[Nakura]

Hey my fellow HLPers, I know that we're a very tight-knit community here and support each other, so who better to go to about this. I am assembling a team of dedicated and skilled people to develop my own visual novel. Alas, it's not set in the FreeSpace or Descent universes, nor is it based off either game engine.

Given that Goober and the admin gang have begun supporting and promoting our non-FreeSpace works on the board, such as MechCommander OmniTech, I figured that I'd bring this up. The visual novel hasn't been announced yet, but once we have a skilled team together and have begun development of the game, we will be putting the game on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight.

Given that it is still very much in the planning stages, my team (four people so far) and I won't be able to publicly provide much information at this time, given that we want to keep it as secret as possible until the announcement. However, if Goober or Battuta or anyone from the admin team wants me to provide more specifics, I would be more than happy to do so via private message. Anyway, as for why I'm posting this, I was wondering if the admin team would like to provide a forum for my project when I do eventually announce it. My team and I would be posting updates of our development progress in the forum and interactive with the community, listening to their ideas, suggestions and complaints.

Of course, the announcement is still many months from now and given that this has nothing to do with FS or Descent, I would understand perfectly if you didn't want to support my indie team, by providing a forum for us at a later date. If you would be interested in doing so, however, my team and I would be grateful. Are you interested?

[Goober5000]

Well, I would first recommend that you read our hosting policy...
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=53807.0

You shouldn't expect a forum right off the bat.  The common requirement for hosting, whether in a private forum or on FTP, is meaningful progress.  We would have to see some actual progress on the mod, as well as evidence of some sort of project organization and planning, before we could even consider your request.

[yuezhi]

Who else is on your team?

[Nakura]

Well, I would first recommend that you read our hosting policy...
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=53807.0

You shouldn't expect a forum right off the bat.  The common requirement for hosting, whether in a private forum or on FTP, is meaningful progress.  We would have to see some actual progress on the mod, as well as evidence of some sort of project organization and planning, before we could even consider your request.

Thanks. We definitely haven't met the vast majority of those criteria.

Who else is on your team?

Right now we only have:
Myself (Project Leader & Main Writer)
scubamcd (Editor)
gladiatorskull (Path Writer)
noobforhire (Path Writer)

There are a few other people who have expressed interest in joining our team, namely three path writers and two artists. Though they're still being interviewed.

[AdmiralRalwood]

it's not set in the FreeSpace or Descent universes, nor is it based off either game engine
[...]
Given that it is still very much in the planning stages, my team (four people so far) and I won't be able to publicly provide much information at this time, given that we want to keep it as secret as possible until the announcement.
[...]
this has nothing to do with FS or Descent

Well, at least we know what it isn't about...