Charlie @ CrooksPeak
@crookspeak.bsky.social
Solo game dev at UK indie VR game studio.
Check out my games: https://crookspeak.link
Making "Full Steam Undead", made “By Grit Alone”
Check out my games: https://crookspeak.link
Making "Full Steam Undead", made “By Grit Alone”
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Full Steam Undead Promises Comedic Action In A Victorian Open World
Full Steam Undead is the next game from By Grit Alone's studio, promising comedic zombie-killing action in an occult Victorian world on Quest and Steam.
www.uploadvr.com
Announcing "Full Steam Undead": Drive your rune powered flying steam engine through hordes of zombies in this Victorian open-world VR adventure!
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
Just want to give a massive shout out to the fantastic artists who've brought the Full Steam Undead cover art to un-life and had to deal with my massive brief documents. I tried to think of something good to write, but to be honest the art speaks better for itself!
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just want to give a massive shout out to the fantastic artists who've brought the Full Steam Undead cover art to un-life and had to deal with my massive brief documents. I tried to think of something good to write, but to be honest the art speaks better for itself!
Reposted by Charlie @ CrooksPeak
Indies & MR Unite at VRGS! See game reveals and updates including:
🪂 Aerosurfer
🌄 Pocket Lands
🚅 Full Steam Undead
🔫 Espire MR Missions
🛠️ Fixer Undercover
🧩 Puzzles of the World
🥔 Kartoffl
🧘♂️ Soul Retreat
🧑🤝🧑 VR Giants
🎏 Banners & Bastions
Watch here: buff.ly/aqnMAIz
🪂 Aerosurfer
🌄 Pocket Lands
🚅 Full Steam Undead
🔫 Espire MR Missions
🛠️ Fixer Undercover
🧩 Puzzles of the World
🥔 Kartoffl
🧘♂️ Soul Retreat
🧑🤝🧑 VR Giants
🎏 Banners & Bastions
Watch here: buff.ly/aqnMAIz
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Indies & MR Unite at VRGS! See game reveals and updates including:
🪂 Aerosurfer
🌄 Pocket Lands
🚅 Full Steam Undead
🔫 Espire MR Missions
🛠️ Fixer Undercover
🧩 Puzzles of the World
🥔 Kartoffl
🧘♂️ Soul Retreat
🧑🤝🧑 VR Giants
🎏 Banners & Bastions
Watch here: buff.ly/aqnMAIz
🪂 Aerosurfer
🌄 Pocket Lands
🚅 Full Steam Undead
🔫 Espire MR Missions
🛠️ Fixer Undercover
🧩 Puzzles of the World
🥔 Kartoffl
🧘♂️ Soul Retreat
🧑🤝🧑 VR Giants
🎏 Banners & Bastions
Watch here: buff.ly/aqnMAIz
Reposted by Charlie @ CrooksPeak
Full Steam Undead is the next game from By Grit Alone's studio, promising comedic zombie-killing action in an occult Victorian world on Quest and Steam.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/full-steam-u...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/full-steam-u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Full Steam Undead is the next game from By Grit Alone's studio, promising comedic zombie-killing action in an occult Victorian world on Quest and Steam.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/full-steam-u...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/full-steam-u...
Announcing "Full Steam Undead": Drive your rune powered flying steam engine through hordes of zombies in this Victorian open-world VR adventure!
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
Full Steam Undead Promises Comedic Action In A Victorian Open World
Full Steam Undead is the next game from By Grit Alone's studio, promising comedic zombie-killing action in an occult Victorian world on Quest and Steam.
www.uploadvr.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Announcing "Full Steam Undead": Drive your rune powered flying steam engine through hordes of zombies in this Victorian open-world VR adventure!
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
Coming Spring '26 to SteamVR and Meta Quest
Wishlist it at fullsteamundead.com
I hear there is another Steam (train) VR announcement about to happen, check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUqp...
VR Games Showcase November 2025 | Ready Or Not VR Mod, Star Trek: Infection, Deadly Delivery
YouTube video by VR Games Showcase
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hear there is another Steam (train) VR announcement about to happen, check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUqp...
