Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
1/26/2026 11:30 AM
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25133
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.
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
Going to go protest!!! on 1/26/2026 11:23:01 AMKids, be like Fabrikant's grandparents, make sure you're on the winning side within 3-5 days.
Going to go protest!!! on 1/26/2026 9:28:31 AM
Just to elaborate on the Catholic thing, the Pope and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have been pretty vocally against the way the immigration crackdown is been handled, and in the beginning of all this a lot of churches had to put out notices telling people just not to attend since ICE was camping them to harass people over their paperwork.
The Review Club on 1/26/2026 8:45:04 AM
Altair definitely needs more attention, but JohnX's other game is worth a look too.
The Review Club on 1/26/2026 8:43:59 AM
Can't you review your own story to advance in the ranks?
CYS HOT TAKES on 1/25/2026 5:52:44 PM
See @Daji, this is what you needed to do! Make it obviously yours, put an 'uff da' in there somewhere.
The Review Club on 1/25/2026 4:42:44 PM
Ugh, no, not that one. I did a line by line rewrite of that one and it's also a children's story, it's not remotely the authentic experience.
Going to go protest!!! on 1/25/2026 4:10:33 PM
A lot of Catholics vote Democrat and for obvious reasons are strongly against ICE. The problem here is that somebody's tiny churchgoing abuela is not very likely to ever use a gun. If the goal is maximum chaos then sure, a mosque may be more on the mark, but End actually has the right idea in that case: forget ideologies, give out shotguns, liquor, and machetes to the homeless.
Going to go protest!!! on 1/25/2026 12:56:21 PM
Worth pointing out though that people at Catholic churches and mosques are going to be socially conservative in ways you don't like. Obviously you should hand them out to college students in well to do areas and see if any of them will grow a testicle.
Going to go protest!!! on 1/25/2026 12:45:24 PM
Sure, don't be Fabrikant's grandparents.
Going to go protest!!! on 1/25/2026 12:38:36 PM
Yes, I went through an emo phase when I was 16 too.
