Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
2/2/2026 1:03 PM
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25211
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
Hey, I guess. on 2/2/2026 11:02:04 AMWelcome to the site!
Are you intending to actually join the contest or just doing this for yourself at your own pace? You need to claim the prompt in the thread if you're joining.
Painfully, Beautifully Me on 2/2/2026 10:25:24 AM
I forgot to mention the "operating system" line, but that one was a little rough too.
The "voices whispering commands" one is fine though, the meter is there and it has the same number of syllables as every other line in that verse for that matter. It's not even the only three syllable word in that stanza.
I disagree with your first point, to me a pause there is both more natural feeling and also correct since it's attributing those words to a speaker. But spending a lot of time quibbling about commas feels especially pointless when discussing poetry.
The Review Club on 2/2/2026 2:31:08 AM
Just mentioning too there's a brand new children's sci fi thingy that's got a length of 27k.
The Review Club on 2/2/2026 2:30:20 AM
I'll pray for you.
Painfully, Beautifully Me on 2/2/2026 1:16:36 AM
I usually don't comment much on poetry, just don't know the technicalities enough to really critique it and I'm terrible at identifying meter when trying to write it myself. This all mostly flowed pretty well though, and from the content I was able to diagnose you with autism and ADHD, congrats. (The only line that really jumped out at me as kinda awkward was the "I rhyme..." one. )
Rimworld Anomaly 2: CYS Gazette Galavant Ep. 10 on 2/1/2026 7:29:59 PM
YOU TAKE THAT BACK
Rimworld Anomaly 2: CYS Gazette Galavant Ep. 10 on 2/1/2026 6:39:18 PM
It's a very complex and autistic colony sim game you can get off of Steam. (I'd say it's a bit like sci fi Dwarf Fortress but I doubt that means anything to you.)
Anthrax is playing a pretty heavily modded version though.
Rimworld Anomaly 2: CYS Gazette Galavant Ep. 10 on 2/1/2026 6:04:16 PM
You've got to bump these between votes to stor up more interest sometimes, 18 days ago means we all forgot it existed.
The world has gone insane (pt. 2) on 2/1/2026 3:30:46 PM
CYS HOT BAIT on 2/1/2026 2:39:32 PM
Lol, butthurt fag.
