Crown Academy is cleared in federal court after nearly two years of battling theft claims
PixelatedCandy, the developer behind and creator of the fantasy experienceCrown Academy, has been cleared in federal court after Royale High scripterDavid Ndalamba,Ice7, lost his lawsuit in which he claimed that PixelatedCandy allowed and encouraged one of her Crown Academy developers,Eli, to steal assets and source code from another fantasy role play experience,Royale High, and implement them into Crown Academy. On August 10, 2025,PixelatedCandyreleased an official statement regarding this lawsuit on Twitter, stating that she’s “glad that the jury determined what [she] knew to be true all along,” referencing the jury’sunanimous conclusionthat she did not, and has not, engaged in any copyright infringement or misappropriation in relation to Royale High....