Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
4/30/2025 12:03 AM
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23286
Storygame Count
10
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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.
...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
Variety Video Game Checklist on 4/29/2025 10:27:00 AMThe power of not using the RTE.
Story on 4/29/2025 10:06:29 AM
There are some issues with this that are a common factor of being a young writer that hasn't picked up yet on the elements of what makes a story "click" with readers, pacing and how to create atmosphere and all that. As you do more reading of good books you'll naturally learn to identify some of this stuff on your own however.
But right now the main issue (for you, your friends, and your assorted alt accounts) is that you're struggling with a lot of basic grammatical things. Age isn't really a factor there, middle school aged kids have the same capacity as adults for speaking and reading their language, and we have had plenty of users your age or younger who have a better grasp on this stuff.
It's admirable to have an interest in writing and reading, but you have to face the fact that your parents and the school system have failed you all in what should be the most basic life skill. Being able to communicate well has the HIGHEST practical and necessary use in getting by in day to day life, and also infinite capacity for entertainment.
Luckily you don't have to just accept that you're bad at grammar because of other people, there are infinite free resources out there, all you have to do is search for a grammar guide or overview and teach yourself. There are plenty of articles right here on this site for instance; try reading everything by Gower in the Help & Info section.
Writing on 4/28/2025 10:07:59 PM
Not deleted, just unpublished so that it goes back to only being accessible from the user's profile. We never delete them unless the author just gets really obnoxious about republishing them over and over.
Either way though it's really better not to publish a game at all if it doesn't meet site standards, but it's fine to just keep it visible in the profile and share the link with friends.
Variety Video Game Checklist on 4/28/2025 8:59:39 PM
Hmmm.
Is this why we can never find you on a Saturday?
Ace's Artisanal Alcove on 4/28/2025 8:31:57 PM
You're not Asian enough to excuse this kind of behavior, miss. Now move along before we bring out the Breathalyzer.
Ace's Artisanal Alcove on 4/28/2025 7:43:37 PM
Am I crazy or is this barely related to the subject? Quit talking grammar at yourself!
things on 4/28/2025 5:26:50 PM
Is this a riddle?
things on 4/28/2025 5:26:01 PM
Keep at it! Eventually you'll have expressed a full thought!
End Master's Prompt Contest 4 on 4/28/2025 11:08:45 AM
At they being deported to CoG?
Variety Video Game Checklist on 4/28/2025 1:54:52 AM
To be fair the only reason I haven't played a lot of these is the lack of a machine to run them.
I've been most of my life way more into turn based things and city managers though, which are entirely absent genres here because this list sucks.
