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 unrestricted creative suspense.
Hero is a Action 2D MMO with a custom engine, think Zelda1; 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.
In Hero you modify the world and not your character!
We are also going for positional audio for that out-of-view tension. It will be from the 1st person which is awkward at first (in a fixed top-view 3rd person game) but you'll get used to it eventually.
Test - May 2025:
So "early it's broken" technical demo; with random characters and wipes.
Live - 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 in one of 3 factions.
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Support
We officially support Java 24 on 64-bit:
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Feedback
After you register with your email in the game you will get a mail with a link to the discord for feedback. Only the provided JVMs above will be considered as we don't have time to support other setups. Comments are disabled here because we only plan to use itch as a payment provider.
Comments will be re-enabled after release and major bugs have been resolved.
Later Developments
You will be able to buy more $10 subs. the same year for +120h and character - feature:
- $20/year goblin, orc, troll - build dungeon. (2026)
- $30/year hero - build over-world. (2027)
- $40/year archers - arrows (TBD)
Eventually depending on interest from enthusiasts and potential commercial license resellers:
- $50/year slime - dedicated server for custom maps/stories (MariaDB 2025)
- $100/year bat - flies, source access for modding (requires NDA)
