Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
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5/5/2011
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2/12/2025 2:59 AM
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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.
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
Can you make a story without characters? on 2/11/2025 8:25:59 PMMotherFUCKER.
Can you make a story without characters? on 2/11/2025 7:26:32 PM
Anything that invites the reader to relate to it or has a conflict centered around it is a character. A rusty gate is a character if the reader wants it to survive a hurricane.
Can you make a story without characters? on 2/11/2025 7:24:00 PM
16 words has characters.
Thunderdome: I Like Ogre on 2/11/2025 2:17:52 PM
I like Ogre too.
Thunderdome: the gay one on 2/11/2025 7:27:00 AM
Yeah, I was surprised neither of them picked up on it being a language issue when looking at the definitions, knowing who the contestants were. Or potentially were anyway, I guess having one missing did leave some things in question.
A ventilator could be anything that ventilates so it's not even technically incorrect, we just don't ever use it when referring to a fan.
Dice on 2/11/2025 12:30:38 AM
WHO ARE YOU
Thunderdome: the gay one on 2/10/2025 11:56:14 PM
Whoops, let this one sit a little longer than intended.
As the cops laid the beatdown on the audience, a lone figure lowered himself down from the helicoptor on a rope ladder. He wore an oversized coat made of Dalmation puppies, and walked smugly over to survey the carnage.
An assistant hurried over to give him a white Persian cat to stroke with a cybernetic hand, and another helped him remove his fur coat--revealing underneath, a hot dog suit!
"Yes, it was meeee all along!" RK sneered. "I never took part in your despicable orgy, I called the cops myself! I hope you like the climate in El Salvador, you pillow biting soap droppers! Try being GAY and DEPRESSED in PRISON! ...get it? I name dropped my own title! Oh my goodness, I'm so evil! Heh heh heeeeh!"
"And now, Darius, Ben, it's time for...um, which one of you is which?"
Just at that instant in the pit below, one of the figures was knocked out cold by an...well, one of the props the director brought for the original show, let's not go into detail. The last man standing triumphantly ripped off his mask, and revealed himself to be Darius, with Story B!
In the meantime, someone had approached RK and said that they didn't want to go to prison, and that he was being mean.
"Oh...oh gosh. I guess I can understand not wanting to go to prison. You're right! I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. I don't want there to be anyone sad, we can all be good friends!"
With that, he asked the cops to please leave. And everyone started dancing.
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Congrats to Darius! And thanks a bunch to both of you. RK unfortunately didn't have time to finish his, but it was great match regardless with the stories taken in wildly different directions and both of you going pretty far outside your usual style.
Some really nice feedback on all these too, so thanks also to everyone who took the time to vote.
Both authors be sure and reply here for your commendations.
New Interactive Novel App - The Infinite Library on 2/10/2025 8:14:04 PM
This is more a community that exists for the actual community aspects and for writers to advise and support each other, not a huuuge amount of interest in AI writing. (And the bigger issue may be that nobody knows how to read.)
Flutter Leaving the Site: The Final Chapter on 2/8/2025 1:36:12 PM
Well, he also decided all Malk's stories were Satanic literature, but then later admitted he hadn't read them.
And wouldn't explain what "Satanic literature" meant to him or who was defining it.
But Malk did call him a pink ponyboy clopper and said he was wrong about GoT at a very weird time in his life.
That's really cool about your sister, sounds like just the kind of strong independant woman that fluttershy needs to protect him.
Non traditional CYOA structures? on 2/8/2025 10:27:38 AM
The mapping out of how the links are connected feels like a separate thing from how the story or game itself is presented though, as in what kind of choices are offered, or how or why. We do generally see a pretty standard linear plot progression, just split into multiple paths.