<s>
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
music	B-Application
rhythm	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Ryan	O
Foster	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
alpha	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
receiving	O
a	O
full	O
release	O
on	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
franchise	O
with	O
nearly	O
identical	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
,	O
by	O
design	O
,	O
features	O
nearly	O
identical	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
,	O
and	O
uses	O
GUI	B-Application
assets	O
from	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
involves	O
hitting	O
colored	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
songs	O
;	O
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
allows	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
any	O
PC-compatible	O
controller	O
from	O
the	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
or	O
Rock	O
Band	O
franchises	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
keyboard	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
input	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
by	O
default	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
penalty	O
for	O
missing	O
notes	O
,	O
aside	O
from	O
breaking	O
a	O
combo	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
fail	O
a	O
song	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
enable	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
guitar	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
hold	O
specific	O
buttons	O
that	O
line	O
up	O
with	O
combinations	O
of	O
five	O
colored	O
notes	O
that	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
highway	O
"	O
;	O
when	O
the	O
notes	O
hit	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
highway	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
strum	O
to	O
hit	O
the	O
notes	O
in	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
music	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
contains	O
a	O
mode	O
which	O
emulates	O
the	O
guitar	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
Live	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
notably	O
different	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
involving	O
six	O
guitar	O
buttons	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
games	O
which	O
each	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
built-in	O
setlist	O
,	O
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
comes	O
pre-bundled	O
with	O
only	O
seventeen	O
songs	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
v1.0	O
update	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
Troopers	O
of	O
the	O
Stars	O
"	O
by	O
DragonForce	O
,	O
a	O
composition	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
band	O
specifically	O
for	O
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
these	O
songs	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
original	O
compositions	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
instead	O
be	O
any	O
audio	O
file	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
wishes	O
to	O
turn	O
into	O
a	O
playable	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freedom	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
system	O
has	O
also	O
spawned	O
many	O
charts	O
that	O
are	O
created	O
as	O
brutal	O
challenges	O
to	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
far	O
beyond	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
anything	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
includes	O
the	O
main	O
four	O
difficulty	O
modes	O
seen	O
in	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
,	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
charts	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
Expert	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
project	O
of	O
Ryan	O
Foster	O
's	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
then	O
called	O
GuitaRPG	O
,	O
built	O
in	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
engine	I-Device
and	O
bearing	O
simple	O
,	O
2D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
,	O
and	O
received	O
its	O
final	O
name	O
change	O
to	O
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clone	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
made	O
an	O
appearance	O
at	O
Awesome	O
Games	O
Done	O
Quick	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
large	O
and	O
thriving	O
community	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
gameplay	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
favorably	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
