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.
Didn't mean to imply that you did.
I just meant that the creators of most/all the assets have been either silent or unwilling to let theirs be used for other purposes outside of FH.
So that gets iffy depending on if reverse engineered FH is still FH, etc etc.
Hence the aforementioned "toe-stepping."
They've all been asked before about this stuff, from the many attempted "FH Reboot" projects. Silence is usually the answer, so there's not much we can do with that.
I've already been overhauling a majority of the game, and I've had thoughts about piecing it together as something else entirely. I'm stuck on whether or not I want to do that, mostly because of the character models. I want to use them, but I'm painfully aware they aren't mine, along with some other misc models that I enjoy.
They could just be redone, but then at that point, haven't I just created my own "game" anyway?
It's all very strange.
I'm sure just a repiecing of what is here is what most people want, just basically the same game but with more fancy codes for more fancy fun options.
And that's achievable.
I've attempted contact directly to Kov a few times to see if he'd be willing to allow collaboration or adoption of the FeralHeart project by someone else, but I've never gotten a response.
I've been hesitant to make any real progress on anything without his go-ahead.
It's a very grey area, but it's one I've wanted to tackle for a long time. I'm just unsure if I'd be supported or attacked for trying, since it seems to go both ways every time someone starts a pet project involving FeralHeart.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, or something that people (or even I, for that matter) won't want.
It's definitely something that everyone (mostly) can agree on and want.
But I've had work used without my knowledge/consent before. And it doesn't feel good, even if I wasn't necessarily present in the community anymore.
Doesn't mean your claims on your work are dropped.
The idea is that something was made for you to enjoy, and it was made that way specifically.
Even if they can acknowledge that there's always going to be something better, it doesn't mean that's not painful to admit and behold constantly.
Again, grey area.
Again(x2), still desirable.