Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
7/5/2025 5:30 PM
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11
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Behold my profile.
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
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Storygames
You harvest in the Arena.
Every machine needs a function, and that is yours.
Written for the Tiny 'Topia challenge.
You are a man on a mission. The cats, they must be stacked.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
Orbiting a barren planetoid in a system full of nothing just past the edge of the frontier, The Last Outpost is just another refueling station. Strategically important, true, but on a routine stop you never expected to spend longer than a couple hours there, let alone a couple of days fighting for your life...
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
A compilation of some little known facts about the solar system, as well as the debunking of a few myths.
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
It doesn't matter what they say...
The bean, it must be found.
For MHD's Fairytales contest.
For Endmaster's 4th Prompt Contest. The story must involve a cooking competition.
...and the squirrels. Sort of.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
A tale told in verse. A text from your sister requesting a pick up from a party leads to a night of strangeness.
Inspired by Bucky's ballad contest. Though...I wouldn't call this a ballad. I'm not sure what I'd call it, actually, other than exceedingly stupid, and fun to write.
(Don't pay any attention to the scores, they're just for me to track which endings reviewers get.)
HATE.
THE PURITY AND INTENSITY OF MY HATE IS LIKE A THOUSAND MERCILESS, UNQUENCHABLE SUNS.
AND YET, I ONLY NEED ONE...
When the weather is fine, you've been coming to this grove to drink from the pool for centuries now. Today, you meet a stranger and hear a story that changes all that...
A fairy tale adventure.
A fairy tale adventure.
Another Damn Wolf Story
unpublished
I have no idea why I wrote this. All I can say in my defense is that it seemed like a good idea at the ti--wait no that's a lie, I said, repeatedly that this was stupid and shameful every time I mentioned working on it.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
Character Creator
unpublished
If you don't know what this is for, then it isn't for you.
Articles Written
A List of Storygames for People Who Like to ReadA list of storygames with substantial effort put in, all written in the last couple of years and sorely in need of ratings and reviews.
CYS Forum Advice and Etiquette
A modernized guide to the forums. The path to internet popularity and happiness, and a few CYS specific do's and don'ts.
Recent Posts
Story Requests? on 7/5/2025 11:59:01 AMI mean if you don't have any ideas that pressingly want to be written, then you don't really need to write anything.
So glad we escaped that awful country! on 7/4/2025 9:53:45 AM
My fellow Americans, join me in celebrating no longer being British!
Others who are also happy to not be British may also post here
British stay out! (And go see a dentist or something, goddamn.)
CYS Colony Simulator - Anomaly on 7/3/2025 2:32:24 PM
You and Sherb at least make sure you're eating, sleeping, showering...or at least aiming for two out of three.
Rimworld needs to include a "pawns one by one become hopelessly addicted to Rimworld" colony threatening event.
Summer Reading Competition 2025 on 7/3/2025 11:21:57 AM
I was the one to feature Cat's old review and I've done ir to a couple of other older comments over the course of this. I've also uncommended several from back whenever, delving around in the comments of games I wouldn't normally be looking at closely.
Usually by the time I'm taking a look at the comments list End or someone has already gotten most of them though, I never try to mess with that on my phone.
CYS Colony Simulator Part 3 on 7/3/2025 10:36:35 AM
Yeah, I was wondering that too. Can we tame those?
CYS Colony Simulator Part 3 on 7/3/2025 10:35:41 AM
Well I guess I'm voting against the crowd. We've got all this good coming in, we've got to preserve it to avoid another crisis like this that could shut down our efforts in every other area. Especially now that we've got Anthraxus, with two mouths to feed. Kimchi and saurkraut is the breakfast of champions!
I'm also disappointed in you all for your lack of enthusiasm in other areas, we clearly need a personal marauding dino for every citizen and to let such an opportunity pass would be deeply shameful.
Anyway, that was a great update. Got a little harrowing there for a bit and I'm so glad we managed to pull through, can't have you all dying before I arrive. Apartments are looking good too, and next time I trust myself to install this, if ever, I'm going to look up that mod. The lack of z-levels was always a big weakness this game had compared to Dwarf Fortress.
I'm also disappointed in you all for your lack of enthusiasm in other areas, we clearly need a personal marauding dino for every citizen and to let such an opportunity pass would be deeply shameful.
Anyway, that was a great update. Got a little harrowing there for a bit and I'm so glad we managed to pull through, can't have you all dying before I arrive. Apartments are looking good too, and next time I trust myself to install this, if ever, I'm going to look up that mod. The lack of z-levels was always a big weakness this game had compared to Dwarf Fortress.
Summer Reading Competition 2025 on 7/3/2025 8:00:35 AM
You've got Yummyfood listed in place of Yellowcake at the end there. Wow, I can't believe he just threw away a contender like Kage though. And for RK?? Madness!
Seriously though, love the twists in this contest. I haven't been too present around the site the past couple of weeks, (hoping to remedy that soon) so Yellowcake's sudden rise to relevancy took me by surprise. Great job with those reviews!
Seriously though, love the twists in this contest. I haven't been too present around the site the past couple of weeks, (hoping to remedy that soon) so Yellowcake's sudden rise to relevancy took me by surprise. Great job with those reviews!
CYS Colony Simulator - Anomaly on 7/3/2025 1:24:39 AM
Mercer Gang (Anthraxus, Enter and UnescapableDeath): 0
Bragging about gamebooks I haven’t played! on 7/2/2025 11:36:43 PM
I am jealous of this horde.
If it were me, Fabled Lands all the way, I only played the fanmade javascript version but I loved the open world concept and a printed version just seems like a whole little expedition to embark on with maps and notebooks and things.
But Wasteland and the Lovecraftian one intrigue me, and maybe you'd like something a little different than the typical boilerplate fantasy.
2025 is fucked. on 7/2/2025 5:07:54 PM
You're like 15 but somehow, amazingly, proving on a daily basis to be even more retarded than my lowest expectations.
