小游戏，大商机(1/2)
美国一公司发明的宇宙飞船游戏在苹果在线商店受热捧。Hints:
iPhone
Tony Howlett
Kieran Howlett
Traveller game
Austin
IngZ Inc
Don Ballew
Fort Gibson
Oklahoma
Skype
Traveller AR
校对：jessie319
翻译：未丸宸
组长：鬼面福娃
答疑：西碧儿的琴http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/20120502042838212385.mp3The space ship exists in a virtual world of vast dimensions, but you see it on an iPhone. Brothers Tony and Kieran Howlett grew up playing the old Traveller game and developed the online version at their Austin-based company, IngZ Inc.
Tony says they modified the game for remote, online players. "We recreate missions. We have called it's a mission system."
Don Ballew of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, has been on many missions. "You get bored, you can just pull your pad out and pick right up where you left off no matter where you are at." Ballew, who spoke to VOA via Skype, is a big Traveller AR fan and says he seldom has trouble finding another member of this player group. "We are scattered all over the world, so, in our little group, there is usually somebody online at some point in time during the day."
While the game can be played as a peaceful venture, players often find their ship destroyed in a fight. "That's kinda part of the thrill of the game, you never know what you are gonna run into." No problem, says Tony Howlett. His company sells ship insurance. "So if your ship blows up and everything on it blows up, you survive and we will give you a new ship, but it won't have any of the things that you added to it."太空飞船存在于广袤的虚拟世界里，但是你可以在一台iPhone上看到它。豪利特兄弟托尼和基兰是玩着老版旅行者游戏长大的，在他们的位于奥斯汀的公司，他们开发了一个在线版本。
托尼说他们为了远程在线玩家修改了游戏程序：“我们重建了任务。我们称之为一个任务系统。”
美国俄克拉荷马州福特吉布森市的唐•巴柳堡已经做了很多任务。他通过Skype对美国之音说：“不管你身处何地，如果你感觉无聊，你可以随时随地拿出你的平板电脑重拾你未完成的任务。”巴柳堡是一个旅行者游戏的骨灰粉，并且他还说寻找他的公会里的另一个玩家并不困难。“我们分散在世界的各个角落，所以，我们的小团体中，在一天的某个时间点总是有人在线。”
虽然在游戏中冒险可以与其他玩家和平共处，但是玩家也会发现他们的太空船经常在战斗中被摧毁。“这是游戏中很刺激的一部分，你永远不知道你会碰上什么。”托尼•豪利特说，这没有关系。他的公司销售太空船的安全保险。“所以如果你的太空船和船上的装备都被炸毁了，你还幸存，那么我们会给你一条新的太空船，但是新的太空船上不会有你以前的装备。”
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