Fiction.live alternative

[gjin733]

Wanted to do this for a while so here you go.

Questing Live

Write and read interactive stories — quests where readers vote on what happens next, suggest directions, roll dice, and follow live writing sessions as the story unfolds.

questing-live.com

The basic functionality is all ready., but this is still in depelopment. So expect some bugs.
Another thing of note, the server is the cheapest one I could buy, so it might be a bit laggy. I'll upgrade to something a little better in a couple of weeks.

As of right now I plan to

1) Upgrade the search and the tag system
2) Add some sort of stats for author and users
3) Maybe add a reputation system?
4) Upgrade the map editor

Not sure it will go anywhere, but I've been having fun with this project.

Any feedback is apreciated.

 

[Nihilos]

We're seeing an internet Renaissance lately. Mirror sites are important.

 

[Renko]

Question: Does it allow content that involves characters of prepubescent age or lower to be involve in certain scenarios in a non-restrictive manner?

 

[cloudmagenta]

What happened to FL that requires an alternative? Genuine question. And yeah gotta know what content can be posted.
Lastly, is it vibecoded?

 

[gjin733]

Question: Does it allow content that involves characters of prepubescent age or lower to be involve in certain scenarios in a non-restrictive manner?

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No images of real life children will be allowed, for obvious reasons. If it is fictional, I don't particularly care. As a general rule, if it is allowed on QQ it will be allowed there.

What happened to FL that requires an alternative? Genuine question. And yeah gotta know what content can be posted.
Lastly, is it vibecoded?

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It is vibecoded.

FL can be laggy, it lacks features I wish it had(like an actually working search for example) and some features are not working the way I wish they were(the notification button). This and a few other things.
There were also rumors of Kas going MIA a few months back, maybe he is back, haven't heard anything new about it.
To be honest, I don't think fiction.live will stop working any time soon, but just in case and as a fun project why not.

Some updates.
1. Changed how search works. now it looks more like mangadex. Also updated the tag system. Can't add your own, now you choose from the pool. The pool can be updated, just add what you want to the wish list)
2. Added stats. Now authors see a bunch of different metrics. Visitors, follows etc by chapter/period/story.
3. Added wishlist. Anyone can post, upvote and discuss.
4. Updated interface for better mobile expirience.

 

[cloudmagenta]

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FL can be laggy, it lacks features I wish it had(like an actually working search for example) and some features are not working the way I wish they were(the notification button). This and a few other things.
There were also rumors of Kas going MIA a few months back, maybe he is back, haven't heard anything new about it.
To be honest, I don't think fiction.live will stop working any time soon, but just in case and as a fun project why not.

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Ah makes sense.
Well, it's like 16~ years old and used an absurd number of third party scripts/micro services etc even when it was created and that kind of thing was still frowned upon so I can see why some things never got fixed on account of simply not being fixable. I also feel like he kinda wanted it to either be respectable or make money so intermittently he got pretty frustrated with things.

Pretty funny cause it was initially made for someone on /a/ whose quests featured, uh. NSFL things. Like straight up no holds barred yandere shenanigans.

 

[Renko]

straight up no holds barred

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Not so much like that nowadays unfortunately.

 

[cloudmagenta]

Not so much like that nowadays unfortunately.

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Wdym?
On FL?
In quests overall?

 

[gjin733]

Some more updates.

1. Added direct messages and a friend system for filtering unwanted DMs.
2. Modified notification bell. It now works closer to how it does on QQ.
3. Added view change for /stories. Now you can change how stories are displayed in the feed.
4. Added comment panel.
5. Fixed the live notice and a bunch of other minor changes.

I think the interface might be getting a bit complicated in some places. Might need to do something about that.

 

[Renko]

In quests overall?

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There used to be quite a lot of quests that contained certain content that I like. Then something happened that caused all those quests to be deleted off the site.

So much for being "straight up no holds barred ", right?

 

[gjin733]

There used to be quite a lot of quests that contained certain content that I like. Then something happened that caused all those quests to be deleted off the site.

So much for being "straight up no holds barred ", right?

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I have personally only seen one shota story get taken down. From what I understand this policy is loosely enforced and mainly depends on Kas' mood. Still, that's not something authors want to rely on, I guess.

 

[Dr_BlackThumb]

The thing that would make you immediately superior to Kas? Is to have an actual support page that you don't have to crawl to find, also are you looking for donations to support the site or not at the moment?

 

[gjin733]

The thing that would make you immediately superior to Kas? Is to have an actual support page that you don't have to crawl to find, also are you looking for donations to support the site or not at the moment?

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Asking for money is way too premature at this point)

I do want to implement some sort of donation system, but these are just thoughts. I will need to do a lot more research before I can say anything on this topic.

 

[gjin733]

1) Finally moved to a better server. It should reliably handle up to 1500 simultaneous users. And a few times that for lurkers.
2) Closed two requests. Thanks to anyone who participated.