Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
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5/5/2011
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2/3/2026 7:24 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
The Story Game: So you want a co-author? on 2/3/2026 7:04:29 PMI don't PERSONALLY feel that it would be fair to stick somebody with a partner who doesn't have a completed game, but this is MHD's contest...
Thoughts On Narrative Choices on 2/3/2026 6:31:02 PM
>>>This thread is mainly for general thoughts. How I should structure narrative branches, how to tweak the ones I’ve already written, and how best to develop and pace the variable interactions without making them feel mechanical or obvious.
I will say though that these questions would be difficult for someone else to answer without more specific detail as to the issues you're having. You seem to know what you want to do already from the way you describe it though, sounds like you're just lacking the actually writing it part. Might be best to come back to this once you have more than your first page.
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/3/2026 4:06:13 PM
Is there even any possibility of a duplicate in these? I've been ruling out people who already had one.
Thoughts On Narrative Choices on 2/3/2026 2:43:39 PM
>>>But if you know me at all, you know I rarely stop at surface-level ideas. I tend to use the full extent of my creativity, sometimes more than I probably should.
Examples?
I don't think "clean" or "innocent" describes any story in the Bible really. Though shaking it up a bit more than a simple fanfic retelling was probably more what End had in mind anyhow so good call there. Making something essentially stat based seems like the most ambitious part though so good luck with that.
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/3/2026 2:42:31 PM
She was the obvious one but I doubt she knows this thread exists.
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/3/2026 2:07:05 PM
He already did Cel's, don't you remember that was a whole thing?
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/3/2026 2:04:40 PM
Oh man, this could be several people. Hell, given some of the things that have happened since then this one may barely count as any "hotter" at this point than saying Oswald didn't shoot JKF.
Uh...Wizzy?
The Story Game: So you want a co-author? on 2/3/2026 12:50:46 PM
Pfft, co authors NEVER WORK. Even your powers cannot save them, you can draw all the pictures you want, THEY WILL STILL FAIL.
(And the Thunderdome is coming back soon, shhh. The relaunch just turned out to be a little cursed.)
Going to go protest!!! on 2/3/2026 12:18:13 PM
Apparently many in the wave of new recruits to ICE have not been getting the big bribe they were promised, or their healthcare, and can't get straight answers.
Veteran ICE agents have been calling the news guys imbeciles who can barely read and write, and some of the new guys have even complained about how "sketch" their buddies are and that they'll drink on the job.
Oh, and the police in many places definitely don't like them, they've been pulling guns on off duty officers and demanding to see their papers lol, and the cops are the ones having to field all the complaints of assaults at traffic stops. Apparently it is now okay in some parts of America to pull people over and point guns at them if they don't look white enough. (And yes I realize this isn't exactly a new concept, but actual cops will usually try to be more subtle about it!)
CYS HOT TAKES on 2/3/2026 12:04:34 AM
An Aceism is when he asks for the vinala ice cream to be delivered imediutly.
