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''Ancient Trader'' is a turn-based strategy video game developed by the Slovakian studio 4Kids Games (unrelated to 4Kids Entertainment). It was released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, and iOS. The game was designed using Microsoft XNA, and it was developed in one year by six people. Piloting a ship, the player explores a large map and makes trades, while seeking three artifacts that will help to defeat the game's main antagonist, a sea creature called the Ancient Guardian. The game design was influenced by board games and the video games ''Elite'' and ''Advance Wars''. Lead designer Peter Levius worked with artist Petr Vcelka on the game's graphic design, and with Milan Malik on the game's score. ''Ancient Trader'' received a positive response from critics, who praised the art design and overall gameplay structure of the game. A sequel, ''Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader'', was developed by Legendo Entertainment and released in 2012 for Microsoft Windows. ==Gameplay== ''Ancient Trader'' is a turn-based strategy video game played from a two-dimensional perspective. The player controls a ship and seeks out three powerful artifacts to defeat the game's main antagonist, a sea creature called the Ancient Guardian.〔 First, the player must explore the map and gather tea, spices, and fruit.〔 These can be exchanged for gold, which can be used to buy upgrades for the ship.〔 The commodities are stored in the cargo hold, whose capacity can also be upgraded with gold.〔 The map consists of a landlocked sea with several islands, wreckage, sea creatures, enemy ships, ports and whirlpools. Commodities can be found in wreckage. Sea creatures and enemy ships appear randomly and challenge the player for gold or commodities in a card minigame.〔 Ports (called ''puertos'') are trading and safe zones where the player can sell their ship's cargo for gold, buy upgrades for the ship, and take on sidequests.〔〔 Whirlpools teleport the player's ship to a random location on the map. The player sometimes encounters message bottles that clear away fog of war on the map to reveal hidden ports.〔 At the beginning of the game, the entire map is obscured until explored by the player. The ship can be moved horizontally and vertically, but not diagonally. The player makes a set number of steps each turn, after which the artificial intelligence (AI) does the same for non-playable characters (NPC). If the player's ship is not docked at a port at the end of a turn, the player can be attacked by an enemy ship or a sea creature. If so, a card game is triggered to decide if the player loses gold to a rival ship or cargo to a sea creature.〔 The player and NPC draw colored and numbered cards; the highest-numbered card wins each turn, unless presented against a powerful color. The strongest hue receives a two-point attack bonus.〔 The player's following turn starts at the end of the minigame.〔 After sufficiently upgrading the ship and exploring the map, the player is allowed to buy the three powerful artifacts. Defeating the Ancient Guardian in a card minigame awards the player additional loot and previously unavailable upgrades.〔 An online multiplayer mode allows for several players to simultaneously play the same map, chase the artifacts and defeat the Guardian. The prices of the artifacts increase as other players buy them.〔 The players can check the wealth and artifacts gained by other players.〔 The game also includes several alternative game types, which focus on reaching a set total wealth or cash tally before other players.〔 ''Ancient Trader'' does not include a saving feature, which means that all progress is lost if the game is closed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ancient Trader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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