Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
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11/14/2025 10:15 AM
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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.
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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.
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Recent Posts
Warden Donation Drive on 11/13/2025 11:44:12 PMOnly the bad noobs have frog sounds emitting from them around here, you better make sure Harper isn't lurking nearby.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 7:58:15 PM
She's the host.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 7:57:34 PM
It just means someone who has served in the military.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 5:47:28 PM
You got a coveted Founder trophy during your six month nap as well!
Glad it wasn't all bad at least, sorry to hear about your grandpa though. And hopefully this ends up a turning point to things improving for your sister.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 5:21:32 PM
She's alive!
Uh oh though, "lots of family stuff" is never good. Hope things ate still going well at the job though, you had sounded pretty happy about it.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 4:03:17 PM
Well you may not like to hear then that you can watch all the tutorials and guides you want, there's never going to 1:1 answer to apply to the specific scenarios you're writing though. A lot is just developing an ear for natural sounding conversation.
Luckily in writing though your dialogue being "natural sounding" isn't the only goal or even the main one, dialogue is a tool to convey information or set a scene just like any other part of the story. Keep in mind too that a large part of its purpose can be revealing things about the characters to the reader. As the author you have lots of ways to get across other info, you don't need your characters standing boringly around explaining how your setting's technology works or whatever.
How the frig do you write good dialogue?! on 11/13/2025 2:48:39 PM
I feel like the autistic might especially struggle with this one. Might be unfortunate news for you.
Some role play fun on 11/13/2025 12:41:38 PM
Some role play fun on 11/13/2025 8:44:06 AM
What about that other project you made Sherb take all your points over, and then he kept trying to give them back?
Warden Donation Drive on 11/12/2025 10:51:01 PM
You're on drugs, sorry.
The only changes that happened were us figuring out a way to commend older games (For some reason JJJ had disabled that, but iirc someone discovered a workaround, I think BZ?)
And there was later a readjustment to give longer games more commendations. Both of these obviously worked out really well in End's favor.
