Smuggle Truck - illegals, soft toys and the old Chevrolet

Every day, the US border from Mexico trying to cross the approximately 10,000 «undocumentados». One in three will be caught and deported to their homeland. Another part will gain permanent residence in the country of unlimited possibilities.

There are several ways to coveted territory for ordinary Mexicans. The easiest and most risky in the back of an old Chevrolet.

In Smuggletruck has two modes. Children, where will carry soft toys, and adults, in whom the player will act as a driver ferrying illegal immigrants across the border.

As Owlchemy Labs developers write, the idea emerged on the basis of the experience of friends who have experienced something similar to the plot of the game (more on ofsayte).

On the project page, there is absolutely a wonderful quote from one of the fans Smuggletruck:

«In America, we are used to trivializing everything [...] I think 'Smuggle Truck' will do to the immigration debate what 'Angry Birds' did to ornithology.»

In America, we are used to convert into banality anything... I think, 'Smuggle Truck' cause talk about illegal immigration in the same way as the 'Angry Birds' did so with ornithology (zoology student section birds).

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truck management at first seems simple. Arrow Up = Gas Down = Brake. But with each level of the landscape it will become more difficult and the game will take the arrow keys left / right to avoid the car coup.

Each level has three main planks in the number of passengers in the back of the survivors and the time available for the passage of a distance.

Levels, by the way, differ not only in the complexity (category 4), but the visual design. Cactus Valley, the road in the woods and old mines. Each location is filled with additional barriers in the form of boxes with TNT, puddles and mud logs. There are also special. agents added to assist the driver, such as nitro boosts.

Smuggletruck one of the few mini-games in which there is editor of your own levels, and very interesting blogIn which sometimes contests.

That's so simple and easy Owlchemy Labs raised a serious topic, relevant not only for the United States. At the same time, the game was fun, interesting and with a good balance of complexity.