Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
3/2/2026 10:29 AM
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25529
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
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/2/2026 10:27:44 AMJust look for the mandatory "Award points to this game" question for each one, the rest are actually optional. But it's set up so you can give feedback on things like plot and branching without having to actually type words.
The hard part is still actually reading the games!
The world has gone insane (pt. 2) on 3/2/2026 10:23:58 AM
Idk Ben, you sound like a deranged member of the RADICAL LEFT right now who is overcome with unpatrioric anger at seeing America in a GOLDEN AGE.
Wardens, lmao on 3/2/2026 9:43:34 AM
I never said it was ignored "because of negative reviews", I was pointing out that the person who specifically brought it up to ask why it hadn't been commended had been someone who gave it a high rating but a negative review, which was part of the reason ratings weren't a heavy factor.
Folklore Fish was a game I read that immediately struck me as good enough for featuring. (And if you gave it a 7/8 you obviously feel it was more than "half decent").
Yours might be commendable, it might not be, there isn't a science to this if anybody happens to be thinking commendations are a Constitutional right for games of a certain length or rating or whatever. I haven't looked at it closely, which I'm pretty sure was also something I said in the earlier post. But I'm also not the only mod on this site by a long shot, so you guys just aren't going to be able to lock me in as having the sole responsibility for this kind of thing.
The world has gone insane (pt. 2) on 3/2/2026 9:20:04 AM
But if we aren't actively embroiled in a war, how else are they going to get Republican votes in the midterms?
If anything they might have screwed up by being a little too successful the first day, really might have to fudge some things now to drag this out till November.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/1/2026 11:32:57 PM
You are so helpful, I almost forgive you for writing 10000 words about a wizard school.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/1/2026 10:59:40 PM
Anyway, here's the form. Thanks to the sheer number of games I know it looks a little gigantic, but most of the questions just let you select a quick rating, and the only required ones are the number of contest points you're awarding to each.
SHRIMP JAM THE FIRST, VOTING FORM HERE
(If someone will be a dear and collect the links to all the games in a nice convenient list below this, it'll be worth a comm for your time.)
SHRIMP JAM THE FIRST, VOTING FORM HERE
(If someone will be a dear and collect the links to all the games in a nice convenient list below this, it'll be worth a comm for your time.)
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/1/2026 10:55:01 PM
I wouldn't do that to anyone lol. We got way more of a turnout than expected and over 60k of writing in all, when I had expected maybe half a dozen games with something like a 4k upper limit on the word count. Everyone really buckled in for this one, I needed basically the whole week too. >
Of course I've had other fun stuff going on this week, like totaling my car, and surgery (unrelated!) so maybe I should consider tormenting the peasants with another deadline to cheer myself up, but nah, I'm too happy with how this all turned out. Very likely I'll set up a repeat in April especially as there's been requests from those who missed it this time.
The Review Club on 3/1/2026 10:00:40 AM
I recall a very interesting situation there where you are silently watching the second Daniel in the room confess his love to your girlfriend and talk to the FBI agent who showed up at your girlfriend's house to speak to him.
The Review Club on 3/1/2026 9:39:15 AM
Extra comm for your suffering. I really didn't know if you'd make it through this one.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/1/2026 3:44:46 AM
Okay, going to officially launch the voting phase on this tomorrow. Everyone has been playing through these, right? Not arguing or trolling in other threads?
Well, we can all take till next Sunday, but the form will be available and hopefully at least a couple of you besides Gryphon have some thoughts on the best of the bunch
