The StoryTeller

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April 20, 2024

I Made a Life Sim Game in Excel!

Weclome to ExcSIMulator – the excel made Life Simulator Game! Life is like a box of cholcates – you never know what you are going to get! This game allows you to live out many different lives. Will you pursue wealth, job satisfaction, uplift your skills, romance or all of the above? There are three…
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April 19, 2024

Cell by Cell | Poem

The cursor blinks to a steady beat,A challenge laid by blank sheet.Rows and columns, stark and white,The battlefield is bathed in fluorescent light. Numbers march to a chaotic throng,Debits clash where credits belong.Formulas weave, forming a cryptic spell,Unraveling truths that no ledger can tell. Fingers fly with a blur of speed,Macros dance, the digital breed.Charts…
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April 17, 2024

Migraine Drain | Poem

A vice grips tight, a vise of bone,My skull it squeezes, makes me moan.A thrumming starts, a dull, deep ache,Then builds to thunder, no mistake. Behind my eyes, a pressure grows,Like molten lead, it seeps and flows.A fiery band constricts my brow,Sweat beads erupt, I don’t know how To hold it back, this searing tide,That…
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April 13, 2024

Quarter-life Crisis | Poem

In the limbo of thirty-something years,A quarter-life crisis veils its fears.Bound by dreams, yet lost in doubt,Searching for purpose, a whisper, a shout? What’s the meaning, in this fleeting phase,Where paths diverge in tangled ways?Questions echo, unanswered, unseen,In the chaos of what might have been. The clock ticks, a relentless beat,Each moment a challenge, a…
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April 12, 2024

I made a Horror Game in Excel

I have always wanted to make my own video games – but have never had the skills (or the time). I had the thought recently that I use EXCEL far too much, so I thought why not make my own games in EXCEL. This is the next rendition – a Horror game in excel. Obviously…
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April 11, 2024

Horror Camp | Poem

Deep in the woods where shadows grow long,A summer camp stands, deep fears stand strong.Children arrive with laughter and cheer,But soon they’ll learn what lurks near. The counselors smile with teeth so white,Their eyes gleaming in the pale moonlight.They lead the games and sing the songs,But beneath the fun, something’s wrong. Whispers echo through the…
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April 5, 2024

I made an EPIC Adventure GAME in EXCEL

Times are tough. You lost your job, and others are hard to find.You haven’t worked for months, and need to get up to Auckland where jobs are still being advertised.You are down to your last $500, and are stuck with only your ‘trusty’ POS HatchBack.Get your ass up to Auckland, find a job and economic…
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April 5, 2024

Lone Adventurer | Poem

Adventure’s call, a banner unfurled,Through forests deep and mountains high,The thrill of the unknown, beneath the sky. With every step, a story unfolds,Legends whispered, in tales retold,Courage as compass, guiding the way,In realms of wonder, where dreams hold sway. The rush of wind, a wild embrace,Chasing horizons, leaving no trace,In daring leaps and fearless bounds,Adventure’s…
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March 30, 2024

Family Conflict | Poetry

In the heart of kinship’s woven threads,A tapestry of love and strife,Lies the tale of words unsaid,And battles fought in daily life. First, the spark ignites the flame,A clash of views, a clash of wills,Each voice a note in discord’s game,Echoes in the silent hills. The roots that bind, they hold so tight,Yet strain against…
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March 26, 2024

I made Wordle Better in EXCEL

Wordle is a flipping fantastic game – taken the world by storm and at its peak having tens of millions of players.I have recently re-caught the hype. The only problem you can only play it once a day. That feels like a problem we can fix.So I made a better version in excel – that…
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