Step inside crimes

in augmented reality

True Crimers love true crime. Duh. But let’s be real: very few of us actually want to take it to a “Don’t Fuck with Cats” level and start tracking down cold-blooded killers in real life.

No, most True Crimers want to play detective, not be a detective. Which is why we created CrimeTrip, a game where you can literally step inside crimes in Augmented Reality.

CrimeTrip is a true crime-driven AR adventure. Take on the role of BloodBath Bettie, a True Crime fan in charge of investigating 6 of the wildest true crimes cold cases. From the heist of the century to TV bombs, mafia vendetta, drug smuggling, gangster assassination, and even a fake currency exchange office run by the feds.

Discover true crimes that have not yet been fully resolved in crime scenes and a police station which only becomes more and more surreal as the story progresses. Use an array of investigative tools to elaborate your theories on unresolved true crime cold cases and share them with fellow crime crazies. But beware of what you may find... Maybe this is not a game, but rather a gateway into a real-life rabbit hole.

CrimeTrip

Your partner in True Crime

Paolo Violi was one of the most well-known mafiosi in the country. He was next in line to succeed Vic Cotroni - who was in his dying days - as head of the Mafia in Montréal. But his stubbornness and repeated blunders led him to his end.

On the evening of January 22, 1978, Violi was gunned down in the purest Mafia tradition; during a card game at the Reggio Bar, which had served as his Montreal North headquarters for years. His bloody end would mark the beginning of a shift of power and of the rise of the Sicilian clan, led by Nicolo Rizzuto and his son Vito.

In 1990, the DEA discovered that a very large exchange office, the National Foreign Exchange Office, established in the heart of downtown Montreal, was used to launder large quantities of money from drug trafficking. As this money feeds drug networks in the United States, the American ambassador in Ottawa complains to the Canadian government.
It was enough for the Canadian government, concerned about its relations with the Americans, to ask the RCMP, the Canadian federal police, to solve the problem. This is how the Contract project was born, which later became the Compote and Creditor projects.

The Provençals form one of the most illustrious organized crime families in Quebec. Of the ten Provençal children, nine have criminal records, just like their father.
The eldest, Roger Provençal is considered in his time as "the biggest kingpin of the French-speaking underworld in Montreal". He is the head of gang activities involved in extortion, drug trafficking, robberies and hijackings.
Roger Provençal became famous for having been the leader of a group of robbers who carried out the "heist of the century" on March 30, 1976, by robbing a Brink's truck carrying $2.8 million in broad daylight, in the business district of Montreal,.

The West Gang reached its peak in the 1980s, under the leadership of Peter Frank "Dunie" Ryan, a former robber turned "King of Cocaine".

He transformed the organization into a well-oiled machine for importing and distributing drugs, until he was assassinated in 1984 by Paul April.

His murder left a huge hole in the West Gang, who were not about to let this crime go unpunished, especially since the assassin's name was already circulating in the Montreal underworld.

So Ryan's successor and faithful ally, Allan "The Weasel" Ross, set out to get revenge, hiring veteran Hells Angels assassins Yves "Apache" Trudeau and Michel Blass to make sure Paul April went out with a bang.

In 1992, a Quebecois cowboy named Raymond Boulanger who is an outstanding pilot and known to be an expert in illegal transport, receives a call from representatives of the Italian Mafia in Montreal to validate whether it would be possible for him to transport drugs from Colombia directly to Canada. They entrust him with the mission of organizing and planning for the transport of a record breaking payload of 4000Kg of cocaine.

On November 18, 1992, this overly ambitious and epic attempt begins. Unbeknownst to all parties involved, Boulanger was being shadowed by American Coast Guard planes and Canadian Army F-18s on his flight to an old disused airstrip in Casey, a small village north of La Tuque, in the Mauricie region of Quebec.

For the period Between 1965 and 1975 Blass is a prime suspect in 21 murder cases. Named “the most dangerous criminal in Canada” by the crown prosecutor, Me Claude Girouard, Richard Blass is a brilliant, arrogant and very dangerous criminal. He ends up carrying out an escape that some consider to be the "most impressive escape of the century" in Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

When will CrimeTrip be available ?

CrimeTrip is currently in playtest and the first crime, Paolo Violi's murder, should be available in limited markets end of February 2023.

Where can i sign-up to playtest CrimeTrip ?

If you like True-crime, gaming, and AR, you can sign up to playtest here. It will just take you one hour max, promise.

How does it work ?

CrimeTrip is an app you will be able to download on PlayStore and AppStore. Once the experience is downloaded, you are able to place it on top of your physical world and move in it by walking or using controllers.

Is it violent ?

Actually, it's not. In contrast with the drama of the crimes, we designed the game experience as a dark comedy. The style we are using contains no blood or gory material.

How true are your true crimes ?

All the facts have been thoroughly researched and checked by our investigative researchers.

What type of game is it ?

Game Category: AR Adventure / True Crime

Number of players: Single-player

Social: Coop on Crimetrip Reddit Channel

Platforms: Android phone & tablet, iPhone, iPad

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