VRGS is always great but have a feeling this one will be the best ever...
⚠️🚨➡️Particularly the pre-show ⬅️👀⏰
No reason, just a feeling🤷
⚠️🚨➡️Particularly the pre-show ⬅️👀⏰
No reason, just a feeling🤷
🚨 VRGS RETURNS NOVEMBER 13! 🚨
5+ new reveals | 20+ titles | 30 Minutes
New looks at Star Trek: Infection, Deadly Delivery, Syberia VR, Penguin Festival, Bootstrap Island, Glassbreakers, & more!
November 13, 9am PT. Tune in early for pre-show: buff.ly/w3dMOil
5+ new reveals | 20+ titles | 30 Minutes
New looks at Star Trek: Infection, Deadly Delivery, Syberia VR, Penguin Festival, Bootstrap Island, Glassbreakers, & more!
November 13, 9am PT. Tune in early for pre-show: buff.ly/w3dMOil
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
VRGS is always great but have a feeling this one will be the best ever...
⚠️🚨➡️Particularly the pre-show ⬅️👀⏰
No reason, just a feeling🤷
⚠️🚨➡️Particularly the pre-show ⬅️👀⏰
No reason, just a feeling🤷
Getting in that spooky season mood
Halloween 2025: New VR Games & Seasonal Updates
With Halloween less than a week away, there's plenty to pick between new VR horror games or lighter titles with seasonal updates. Here is our full round-up.
www.uploadvr.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Getting in that spooky season mood
Do you enjoy fun?
Well good news: "By Grit Alone" is out on Steam today, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Buy it, review it, wishlist it, buy the TV rights and make a Netflix adaptation of it, but most of all: enjoy it.
Well good news: "By Grit Alone" is out on Steam today, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Buy it, review it, wishlist it, buy the TV rights and make a Netflix adaptation of it, but most of all: enjoy it.
Save 17% on By Grit Alone on Steam
Cosmic VR Action Horror focusing on intense shooter action, twisted sci-fi anthology stories and disturbing atmospheric dread. You’re marooned alone in the Bermuda triangle of space, filled with ancie...
store.steampowered.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Do you enjoy fun?
Well good news: "By Grit Alone" is out on Steam today, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Buy it, review it, wishlist it, buy the TV rights and make a Netflix adaptation of it, but most of all: enjoy it.
Well good news: "By Grit Alone" is out on Steam today, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Buy it, review it, wishlist it, buy the TV rights and make a Netflix adaptation of it, but most of all: enjoy it.
By Grit Alone is in Steam Next Fest, getting ready for it's full PCVR launch soon. Go try it out!
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
By Grit Alone is in Steam Next Fest, getting ready for it's full PCVR launch soon. Go try it out!
Testing a build on the ye olde HTC Vive; still working no problem all the way from 2016, what a great bit of kit. Don't know how many friend and family demos of "The Lab" I gave with that thing.
I still think the Quest 2 is the G.O.A.T but the Vive is up there for sure.
I still think the Quest 2 is the G.O.A.T but the Vive is up there for sure.
October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Testing a build on the ye olde HTC Vive; still working no problem all the way from 2016, what a great bit of kit. Don't know how many friend and family demos of "The Lab" I gave with that thing.
I still think the Quest 2 is the G.O.A.T but the Vive is up there for sure.
I still think the Quest 2 is the G.O.A.T but the Vive is up there for sure.
Dear new EA owners:
If you can hear me, I'd love to buy the Dead Space IP. I can offer a crisp £20 note, a firm handshake and your name in the Dead Space 4 credits. If you could throw in the incredible Motive Studio remake team that would be fab. Cheers then!
If you can hear me, I'd love to buy the Dead Space IP. I can offer a crisp £20 note, a firm handshake and your name in the Dead Space 4 credits. If you could throw in the incredible Motive Studio remake team that would be fab. Cheers then!
