Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
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5/5/2011
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2/17/2026 6:07 PM
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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.
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Recent Posts
This is Suranna's fault on 2/17/2026 6:06:13 PMWho's free on Sunday?
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/17/2026 4:38:09 PM
We don't need more than 4 hours for a contest tbh.
Iron Lung (The Movie) on 2/17/2026 4:28:44 PM
I'll collect my thoughts for some droning soon.
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/17/2026 4:27:06 PM
If I had seen this earlier I would've gotten it, even the cadence sounds like her.
I am working on a massive project on 2/17/2026 1:06:38 PM
*Norstrilia
"Nostrilia" sounds like an Australian nasal spray!
I am working on a massive project on 2/17/2026 9:21:33 AM
Now that I'm more awake, I really am glad you're excited about working on a game again. The actual writing even as a rough draft, if I saw this as the first two pages of a storygame I'd be intrigued enough to continue. There's always room for improvement, but I don't think your actual writing ability is anything you need to be too worried about, I'd just focus on putting the game together and going back to edit later.
The Review Club on 2/17/2026 1:21:09 AM
Guys, Morgan wants to read a COZY game about a burrowing mole, and there is an open contest prompt still for wholesome woodland critters. Just saying.
I am working on a massive project on 2/17/2026 1:18:02 AM
Ah yes I remember those days, back when I read things.
I deadass just looked at your registration date and went to myself, "wow, that was really only three years ago?" And here I don't even have drunk to excuse my brain. I'm obviously in no condition to critique any writing right now, but what you have is nice in places, a little meandering in others. But that's not a bad thing if I'm reading the tone you're going for right. Spreading these and other setting details around among actual actions you can choose may help, although I also didn't feel overwhelmed with info at any point. You've cut down the distracting fantasy language words a lot from the other thing I saw iirc.
I am working on a massive project on 2/17/2026 1:11:59 AM
I have fixed the infuriating autocorrect. If you are a fellow Android swipe typer, trust me I know your pain
The Owl's Challenge: Planning on 2/16/2026 9:18:31 PM
Option B is interesting, and the weekly timeframe sounds more ideal for avoiding burnout. There are a quite a lot of activities going on right now in addition to the big contest, so something low commitment may be best. This could be a cool idea to encourage people to play around with scripting and the like and find testers too.

