Travel of Virtual Characters

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for enabling characters to travel in a virtual world that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• displaying controls on a screen to enable a player to select a remote location to which to send a virtual character;
• sending, to a server, an indication of the virtual character, a current location of the computing device, and the remote location;
• receiving, from the server, information about a path that the virtual character is taking to the remote location;
• receiving, from the server, an indication that the virtual character has returned from the remote location with a virtual item;
• and
• displaying a notification that the virtual character has returned and a visual representation of the virtual item.