VICECRUSH

An independent game studio

Games that help you break free.

The things that hook us — gambling, drinking, drugs, the habits we can't shake — can be beaten. ViceCrush makes games worth your time, and we use them to help people crush their vices.

Meet Project Bluewater Why ViceCrush

What we stand for

Crush the vice. Keep the person.

A vice isn't a character flaw. It's a hook — and hooks can be cut. Everything ViceCrush makes starts from that belief.

Play that respects you

We design games to reward attention, patience and skill — the kind of play that leaves you sharper when you put it down, not emptier.

Stories of breaking free

Through our games and campaigns we'll tell the truth about addiction and habit: how they take hold, and how real people get their lives back.

A way to help, built in

Wherever ViceCrush shows up, help is one step away — for anyone who needs it, whenever they need it, without judgement.

Our first game · working title

Project Bluewater

An online fishing game on a living coast. Read the water, choose your tackle, and land the fish that almost got away — in shared waters with other anglers, where every fish and every piece of tackle carries its own story.

  • Shared waters. Fish the same coast as everyone else, in real time.
  • Won by skill. Line, drag, timing and reading the water decide the fight.
  • Fish remember. One that breaks off keeps your hook — and another angler might be the one to land it.
  • Right in your browser. No download, no installer.

In closed alpha · playing in the browser by invitation

Project Bluewater title card: a marlin leaping against a setting sun over the sea, painted in pixel art. In-game view from the helm: a small boat leaving the home dock in Calder Sound.
Painted by the game itself — every pixel comes from its own code and its 48-colour palette.
At the helm in Calder Sound: a small boat beside a tiny island, a wooded headland to the south, the chart in the corner.
At the helm in Calder Sound — 3.7 km out, an islet off the bow.
The jigging window: the jig hopping on a weed bed six metres down while pinfish nose around it.
Working a jig over the weed. The pinfish are interested.
Fish on: a striped black drum takes the jig and runs, the line drawn tight.
Fish on — a black drum takes it and runs.

You're not alone

Struggling right now?

If gambling, alcohol, drugs or any habit is taking more than it gives, reach out. These services are free and confidential.

In immediate danger? Call 911.