Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
9/15/2024 10:14 PM
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21747
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.
Don't Get Date Raped!
unpublished
A short, educational piece. Please remain sensitive and respectful in the comment section. (I'd hate to have to report you to an admin for bullying me.)
(DO NOT READ if you're at all easily offended or lacking in a sense of humor. There's nothing graphic at all in here, but seriously, I still cannot stress it enough, this story is not for you.)
Dedicated to the good people of COG.
(DO NOT READ if you're at all easily offended or lacking in a sense of humor. There's nothing graphic at all in here, but seriously, I still cannot stress it enough, this story is not for you.)
Dedicated to the good people of COG.
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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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Recent Posts
Minimum number of pages? on 9/15/2024 8:05:41 PMAre you basing this number on anything, or is it your best guess?
What’s yalls favorite movie genre? on 9/15/2024 11:10:30 AM
The first one was a little simplistic as far as the plot (I remember people would call it Dances With Aliens lol), but there were some stand out actors making the most of the material they had, and of course the introduction of the planet itself.
The Way of Water was a whole nother beast though, it has the parallel stories for I guess basically "what family means" and of vengeance/forgiveness. The whole thing is a multilayered story that did some clever things with expectations, while still giving the characters and other developments room to breathe. And it left a couple of avenues open for rampant speculation. I'm super excited about where the next two go. There's a kind of sincerity behind it all that is very rare to see anymore.
I guess it feels a little like the Lord of the Rings books in the way they built off the simple, slim little Hobbit novel that was needed to dip people's toes in the setting before the bigger story could really take off.
Making my annual visit on 9/15/2024 9:21:55 AM
Hello. I am vaguely aware that you existed at one point.
Bippity Boppity, the IRS claimed your property! on 9/14/2024 5:36:55 PM
Good thing Dire had this kindly random noob fella to inform him of that.
What’s yalls favorite movie genre? on 9/14/2024 8:39:22 AM
MCU is shit.
I don't watch a lot of movies anymore, and have never settled on a favorite genre, but I want some kind of emotional depth when I set aside hours of my time and that whole line doesn't seem too interested in anything but filler. The characters were kept flat and stagnant by design, they're just there to make ironic quips and never confuse audiences with any major development or growth carried over from a movie they might not have seen. The handful that I did sort of like before I tuned out completely could've all more or less stood as standalone things and would've been better for it too.
And they started caring less and less about even making them look good as time went on, there's popcorn flicks from 15 years ago that are a more visually detailed and interesting. It's like Disney trained a whole generation to be spoonfed shit and call it ice cream.
I'm just glad the Avatar movies exist and that Cameron is making a couple more. The Way of Water restored my faith in big budget spectacle movies, they can still blow your mind with visuals while telling a compelling and complex story. Rewatched that one not long ago, still tear up at the funeral.
And they started caring less and less about even making them look good as time went on, there's popcorn flicks from 15 years ago that are a more visually detailed and interesting. It's like Disney trained a whole generation to be spoonfed shit and call it ice cream.
I'm just glad the Avatar movies exist and that Cameron is making a couple more. The Way of Water restored my faith in big budget spectacle movies, they can still blow your mind with visuals while telling a compelling and complex story. Rewatched that one not long ago, still tear up at the funeral.
What’s yalls favorite movie genre? on 9/13/2024 1:29:38 PM
Damn, read all the storygames already? Well, you could always comment on a few or write one of your own if you're that hard up for things to do atound here.
Alt Accounts on 9/12/2024 11:58:10 PM
They make a distinctive popping sound, it's just reflex at this point.
Hello There on 9/12/2024 7:29:42 PM
You're fine, you will receive plenty of notice if you're doing anything that's a problem. The only instabans are for advertising spam or for those rare extremes of storygame content too degenerate even for this lot. Nothing for you to worry about.
Is this ok? on 9/12/2024 4:33:08 PM
There's nothing wrong with the setting or idea, but this feels less like a first page in a story and more like the blurb on a book jacket. It would be fine as the description of your story, but I think if you compare it to most books you'll see they start off a little more in the moment with viewing things through a character's eyes. Getting inside someone else's head and sympathizing with their struggles that way is what makes people care about a story.
Is this ok? on 9/12/2024 2:28:05 PM
Ah good, Gower is here. Just the man to explain romance to all these kids that keep asking, too.
