Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
11/25/2025 1:59 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.
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
Ive been gone for so long... on 11/25/2025 11:30:27 AMMaybe you should make a new account with that name before you've done much with this one, because let's be real, if you're still popping in in four or five years you're going to be feeling the regrets for this one.
Edutainment Contest Progress Thread on 11/25/2025 10:37:55 AM
I still think it would be better and more enjoyable for both you and the readers to focus on writing something good rather than spewing the maximum number of words possible.
hey oldestman on 11/25/2025 7:33:44 AM
The main storygames page is the list of featured games from each category, and I'd otherwise suggest games rated 5 or higher. Or if you have a favored genre I could get more specific.
Or just keep doing what you're doing if it works for you, but not gonna lie some of the oldest games are pretty bad and this seems a little masochistic.
Ive been gone for so long... on 11/25/2025 7:28:25 AM
Well that's a start.
Now that you're using the site you should read some more games, that is allegedly what we do here.
If you search for WARCHIMP it's a pretty fun one and the entire thing can be read in like 15 minutes.
Why even a little AI in your writing is bad on 11/25/2025 7:21:49 AM
I mean we're already at the point people are entering college without knowing how to write a sentence, or saying they "don't know how" to read a novel.
There was some video going around recently of high schoolers freaking out because their teacher asked them to write five sentences in an hour.
Edutainment Contest Progress Thread on 11/25/2025 7:13:11 AM
I'm not sure this is a realistic idea, you're talking about spending ten hours a day at minimum hunched over a keyboard, and the quality is also going to suffer from being forced even if some reason your parents let you do this to yourself.
What happened?! on 11/24/2025 7:46:02 PM
Why were you stalking beefhotpot anyway?
What happened?! on 11/24/2025 7:17:16 PM
Your filter blocking the background and banner images if it's everywhere for you, momentary glitch in your connection otherwise.
How to use different length dashes? on 11/24/2025 7:08:26 PM
They're called em dashes if you want to look them up.
They're inferior to the noble semi-colon but just use two of them in any place where they fit.
Don't worry about the long dash, that's a special charwcter not found on a standard keyboard--two like this means the same thing, and they're more fit for humans.
Ive been gone for so long... on 11/24/2025 1:42:32 PM
You're going to find it's common to use words of two or more syllables here, if that poses any unique challenges for you please feel free to reference this helpful resource..
