Hero
A downloadable game
Somewhere in between the trail blaze of Runescape, PokeMMO, Mirage Realms (- the RPG part) and Minecraft, Zomboid, Necesse (+ the MMO part) there is a place for creative suspense.
Hero is a Action 2D MMO with a custom engine, think Zelda 1; but multiplayer.
It's both a game and in-game level/story editor, and unlike previous examples; an engine you can modify for your own game/story and host/sell.
Alpha - May 2025:
So "early it's broken" release; a prototype with random characters and wipes.
Soft Release - Nov 2025:
- Free to play as rat, spider. (no chat, random respawn)
- $10 yearly subscription which allows 120 hours of play time for persistent characters: spear, axe, sword.
Install
Pick oracle or open VM (does not matter which unless you don't like oracle):
- windows x64: oracle / open
- linux x64: oracle / open arm64: oracle / open
- mac x64: oracle / open arm64: oracle / open
Requires minimum libc 2.13 for linux.
Should work with older VMs too, including Win/Linux 32-bit and Risc-V 64-bit, but you have to edit the bat/sh file and we can't help with those platforms!
Extract to the same folder you extract hero.zip and run oracle.bat/.sh or open.bat/.sh depending on the Java you picked.
Later Developments
You will be able to buy more $10 subs. the same year for +120h and character - feature:
- 2x goblin, orc, troll - build dungeon. (2026)
- 3x hero - build over-world. (2027)
- 4x archers - arrows (TBD)
Eventually depending on interest for enthusiasts and commercial license resellers:
- 5x slime - dedicated server for custom maps/stories (MariaDB 2025)
- 6x bat - flies, source access for modding (requires NDA)
