Remember the whole hoopla about Smuggle Truck and whether or not it would pass Apple’s approval due to the theme of smuggling illegal aliens into America? Well, it didn’t. It was denied and the developers, Owlchemy Labs, had to alter the game slightly in order to get it on to the App Store. The game was re-submitted as Snuggle Truck and the objective now is to free cute, cuddly animals from the Zoo. The gameplay is still the same, just the theme has changed.

Snuggle Truck is available now in the App Store for $1.99 for the iPhone and $2.99 on the iPad. If you want to play the original Smuggle Truck game, you can get it for PC and Mac for $5.00 which includes both versions of the game.

Bonus video here if you want to hear from the developers why Smuggle Truck became Snuggle Truck.

Press Release

Boston, Massachusetts – Owlchemy Labs announced today that Smuggle Truck is available now on Mac and PC. Smuggle Truck is an over-the-top physics-based driving game where players must save a group of immigrants by smuggling them across a country’s border in the least amount of time. Tilt the truck, catch newborn babies, drive over armadillos and rocket across hills, caverns, deserts and forests to bring the passengers to safety.

For a limited time, Smuggle Truck is bundled with a “Legal Immigration mode,” allowing players to experience the efficiency of the modern immigration process. This mode gives players the opportunity to sit in a waiting room and stare at a clock that counts down over the next 20 years.

Also available today on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is Snuggle Truck 1.0 (note the ‘n’ in Snuggle), featuring the same great gameplay of Smuggle Truck, but with a cuddlier presentation. In Snuggle Truck, instead of smuggling immigrants over the border, players bring cute animals from the wilderness to the comfort of a zoo. At the zoo the creatures will be provided plenty of food, a stable shelter and state-of-the-art health care.

Snuggle Truck is included in the Mac and PC versions of Smuggle Truck at no extra cost, allowing players to switch between Smuggle Truck and Snuggle Truck with a simple press of a button.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 26.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Snuggle Truck 1.0 for iPhone is $1.99 USD and $2.99 USD for iPad (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Smuggle Truck for Mac is $5.00 USD from the Smuggle Truck website.

Owlchemy Labs: http://owlchemylabs.com
Snuggle Truck 1.0: http://snuggletruck.com
Purchase and Download – iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id431637920
Purchase and Download – iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id431779598

Owlchemy Labs is a multicultural Boston-based game development studio specializing in silly, polished downloadable games for mobile platforms. Smuggle Truck, the company’s first title, has recently been chosen as winner of the Penny Arcade Boston Indie Showcase. Copyright (C) 2011 Owlchemy Labs. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.