Charlie @ CrooksPeak

Charlie @ CrooksPeak

@crookspeak.bsky.social

Solo game dev at UK indie game studio. Making "Full Steam Undead", made “By Grit Alone”

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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

uploadvr.comFull Steam Undead Promises Comedic Action In A Victorian Open WorldFull 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.

Super excited by the Steam Frame, but couldn't get my hands on a dev kit for my released VR games or the upcoming Full Steam Undead. It's coming to the Frame as soon as I can get my hands on one, fingers crossed for the selection lottery 🤞

Everyone going to #Develop in Brighton next week, have a bloomin' lovely time! I can't make it this year but will be there is spirit (I'll be attending talks via séance). Please have a Mr Whippy on my behalf 🍦

It's Steam NextFest next week, that came around fast. Best of luck to all the game devs out there, especially those currently waiting in the Steam build review queue! Been in the last two, so am looking forward to just being a player this time around and getting some good demos in.

Didn't think I'd get this many before release; turns out waiting for the Steam Frame to drop before releasing means who knows when it'll actually come out, this summer apparently/hopefully? I call this release strategy the "silly billy" method.

We came last in our heat, got put into the final (I have no idea why), then came last again 😂 Clearly we’re saving all of our business luck for the upcoming “Full Steam Undead” release 🤷‍♂️

🚨PC VR player trigger warning🚨 My most common observation watching tester playback footage when they have a beefy PC: "Why no Ultra setting" 😅 #VR #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #steam #quest

PRE SHOOOOOOOOOW Just as all great athletes do a warm up, all great VR enjoyers watch the pre-show. You should watch the pre-show.

VR Games Showcase@vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social

🚨 VR GAMES SHOWCASE RETURNS MARCH 24! 🚨 😲 Updates on 20+ titles 😍 New info on The Boys, Wrath, Exoshock & more 😏 Games for Quest, PS VR2 & PC VR 😱 A surprise reveal we've been dying to show you 🧐 9am PT on YouTube, Pre-Show 8:40am PT. Watch The Trailer & Subscribe: buff.ly/a1J8Oye

🎉2,000 Wishlists for Full Steam Undead🎉 Thanks everyone, every wishlist is a motivational boost keeping this train rolling. GameDev wishlist thoughts/stats to follow for those interested... #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Most people who wishlisted during #NextFest didn't play the demo! Maybe this is a VR thing as the barier to putting on a headset and playing is still too high? I think VR #NextFest is still defo worth participation considering the small amount of VR demos relative to the entire event.

Overall Wishlist are on track. Using all of my forecasting powers, FSU is not going to break even and may well be my last VR game for a bit, but I love VR so I'm just enjoying the road to release and seeing what happens. Also if anyone can get me a Steam Frame, that would be swell... Cheers!

🎉2,000 Wishlists for Full Steam Undead🎉 Thanks everyone, every wishlist is a motivational boost keeping this train rolling. GameDev wishlist thoughts/stats to follow for those interested... #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

2,000 is split between the Meta Quest Store and Steam. For older games I would get waaay more Quest wishlists, that has now flipped to a massively to Steam's advantage, it's not even close right now (4 to 1 territory). The Meta store is changing right now, so hopefully things pick up here.

🎉Hit 1,000 Steam wishlists for Full Steam Undead🎉 For flat screen probably not that great, but for a VR game, who knows 🤷 Wishlist trajectory is way better than for By Grit Alone, I wonder if it's because of the game or upcoming Steam Frame excitement... Also, go wishlist it: fullsteamundead.com

A horrible start to 2026 for the premium VR games industry, my thoughts go out to the many people laid off after putting out some incredible games. I've been through some total industry collapses in previous work, but VR seems to be in a drawn out "limping on" zombie phase right now, just horrible.

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!

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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!

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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

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

uploadvr.comFull Steam Undead Promises Comedic Action In A Victorian Open WorldFull 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.

I'm trying to build on from By Grit Alone, taking the best bits and adding some new: - An open world with no loading screens - French, German, Spanish and Chinese subtitles and translations - More accessibility and difficulty features - A flying rune powered steam engine!

I know making a premium VR game right now is probably a bad commercial idea, but I love it. The response and fellowship I got from the VR community, the players, the press and my fellow devs releasing By Grit Alone was amazing, so thank you all. This ones for you!

VRGS is always great but have a feeling this one will be the best ever... ⚠️🚨➡️Particularly the pre-show ⬅️👀⏰ No reason, just a feeling🤷

VR Games Showcase@vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social

🚨 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

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.

store.steampowered.comSave 17% on By Grit Alone on SteamCosmic 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...

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.

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!

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!

store.steampowered.comBy Grit Alone on SteamCosmic 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...

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!

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Narrative-driven horror shooter By Grit Alone heads for PC VR next month, and a Steam demo goes live in less than a week:

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.

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 🤷