Hero101

Hero101 was a (MMORPG) project in development at KingsIsle Entertainment between May 2012 and December 2014. The game would have let players become a powered hero and save Nexus City from evil villains, choosing from one of several different classes; including Cryomancer, Psychic, Pyromancer, Speedster, Titan, and Vigilante. The planned release window that the project was aiming for is unknown, but development ceased around the time KingsIsle made a strategic shift into producing titles for the mobile games market.
There is significant evidence that the game would have been part of the Spiral Games Universe, sharing continuity with KingsIsle's previously released MMORPGs Wizard101 and Pirate101, but would have taken place on Earth rather than the established setting of the Spiral.
==Gameplay==
===Combat===
Not much is known about the combat in Hero101. Some very basic information (mostly names) has come out about some of the "Powers" that players could harness, but nothing else has come out in that regard. The biggest thing to come out in terms of what the combat would have been is a screenshot presumably from early development that curiously enough takes place in Unicorn Way, where we see a buff guy in a blue outfit fighting a Skeletal Pirate. It is assumed the Hero101 aspects here were temporary assets. Based on the fact that KingsIsle was using Wizard101's engine to test turn-based combat, we can assume that at least in early development that the game would have retained a turn-based combat system like the previous 101 games.
====Powers and Talents====
Each class of hero would have been able to utilize many different "Powers" and "Talents" to attack enemies, heal or buff your stats which would have varied per class and were likely trainable from your respective class trainer in Nexus University. This is a list of all known Powers and Talents, per the game's source directory that we've seen so far. It's possible some of these Powers were exclusive to mobs in the game. Only some of the Powers can be directly attributed to certain classes, others are the most likely fit but aren't 100% confirmed.
===Quests===
As in Wizard101 and Pirate101, Hero101 would have featured a main story questline, as well as side quests. From the unlisted video released by Jeff Haskell in October 2016, we see that "Cadet Quan" was a character that would have been involved with nine different mainline story quests at the time of development, the first two of the quests' names being "Keep it Down" and "Sneaker Imps", both of which were likely at the very start of the game due to the fact that they both had a Level 1 level requirement, and gave 60 XP and 10 Gold each.
===Experience===
An experience system would have implemented that probably worked exactly the same as the prior 101 games. Experience would have been given by quests.
==Development==
Development on what became known as Hero101 began in May 2012, just five months before the public launch of Pirate101. Reportedly, a "giant team" was assigned to work on what was at the time was being tentatively called Superhero101 or Heroes internally. The project was described as a "AAA family-friendly" MMO in which players would take on the role of a superpowered individual in Nexus City and fight against aliens. Jeff Haskell was tapped to be senior game designer, James Leary became associative creative designer, and Chris Douglas handled the game's initial concept and environment art.
==Asset usage==
*Gobblerton in Karamelle uses a newspaper texture that originated from Nexus City.
*The Old One's lab inside Madness Mountain in Polaris, which is visited in the second quest in Lemuria, is made up almost entirely of assets from Hero101, particularly Nexus City. This lab was reused several times throughout the world's main storyline.
*Some of the themes composed by Nelson Everhart for the soundtrack for Lemuria suspiciously use older-sounding instruments than were used by the time of the world's release, leading to fan speculation that the themes were taken from Hero101 directly. This is supported by the fact that the world focuses on Heroes who eventually come together to form the League of Exemplary Personages.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Betty Brandon
*Chaz
*Officer Dietrich
*Cadet Kelso
*The Maker
*Professor Nesmith
*Jimmy Parker
*Cadet Quan
*Red Watch Hacker
*Rennie
*Technical Officer Pryce
*Professor TassHeroOptionFix_1
===Locations===
The locations presented here are based on zone maps that have been released by official sources as well as third party information.
*Nexus City
**Bright Shores
***Bright Shores Manufacturing Wing
**Electric Avenue
**Nexus UniversityDemo Of Perl Project
***Athletic Center
***Campus Security
***Cold Containment Unit
***Garden of Serenity
***Heat Containment Unit
***Lobby
***Nesmith's Brownstone
***Nexus City Archives
***Nexus City Loading Zone
***Nexus Tower
***S.H.H.H. Bivouac
***Science Center
***Subway Station
***Thermal Regulation Station
***Training Facility
**Nexus Vaultsnag Options 1
**Underground
***Sauros Chamber
**Walden Wood
***Municipal Pool
***North Park
===Organizations===
*NCPD
*NCTY News
*Q.U.I.E.T.
