A game of February

Welcome to the game of February! This game is about getting everything done as fast as possible, because it is the shortest month of the year. This year the game brought a new feature for the die-hard players.

If you leave the house at night, it will be either raining, freezing or snowing. It's a challenge of how to remain as dry or warm possible and how to drift your way from point A to point B.

Like any well-designed game, February allows different playstyles. You can grind through the weather or choose to stay inside and still beat the game.

Bonus level

Halfway through the month, the developers unlock a bonus level. It’s optional, expensive, and heavily advertised. It’s called Valentine’s Day.

Players have to prepare their wallet and start seasoning their food from day one.

If they play the bonus level well enough, they might get this achievement called a Valentine. The perks of this valentine depends on the method the player chooses to play this bonus level. The perks are either a lifetime of happiness, a lifetime of drama or a lifetime defensive shield.

Before the bonus level you can shop and prepare yourself with weapons or booby-traps. You could also dedicate your time on preparing your food by buying special seasonings.

To get the achievement of this bonus level, the objective is simple: you have to protect your food at all cost until dinner time, or start hunting on other player’s food. At that point, the bonus level stops feeling romantic and starts to resemble a survival mode. Resources are limited, tension rises, and suddenly it feels less like Valentine’s Day and more like The Hunger Games.

Because it's a bonus level, you could still get leftovers, even if you don't the achievement.

After the bonus level ends, the game continues. Though now you are probably broke or hungry because of the bonus level. Unfortunately the achievement doesn't come with a cash prize, and you still have to get everything done as fast as possible.

Watching all this, I realized something about my own playstyle. While others rush the bonus level, I’m playing a slower version of the game. I got a fishing rod, a bowl, special beans, a book, an agenda and no money. I am sitting on a fishing spot, watching beautiful fishes swim around. While other players are on a boat trying to get them. I got the special beans in a bowl, hoping they will sprout soon.

 

Have you figure it out yet? I have a lot of patience and I'm focused what's in my agenda. In the book I have my strategies and recipes written down. Let The Hunger Games begin.

"Oh look! A rare fish is swimming around my bait and …"

February rewards speed, but not every player wins by rushing. I only start playing when I know my way of playing won’t cost me the game..

BYALT,

Dyoxler