Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
12/1/2025 10:56 AM
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24640
Storygame Count
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.
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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
End Master's Edutainment Contest on 12/1/2025 6:30:48 AMYeah, I'm seeing several on the first page, F.
Oh well, still a solid effort and you finished not one but two games in the time so that's an achievement. Although, you tend to get a little more scrutiny on things like that when you put a game up a couple days early this way instead of using the luxury of extra time to proofread more.
The main thing besides what looks like grammar slip ups from rushing is that you really should read Gower's article on dialogue punctuation. (As others pointed out about your Thunderdome entry as well iirc.)
I'd encourage you to go over it all again with fresher eyes after the contest anyway. You've put in enough work it's worth it to not let it fall down on the minor polish issues.
End Master's Edutainment Contest on 12/1/2025 6:23:21 AM
I'm pretty much of the opinion no one should ever enter a contest unless they're confident in their ability to write a passable game in between 8pm and midnight EST on the last day.
Some role play fun on 12/1/2025 5:36:31 AM
For the sake of future archive divers, I might as well clarify that this was how we were all originally introduced:
General questions on 12/1/2025 2:53:58 AM
Unless noobs start out with praising Eternal there's usually only one way they find out you've noticed them, and they tend to blame it on me lol.
General questions on 12/1/2025 2:32:56 AM
Avo, who's the admin that annoys you and should leave? Is it me?
I figure it's me, it usually is since traditionally I'm the one that bothers to interact with the awkward or more insufferable noobs and especially the child noobs while they go through their various baffling stages on the way to learning to be human, instead of just disdaining them in silence while laughing at them on Discord. Or instead of just banning them without bothering to interact.
I'm Impulsive! Why Am I Starting Another Project?? on 12/1/2025 2:28:07 AM
Well welcome to the site. Glad you figured out the link restrictions, let us know if you have any other issues. Honestly though, most stories here are narrative focused and use no scripting at all, and you'll likely be rated on the general entertainment value of your writing and amount of branching possible. Variables and scripting can potentially add a lot in tandem with that if you're willing to tackle them though.
Just curious, what was the other CYOA site? Infinite Story?
Edutainment Contest Progress Thread on 11/30/2025 6:14:18 AM
Remember folks, there's still plenty of time to abandon your current game and start a new one. And you can educate on anything. How to bathe a gerbil, how to search for Warrior Cats games on Google, how to boil eggs...
Some role play fun on 11/30/2025 6:07:45 AM
I only had the most casual of disdain until the furry fired shots on a whiny PM campaign tyvm.
General questions on 11/29/2025 9:58:59 PM
Adding a link reloads the page though.
Sucks you lost your work. 3k is a lot for just one page though, how were you tracking the word count?
Anyway, not sure what the situation was there but that's several times more than someone would've usually lost in that situation so that's especially rough. Just take a little break from it if you need to though and it might be even better in the second draft.
General questions on 11/29/2025 9:06:27 AM
Also, just so you know every time I see that much RTE crud at once I get so angry that I go out, I find a pure, innocent kitten, and I RIP ITS HEAD OFF.
I didn't do it last night because I had to work really early, but paste responsibly.
