Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
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9/15/2025 11:59 PM
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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.
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unpublished
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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
Bloo doesn't care on 9/15/2025 11:54:06 PMLet me guess, Avo didn't want to sleep so she logged in with her edgy alter ego
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 10:30:07 PM
Why can't all children be this agreeable.
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 10:22:27 PM
Avo, not wanting to butt in but it seems like you might be spending maybe an unhealthy amount of time chatting. Maybe you should take a little break from the screen and write out some story notes in a notebook or something. (Or clean your room so your mom doesn't get mad!)
Just don't want you to get a headache again or be in the habit of doing this late every night, it can really mess with your sleep schedule.
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 10:18:01 PM
Absolutely. I was prepared to be unimpressed after the way others were gushing about it, but I got hooked and binged all three seasons.
Little bit rough in the beginning because the animation isn't quite as good and it leans a little too much on the more typical kind of humor you'd see in a kid's show, but it really comes into its own by the two parter at the end of the first season--that's where I'd start later for rewatches.
"Redeemed villains" are probably my favorite kind of character arc, and Zuko's is more complex than any I've seen in most shows for adults. They really take their time with making it come about naturally and don't make it easy for him.
What’s up bitches on 9/15/2025 10:08:45 PM
The repetition of "every street" creates a nice rhythm here. The first paragraph is particularly good, I like that you're not simply describing things but building up a tone by personifying them in a way, and the last line is a good segue into the introduction of the plot.
However, this is a lot of just passively summarizing and reflecting on events. It really would be a lot stronger I think with some actual dialogue between them, maybe something as children and then at the end in contrast.
Also, I'm not sure about "beady" as the right choice the way it's used here, "beady eyes" usually has negative connotations, like greed or malice. A rat has beady eyes.
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 9:47:51 PM
Lol, we use F instead of something like "RIP" here. It's from an old CoD meme, "press F to pay respects".
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 9:42:23 PM
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Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 9:39:52 PM
I wouldn't delete it. You can just keep it in your profile unpublished, it might be interesting for you to look back at later once you've learned more about writing, or you may want to take the same idea and use it in a new story.
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 9:33:53 PM
Well, the votes can be slow coming in sometimes because not everybody is able to make time to sit down and read 4000 words and comment on the same days, with people being busy or just lazy.
Avo doesn't like Ogre on 9/15/2025 9:23:01 PM
I'll put the thread up in the morning, and people will have the rest of the week to read it and leave comments and say which one they liked best.
