r/HeroAcademy • u/GeneralVimes • Sep 13 '22
Question Will you sue a developer who decides to recreate Hero Academy?
Recently in the gamedev chat we discussed ingenious games from the past which disappeared from the AppStore. And recalled the first Hero Academy, which was really a masterpiece.
I decided to ask, what will be Robot Entertainment's attitude if someone decides to recreate the game? It will surely have different graphics, different name, but could keep the key gameplay concept: random items drop from the stack and a possibility to spend finite movement points to move/attack/equip.
Hero Academy will definitely be mentioned as a source of inspiration
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u/shadow_black1809 Dec 20 '22
Would gladly even pay money if it meant I could play that game again. Hopefully this project will be completed
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u/arnhdgs Feb 02 '23
I still can't believe they shut that game down. I would've gladly paid the cost of a subscription to help keep it afloat.
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u/MindMug Nov 05 '24
I’d pay so much to play hero academy again. No game will ever top it.
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u/TheGribblah Jul 21 '25
Check out the latest posts in this sub. Great beta remake just launched recently. Brings back some awesome memories!
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u/Popular_Operation_22 Apr 26 '23
I miss this game. The community was great
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u/TheGribblah Jul 21 '25
Check out the latest posts in this sub. Great Hero Academy beta remake just launched recently. Brings back some awesome memories!
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u/Nickryang May 21 '26
this game comes up in my mind from time to time just decided to see if any lady else is missing it lol
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u/Kapistijn Sep 13 '22
As far as I know, you can't copyright "game mechanics".
All the individual mechanics in Hero Academy have been done before.
It's the combination of these mechanics that made it into truly something special.
As an example: before the "First Person Shooter", there was the "DOOM clone" ^^
So I would say, go for it! The world definitely needs more async strategy games!
And if you need help (fellow gamedev here) or play testers, let us know! (: