Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
10/13/2025 10:41 PM
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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.
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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
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 6:16:29 PMOkay, so the phrasing here caught my attention, isn't this a game that's by this point is aplayed online the vast majority of the time?
I've never been hugely into these, but they're a thing I've been aware of people doing over forums and chat rooms and other online formats for someyhing like 20 years now.
Silence is always a big question mark of course, hard to say whether it's a strategy or someone who's genuinely been offline. Though there's ways to address that.
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 3:33:14 PM
But then the other side would've been complaining it wasn't fair to inject an ally to prop you up in a game they'd already won.
At least as far as I read Mystic's post, the game should've already been called in the troll's favor and would've been if she hadn't been away those few days.
New Daily Quotes Thread on 10/13/2025 2:14:51 PM
"Humans do one thing extremely well, and that thing is meth."
--some guy on reddit that just made me laugh.
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 2:04:32 PM
As a spectator, the trolls fully deserved to win because they were the funniest.
Whatever mechanic brought Malk in for that last turn after the trolls had even already won, totally worth it for French intro.
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 9:31:42 AM
It seemed like you using your dying breath to accuse MHD with nothing backing it up was what opened the door to the chain of events that killed Milton. Even if you were RIGHT, lol.
Milton's argument against MHD was really not all that convinving either. (And he probably shouldn't have outed himself as the investigator, as you just said.)
I mean, maybe the game was essentially over before that, but Mousecore voted for Milton too, and Anthrax seems to have killed two of his own allies right after, so I'm not sure Enter and MHD were as obvious as you say until right near the end. (when they basically stopped trying...)
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 8:59:27 AM
Honestly I think a " no fucktards" rule up front would make these games more fun for everyone.
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 8:55:34 AM
Enter is just such a natural troll it didn't matter whether he had the troll role or not, trolling was going to occur.
I wasn't really following the threads in the beginning (especially with this one full of annoying spam) and didn't have the clearest idea of the details and nuances of certain rules, I was glued to it by the end for the performances though.
I was fairly certain Enter would have wanted to kill Milton regardless just for a continuation of the Fallen Lands meme, but the way that all played out was hilarious. Milton really should've spoken up with proof before his second death, because Enter's argument about the trolls getting people to waste the revive the first turn seemed completely plausible.
CYS Mafia: Troll Attack (Game 2) on 10/13/2025 8:47:27 AM
Excuses! How do you explain Game 1?
General questions on 10/12/2025 8:47:53 PM
Gower is quoting from one of the sources Anthrax mentioned.
But yes, assuming he knows what he's talking about in most things is smart.
Hiii on 10/12/2025 6:45:05 PM
It's okay to admit you're more like 12. Actually might be better in some circumstances.
Anyway, suggestions would depend on what genre you like. Generally though you can go to the main storygame page and the ones featured in the categories you like are going to be among the best.
