It's definitely 100% doable.
Some projects have even been started (some I've even aided), but all of them have either faded out or been shut down.
The reason being that most don't think they'll be able to top Original/Legit FeralHeart in terms of members/community, so why bother?
Another reason is that it seems kind of like a... rude move to take a bunch of assets that aren't yours to remake something. It basically sounds like a "ha, I did it better" to the original creators.
Copyright or not, most people aren't willing to step on the toes of everyone who created FH like that.
From a consumer's standpoint, it seems totally fine to want something like this. I want it too. Like I've said, I've even attempted a few things with some people here and there.
Here's SkyX implemented into FeralHeart:
(http://pre12.deviantart.net/2013/th/pre/f/2015/054/8/b/skyxpreview_by_xruby1234x-d8j74g5.png)
But from a creator's standpoint, it just doesn't seem like something you'd want to do without the go-ahead from the people who put the original time and effort into something that's brought us all a lot of fun.
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FeralHeart would be EXTREMELY easy to do anything of this sort with.
The problem is that if this were to be done, would it still even be FeralHeart? How would the original creators feel?
There's been little to no input from them, so until then it's out of everyone's hands, UNLESS there is an overwhelming push to proceed forward without the knowledge/consent of the original creators.
It's definitely 100% doable.
Some projects have even been started (some I've even aided), but all of them have either faded out or been shut down.
The reason being that most don't think they'll be able to top Original/Legit FeralHeart in terms of members/community, so why bother?
Another reason is that it seems kind of like a... rude move to take a bunch of assets that aren't yours to remake something. It basically sounds like a "ha, I did it better" to the original creators.
Copyright or not, most people aren't willing to step on the toes of everyone who created FH like that.
From a consumer's standpoint, it seems totally fine to want something like this. I want it too. Like I've said, I've even attempted a few things with some people here and there.
Here's SkyX implemented into FeralHeart:
(http://pre12.deviantart.net/2013/th/pre/f/2015/054/8/b/skyxpreview_by_xruby1234x-d8j74g5.png)
But from a creator's standpoint, it just doesn't seem like something you'd want to do without the go-ahead from the people who put the original time and effort into something that's brought us all a lot of fun.
TL;DR:
FeralHeart would be EXTREMELY easy to do anything of this sort with.
The problem is that if this were to be done, would it still even be FeralHeart? How would the original creators feel?
There's been little to no input from them, so until then it's out of everyone's hands, UNLESS there is an overwhelming push to proceed forward without the knowledge/consent of the original creators.
As I mentioned, ask the creators of the assets for permission to use them. Otherwise, make your own. I never stated to 'take/steal' the original work.
I like this idea. I definitely don't know a lot about this, but seeing as there are a lot of members and staff that DO know how this works and it seems possible---I support.
The only thing I feel is that, as Phloxen mentioned, I feel it would be a bit rude towards Kov or anyone else who helped build the original game. Kov hasn't said a word to the community in years and has essentially left FH in the dust, but he still is... well, definitely alive, and it's possible he could take issue with a project like this. And Scuttle/Twisted brings up a lot of good points in her post as well.
Personally, I'd still love to see this happen. If this project is started, I can guarantee I'd support it, but I do bet there would be a lot of backlash in the community if this were to happen... I mean, just the revamp was extremely controversial, so something bigger like this would probably be even more so.
There will always be a portion of the community who will prefer the original FH over a remake or an IT server. Even I personally prefer the older maps (Temple Of Dreams, Ascension Island, Sky's Rim, Flourite Plains, etc).
I don't necessarily see how it's being 'rude' to Kov. In fact, I see it more of a way of honoring him and his original work. Plus, we can always give him credit for his original ideas and work.
If he ever does come back and have an issue, we can simply attempt to straighten things out or stop the project. How would he have a problem with the project itself though?
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Also, you have to realize that there will always be someone who will do something better than the next guy. I don't think saying that 'It would be rude to the original devs' is a good argument.