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February 1st - Classic Dots

A text based version of the classic pen and paper game where your goal is to complete squares by drawing lines between dots. The player with the most squares wins.

February 8th - Making One of those Weeks Chapter 22

The Open Source release of episode 22 of One of those Weeks as well as the chapter of the eBook describing how the episode was created.

February 15th - Modern Dots

The second half of the Ultimate Retro Project's Dots game is the modern version of the game that adds a graphical user interface to the game making the game much faster to play. As with the classic version, four different board sizes are allowed and either or both players can be computer controlled.

February 23rd - Dozen Days of Dice episode 6

The dozen days series are special because the games are created live and in a day which is why this game is scheduled for a Saturday. This month's challenge is a game known as Drop Dead. Dispite all the non-development related problems that I had when developing the game, the game was officially released at 19:30 (7:30PM) PST.

February 29th - Leap Year Leap

It is rare that a February has 5 Fridays in it (this only happens once every 28 years) so to celebrate this rare occurrence, I am making a special leap year game! I think the title should pretty much sum up the game. As the years come toward you, run through the non-leap years while jumping over the leap years. Sounds simple, but getting a perfect 42 out of 42 is much more challenging than you think.