==Personnel==
===Voice cast===
*Julie LinnardCollier Talent Agency - Julie Linnard Resume – Unknown recurring character
===Developers===
*Jeff Haskell – Senior Game Designer
*Chris Douglas – Senior Environment Artist (Concept art, modeling, texturing, lighting, animated sets and props)Cartoon Sets — Chris Douglas
*James C. Leary – Associate Creative Designer
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Hero101_screenshot 1.jpg|Image from Chris Douglas.
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Hero101 screenshot 2.jpg|Image from Chris Douglas.
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Unknown-23.png|Collector Z screenshot. Image from The Atmoplex.
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NEX Z00 AthleticCenter1-1-1.png|Screenshot of the Athletic Center in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
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TKO Z04 Courtyard.png|Screenshot of a Courtyard in Tokyo. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z03 Rooftop2.png|Screenshot of Lobstroid's name popup screen on a Rooftop in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 HyperGym2-1.png|Screenshot of Paragon within the Hyper Gym in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex
NEX Z00 NesmithsBrownstone2-1.png|Screenshot of Professor Nesmith within Nesmith's Brownstone in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
TKO Z04 Shaft.png|Screenshot in a Shaft in Tokyo. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 ColdContainmentUnit1-1.png|Screenshot in the Cold Containment Unit in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z05 PowerCore3-1.png|Screenshot of Prometheus within the Power Core in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 NexusTower4-1.png|Screenshot of Nexus Tower in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
Surprise-3.png|Screenshot of combat in Hero101. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 ColdContainmentUnit2.png|Screenshot of Frostbite within the Cold Containment Unit in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z03 WaterfrontApartments1-1.png|Screenshot of the burning Waterfront Apartments in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
CharacterSelect-3.png|Screenshot of the Character Select screen. Image from The Atmoplex.
TKO Z04 StormTurbineRoom.png|Screenshot of the Storm Turbine Room in Tokyo. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 SparringCenter1-1.png|Screenshot of Green Guardian within the Sparring Center in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 NexusUniversity1-1.png|Screenshot of Nexus University in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z02 SleepCenterGrounds1-1.png|Screenshot of the Sleep Center Grounds in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 NexusUniversity9-1.png|Screenshot of Nexus University in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z05 NexusVault7-2.png|Screenshot of the Nexus Vault in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z05 NexusVault1-2.png|Screenshot of the Nexus Vault in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z04 AbandonedBuilding1-1.png|Screenshots of Verminoids in an Abandoned Building in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z03 QuantumPowerPlant3-1.png|Screenshot of Flash Flood, a Liquiform, within the Quantum Power Plant in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z04 PumpWell1.png|Screenshot of the Pump Well in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 UniversityStation4-1.png|Screenshot of the University Station in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 HyperGym1.png|Screenshot of Hypersonic in the Hyper Gym in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z00 AthleticCenter2-1.png|Screenshot of the Athletic Center in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX PlayerHouseLair1.png|Screenshot of the "Player House Lair" in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
FsBiVG5WIAI7yqz.png|Screenshot of Hypernova. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z01 SecurityStation1.png|Screenshot of the Security Station in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
NEX Z02 WaldenGardens3.png|Screenshot of the Walden Gardens in Nexus City. Image from The Atmoplex.
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===Concept art===
Agent Noto.png|Agent Noto concept art by Billy George
Combat Drone Hero101.PNG|Combat drone concept art by Billy George
Kaiju concept art.jpg|Kaiju concept art by Billy George
Kate-yu-mole-final.jpg|Mole concept art by Kate Yu
Kate-yu-inside-tent-blue.png|Command post concept art by Kate Yu
Kate-yu-vault-alien-final-v2.png|"Vault alien" concept art by Kate Yu
Kate-yu-food-truck.png|Food truck concept art by Kate Yu
==Notes and references==
Category:MMORPGs