<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Slovakian	O
studio	O
4Kids	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
on	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
design	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
board	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
Elite	B-Application
and	O
Advance	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
,	O
and	O
took	O
one	O
year	O
to	O
complete	O
with	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
six	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
received	O
a	O
positive	O
response	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
the	O
art	O
design	O
and	O
overall	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Fortune	O
Winds	O
:	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Legendo	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
makes	O
a	O
set	O
number	O
of	O
steps	O
each	O
turn	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
does	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
non-playable	O
characters	O
(	O
NPCs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
does	O
not	O
include	O
a	O
saving	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
all	O
progress	O
is	O
lost	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Slovakian	O
studio	O
4Kids	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
game	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Levius	O
,	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
took	O
around	O
one	O
year	O
to	O
finish	O
;	O
"	O
most	O
of	O
our	O
team	O
members	O
 [ ... ] 	O
were	O
working	O
hard	O
on	O
other	O
higher	O
priority	O
projects	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
submitted	O
for	O
XNA	B-Device
approval	O
on	O
2	O
June	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Traders	I-Application
design	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
that	O
of	O
board	O
games	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
Elite	B-Application
and	O
Advance	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
worked	O
with	O
Vcelka	O
to	O
design	O
Ancient	B-Application
Traders	I-Application
appearance	O
,	O
including	O
paper	O
textures	O
and	O
clouds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
introduced	O
a	O
feature	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
colour	O
saturation	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
decide	O
how	O
much	O
colour	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
responses	O
from	O
several	O
video	O
game	O
journalists	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
British	O
magazine	O
Edge	O
included	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
in	O
its	O
2010	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
Best	O
20	O
Indie	O
Games	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Chick	O
from	O
FidGit	O
compared	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
to	O
video	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Seven	I-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
and	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
's	O
Pirates	O
!,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
other	O
indie	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
sci-fi	O
space	O
operettas	O
Strange	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
in	I-Application
Infinite	I-Application
Space	I-Application
and	O
Flotilla	B-Application
,	O
but	O
wind-powered	O
and	O
sepia-toned	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
's	O
Chris	O
Schilling	O
commented	O
that	O
although	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
was	O
not	O
as	O
comprehensive	O
and	O
expansive	O
as	O
other	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Risk	B-Device
:	I-Device
Factions	I-Device
,	O
it	O
deserved	O
"	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
do	O
business	O
with	O
the	O
big	O
boys	O
rather	O
than	O
risk	O
getting	O
washed	O
away	O
with	O
the	O
shovelware	O
tide	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lorenzo	O
Fantoni	O
from	O
Eurogamer	O
Italy	O
awarded	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
the	O
same	O
score	O
as	O
Schilling	O
,	O
and	O
explained	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
final	O
result	O
is	O
a	O
quite	O
simple	O
title	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
last	O
long	O
enough	O
to	O
make	O
you	O
feel	O
happy	O
of	O
having	O
invested	O
your	O
money	O
in	O
this	O
indie	O
title	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gus	O
Mastrapa	O
from	O
Wired	O
commented	O
that	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
was	O
well	O
worth	O
its	O
price	O
"	O
for	O
its	O
art	O
alone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
overall	O
style	O
,	O
"	O
borrowed	O
from	O
centuries-old	O
maps	O
...	O
more	O
handsome	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
game	O
you	O
'll	O
find	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
indie	O
category	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Fortune	O
Winds	O
:	O
Ancient	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
Legendo	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