September 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Dear new EA owners:
If you can hear me, I'd love to buy the Dead Space IP. I can offer a crisp £20 note, a firm handshake and your name in the Dead Space 4 credits. If you could throw in the incredible Motive Studio remake team that would be fab. Cheers then!
If you can hear me, I'd love to buy the Dead Space IP. I can offer a crisp £20 note, a firm handshake and your name in the Dead Space 4 credits. If you could throw in the incredible Motive Studio remake team that would be fab. Cheers then!
Reposted by Charlie @ CrooksPeak
Star Wars: Beyond Victory and Reach lead a packed month for new VR games this October. Here are our highlights on Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2:
www.uploadvr.com/new-vr-games...
www.uploadvr.com/new-vr-games...
New VR Games October 2025: Quest, SteamVR, & PlayStation VR2
Star Wars: Beyond Victory and Reach lead a packed month for new VR games this October. Here are our highlights on Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2.
www.uploadvr.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Star Wars: Beyond Victory and Reach lead a packed month for new VR games this October. Here are our highlights on Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2:
www.uploadvr.com/new-vr-games...
www.uploadvr.com/new-vr-games...
The wait you didn't know about is almost over.
From the mind behind this BlueSky account, a Steam VR port awaits.
Some say it's the best VR game ever made.
Others... lets not worry about what they say.
"By Grit Alone": A Sci-fi action-horror anthology coming to Steam VR this October. Wishlist Now!
From the mind behind this BlueSky account, a Steam VR port awaits.
Some say it's the best VR game ever made.
Others... lets not worry about what they say.
"By Grit Alone": A Sci-fi action-horror anthology coming to Steam VR this October. Wishlist Now!
By Grit Alone on Steam
Cosmic VR Action Horror focusing on intense shooter action, twisted sci-fi anthology stories and disturbing atmospheric dread. You’re marooned alone in the Bermuda triangle of space, filled with ancie...
store.steampowered.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The wait you didn't know about is almost over.
From the mind behind this BlueSky account, a Steam VR port awaits.
Some say it's the best VR game ever made.
Others... lets not worry about what they say.
"By Grit Alone": A Sci-fi action-horror anthology coming to Steam VR this October. Wishlist Now!
From the mind behind this BlueSky account, a Steam VR port awaits.
Some say it's the best VR game ever made.
Others... lets not worry about what they say.
"By Grit Alone": A Sci-fi action-horror anthology coming to Steam VR this October. Wishlist Now!
Excited to release By Grit Alone on Steam VR this October.
All the Quest updates plus a load of Steam goodies, I'm hoping my Steam VR compadres will have a jolly old alien pulverizing time: be a pal and Wishlist today!
All the Quest updates plus a load of Steam goodies, I'm hoping my Steam VR compadres will have a jolly old alien pulverizing time: be a pal and Wishlist today!
Narrative-driven horror shooter By Grit Alone heads for PC VR next month, and a Steam demo goes live in less than a week:
By Grit Alone Creeps Towards PC VR Next Month
Narrative-driven horror shooter By Grit Alone heads for PC VR next month, and a Steam demo goes live in less than a week.
www.uploadvr.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to release By Grit Alone on Steam VR this October.
All the Quest updates plus a load of Steam goodies, I'm hoping my Steam VR compadres will have a jolly old alien pulverizing time: be a pal and Wishlist today!
All the Quest updates plus a load of Steam goodies, I'm hoping my Steam VR compadres will have a jolly old alien pulverizing time: be a pal and Wishlist today!
Since presenting myself as a solo dev rather than a "royal we" studio, player interactions have been 100% nicer.
Don't get me wrong, I wish the VR premium games audience was bigger, but as it is, it's pretty friendly and enthusiastic.
Don't get me wrong, I wish the VR premium games audience was bigger, but as it is, it's pretty friendly and enthusiastic.
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Since presenting myself as a solo dev rather than a "royal we" studio, player interactions have been 100% nicer.
Don't get me wrong, I wish the VR premium games audience was bigger, but as it is, it's pretty friendly and enthusiastic.
Don't get me wrong, I wish the VR premium games audience was bigger, but as it is, it's pretty friendly and enthusiastic.
