a bit. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  92. i havent finished the other island

  93. Skullduggery?

  94. I’m guiding my SmallWorlds friend to another life.

  95. i got a new avie her name is silverheart the 12 i made my home!!!!

  96. :V :V GREAT! ๐Ÿ˜€

  97. You can go to my home just search
    Green Shell’s Colorful Home
    in the places panel ๐Ÿ˜‰

  98. Where do u live again? Maybe I can meet u in real world, when I’m 11 or 12 (2011-2012)! ๐Ÿ˜€

  99. and have u made an e-mail yet ๐Ÿ˜›

  100. oh no i’ll do that now and i live in LV NV

  101. pardon? what’s LV NV ๐Ÿ˜†
    I nearly thought u said CCTV a television…thing ๐Ÿ˜†

  102. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜• ๐Ÿ˜• ๐Ÿ˜• ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜
    ??

  103. And what state-thing is it in? ๐Ÿ˜•

  104. um what in order:
    country:Usa
    state:nevada
    city:las vegas
    part:hendreson
    adress:windmil pkwy
    apt:3412

  105. OMG! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜€

  106. Country: China
    State: Guang Jo…?
    City: Shenzhen (รฆยทยฑรฅล“ยณ)
    Part: Fu Tian (รงยฆยรงโ€ยฐ)
    address…idk ๐Ÿ˜€
    apt…whats that lol ๐Ÿ˜†

  107. apartment! lolz and cool

  108. then my apt is….. 24 A! ๐Ÿ˜€

  109. Ow, I had a stomach ache! ๐Ÿ™ Anyway, can you mail the new e-mail address of urs to me?

  110. oh mg i forgot wait me second one?

  111. what second..? ๐Ÿ˜•

  112. so………..give the address to me….and let me register? lol
    btw mind if i send a smallworlds invite to that address, because i need one more citizen point on there lol ๐Ÿ˜†

  113. hi sunny! haven’t talked to u in a while! how u been?

  114. Wow, looks like you 2 have been talking for a while! 2 years!

  115. :s
    :S
    :I