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rdouglass
April 16th, 2004, 05:49 PM
Hi All,

Been playing SE (from II thru IVG) for quite some time now and I've been looking for a way to give back something to the community for all those great shipsets and mods. (I can remember installing my first Troops mod for SEIII !!!)

Anyways, I've read a few topics around the fan fiction writers and stories for SE and wondered if a site just for fan fiction is wanted / needed. I just don't want to do "another mod site" (no offense to those fine sites already, I just think there is enough of those already).

I'm currently developing a web content management system. So I'm inquiring about the interest in fiction writers to help me beta my product as well as build a SE site exclusively for fan fiction. Maybe game stories if enough interest.

The product is in alpha currently, but I'm expecting beta testing around mid-May.

For those interested, it will (or at least is planned to) be SQL Server and .NET based with file upload, user customization, and HTML compatible (for links within your stories / chapters).

Any takers?

Ragnarok
April 16th, 2004, 05:59 PM
Originally posted by rdouglass:
Any takers? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think this would be pretty cool to see. I for one would be willing to do some beta testing for you using my story if you would like.

What scripting language are you going to be using?

rdouglass
April 16th, 2004, 06:19 PM
Most of it will be VBScript and C++ during the beta phase. Then, most "scripts" will be compiled into DLL's for the final Version. This initial Version will use a lot of plain ASP but will be ported to the .NET framework hence the C++.

I'm doing all the DLL stuff in Visual Studio .NET.

Fyron
April 17th, 2004, 02:59 AM
We are in the process of archiving the stories on SpaceEmpires.net (http://www.spaceempires.net/home/) as we speak.