Latest BGA bug fix: users with long arms and who hold the forward grip of a rifle in reverse will no longer occasionally get shot in the face.
I'm still getting bug reports (albeit less) and making fixes a year on from release, its just the bugs get more obscure. Also VR bugs just hit different 🤷
I'm still getting bug reports (albeit less) and making fixes a year on from release, its just the bugs get more obscure. Also VR bugs just hit different 🤷
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Latest BGA bug fix: users with long arms and who hold the forward grip of a rifle in reverse will no longer occasionally get shot in the face.
I'm still getting bug reports (albeit less) and making fixes a year on from release, its just the bugs get more obscure. Also VR bugs just hit different 🤷
I'm still getting bug reports (albeit less) and making fixes a year on from release, its just the bugs get more obscure. Also VR bugs just hit different 🤷
Loading up the Unity project for a now-released 2.5 year solo dev game. This is after 5 months break on something different.
Holy moly the amount of love and effort I poured into this thing!
Can only imagine for devs working on project's for even longer. Also thanks old me for code comments 👍
Holy moly the amount of love and effort I poured into this thing!
Can only imagine for devs working on project's for even longer. Also thanks old me for code comments 👍
August 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Loading up the Unity project for a now-released 2.5 year solo dev game. This is after 5 months break on something different.
Holy moly the amount of love and effort I poured into this thing!
Can only imagine for devs working on project's for even longer. Also thanks old me for code comments 👍
Holy moly the amount of love and effort I poured into this thing!
Can only imagine for devs working on project's for even longer. Also thanks old me for code comments 👍
Really enjoyed #develop, great to catch up with everyone, hear some talks and get some free Mr Whippy, cheers everyone!
Team Crooks Peak also snuck in an excellent escape room, if you zoom in on the picture you can perhaps notice the "no hints" stamp, re-confirming our team's excellence.
Team Crooks Peak also snuck in an excellent escape room, if you zoom in on the picture you can perhaps notice the "no hints" stamp, re-confirming our team's excellence.
July 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Really enjoyed #develop, great to catch up with everyone, hear some talks and get some free Mr Whippy, cheers everyone!
Team Crooks Peak also snuck in an excellent escape room, if you zoom in on the picture you can perhaps notice the "no hints" stamp, re-confirming our team's excellence.
Team Crooks Peak also snuck in an excellent escape room, if you zoom in on the picture you can perhaps notice the "no hints" stamp, re-confirming our team's excellence.
Heading to @developconference.com with @kady-c.bsky.social next Tuesday and Wednesday, come and say hi if you see us there! #DevelopConf
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Heading to @developconference.com with @kady-c.bsky.social next Tuesday and Wednesday, come and say hi if you see us there! #DevelopConf
New Release Alert: It's not a VR game, it's a business duck in my town's yearly duck race 🦆
We lost in the first heat!
We lost in the first heat!
July 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New Release Alert: It's not a VR game, it's a business duck in my town's yearly duck race 🦆
We lost in the first heat!
We lost in the first heat!
Check out the teams and their games, there are some great one in there already! Glad to be supporting this again as a Facilitator, good luck to the teams.
BIG NEWS DAY! Tranzfuser teams announced 📢
21 talented graduate game development teams from across the UK have been selected to take part in #Tranzfuser2025!
Find out more! tinyurl.com/4mb5rjxa
21 talented graduate game development teams from across the UK have been selected to take part in #Tranzfuser2025!
Find out more! tinyurl.com/4mb5rjxa
June 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Check out the teams and their games, there are some great one in there already! Glad to be supporting this again as a Facilitator, good luck to the teams.
Reasons to pick up By Grit Alone in the Spring sale:
- you crave a sci-fi horror linear narrative campaign
- some say it contains a gaming's greatest tax officer character
- <$9
- you love challenging VR indie shooters
- It's one of the games ever made
vr.meta.me/s/1XW7Fgtvsb...
- you crave a sci-fi horror linear narrative campaign
- some say it contains a gaming's greatest tax officer character
- <$9
- you love challenging VR indie shooters
- It's one of the games ever made
vr.meta.me/s/1XW7Fgtvsb...
By Grit Alone on Meta Quest
Cosmic Action Horror focusing on intense violence, deep lore and atmospheric dread. You’re marooned alone in the Bermuda triangle of space, filled with ancient derelicts and ravenous aliens.
A linear...
vr.meta.me
March 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reasons to pick up By Grit Alone in the Spring sale:
- you crave a sci-fi horror linear narrative campaign
- some say it contains a gaming's greatest tax officer character
- <$9
- you love challenging VR indie shooters
- It's one of the games ever made
vr.meta.me/s/1XW7Fgtvsb...
- you crave a sci-fi horror linear narrative campaign
- some say it contains a gaming's greatest tax officer character
- <$9
- you love challenging VR indie shooters
- It's one of the games ever made
vr.meta.me/s/1XW7Fgtvsb...
Reposted by Charlie @ CrooksPeak
We did the biggest disappointments of last year, so why the opposite?
I played dozens (plural) of new #VR releases in 2024. Here are the ones that deserved more love than they got.
Criteria is (a) I actually played the game and (b) <1,000 ratings on any platform.
youtu.be/yG7HOlQdcFc
I played dozens (plural) of new #VR releases in 2024. Here are the ones that deserved more love than they got.
Criteria is (a) I actually played the game and (b) <1,000 ratings on any platform.
youtu.be/yG7HOlQdcFc
Hidden Gems of VR Games You Missed In 2024 | Meta Quest 3 PCVR
YouTube video by Live Open Mike
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We did the biggest disappointments of last year, so why the opposite?
I played dozens (plural) of new #VR releases in 2024. Here are the ones that deserved more love than they got.
Criteria is (a) I actually played the game and (b) <1,000 ratings on any platform.
youtu.be/yG7HOlQdcFc
I played dozens (plural) of new #VR releases in 2024. Here are the ones that deserved more love than they got.
Criteria is (a) I actually played the game and (b) <1,000 ratings on any platform.
youtu.be/yG7HOlQdcFc
Happy Holidays! By Grit Alone Patch #3 is now live. I've added awesome @bhaptics.bsky.social support and a ridiculous Xmas theme.
Check out the patch notes: www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Check out the patch notes: www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Patch 3
# By Grit Alone: Patch #3 (v1.3.1) is now live!
Third time's the charm! In Short: Xmas mode, bHaptics support and a "No Turn" option, good things come in threes.
# Overview
Xmas mode has been added, ...
www.oculus.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Happy Holidays! By Grit Alone Patch #3 is now live. I've added awesome @bhaptics.bsky.social support and a ridiculous Xmas theme.
Check out the patch notes: www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Check out the patch notes: www.oculus.com/experiences/...
By Grit Alone Patch #2 is live, hooray!
Polished and balanced difficulty options (Easy to Brutal) should provide a fun playthrough whatever challenge you're looking for. I've also beefed up the gunplay and improved enemy spatial audio, hope you enjoy 👍
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Polished and balanced difficulty options (Easy to Brutal) should provide a fun playthrough whatever challenge you're looking for. I've also beefed up the gunplay and improved enemy spatial audio, hope you enjoy 👍
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Patch 2
# By Grit Alone: Patch #2 (v1.2.0) is now live!
One for sorrow, two for joy, right?
This patch focuses on better tuned difficulty, more satisfying gunplay and improved enemy spatial audio.
# Overvie...
www.oculus.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:20 PM
By Grit Alone Patch #2 is live, hooray!
Polished and balanced difficulty options (Easy to Brutal) should provide a fun playthrough whatever challenge you're looking for. I've also beefed up the gunplay and improved enemy spatial audio, hope you enjoy 👍
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
Polished and balanced difficulty options (Easy to Brutal) should provide a fun playthrough whatever challenge you're looking for. I've also beefed up the gunplay and improved enemy spatial audio, hope you enjoy 👍
www.oculus.com/experiences/...