KroyVR

I don't watch a lot, but from Netflix I have enjoyed

SAKAMOTO DAYS
Bodkin - murder mystery set in Ireland
Dept. Q - Set in my home town
KAOS - modern take on ancient myths
Arcane - fantastic sci-fi story telling
Delicious in Dungeon - great take on fantasy tropes
3 Body Problem - VR!
Cowboy Bebop

For gaming? The X3D would tempt me. But the 16GB 5080 is better grunt with better specs for VR. In the UK the price is ~£1400 minimum (if you're lucky) just for the RAM and the 5080. Get the which ever you can afford. I bet Costco has a solid returns policy too.

Live now with 20 VR Next Fest Demos!

nope. For some hours now. Probably best to hang fire until the outcome is known and situation remedied bsky.app/profile/kroy...

YouTube video by CMDR Mechan Elite in CRISIS - Game Hacked

Eye witness accounts verified hackers. This is why our weekend fun was interrupted. Not that I don't have a hundred other things to be getting on with. Hopefully @frontierdev.bsky.social are dealing with it swiftly and with legal counsel against the miscreant.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFB...

I made the weather and time of day affect NPC leisure. So now more people will hang out outside on a sunny day, whereas indoor activities will be more popular when it rains or during the night.

#gamedev #procgen #indiegame

NEW VR Accessibility Overview video and notes are now up! The first of 2026 is for Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending 🍻 on Steam for PCVR, PS5 for PSVR2 & Meta Quest 2,3/3s, & Pro! Overview - youtu.be/jVpAGw0kHCw

Overview + Notes - docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #vr #accessibility

Digging is fun. Easier when it's just VR games of interest. I'm half way through all the Next Fest VR submissions, will get them all tonight. It's great to find the gems, and worth being reminded of what does NOT work in VR too.

How to get your Elite Dangerous fix when the servers are down. Cheers!

That's it. That's the next batch of VR demos over, and a few on the wishlist! Can't complain at that.

My Twitch stream offers more detail at 2k if you're quick, 1080p for a couple months after: www.twitch.tv/videos/27076.... Follow on Twitch for go-live notifications and 100% PCVR.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City on Steam A brotherhood in the shadows. A city on the brink. In the vacuum left by Shredder's demise, the Foot Clan's grip tightens on the streets you once called home. In the first-ever TMNT first-person actio...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Empire City

Fun. Captures the franchise well. Super well optimised on PC. Needs knuckles fix (community binds work). Good parkour and nice movement. Some skill required, not a chill end of the night game. Looking forward to more!

store.steampowered.com/app/3713650/

Axiomatic - another demo win. The objective is simple. Get out of the zone. The conceit is only being able to navigate by the absence of light. Works very well. A good visual puzzle challenge which I want to beat! Addition of smooth turning would be welcomed.

store.steampowered.com/app/3969490/

Scared by Squares - this was the gem I was looking for. This struck me as entirely right for VR and is very well executed. Only concern is how long it holds attention. So far, it's created an amazing first impression. 🧵

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The Gallery: VR Secrets - "every painting holds a hidden puzzle" except it's a single button press to switch between picture states. Feels more like a hypercard game. I wanted to go IN to the picture. Doesn't work like that. Disappointing. Not recommended. store.steampowered.com/app/4136810/ 🧵

Quantum Eye - ummmm. 90s throwback VR visuals. Jank and broken interactions with doors. Optimisation is poor despite simplicity of presentation. Has a streamer mode to avoid *checks notes* access to "webcam, microphone, or image folders to personalize your experience". Not recommended. 🧵

Marrow Marrow - LET'S GO! Smooth speed, great movement, varied combat mechanics, good VR. Basic visuals are basic. Audio NOT great. I enjoyed, regardless. Not sure how well the experience will ramp up beyond leaderboard chasing, but demo caught my interest. store.steampowered.com/app/4041420 🧵

Artemis VR. Ignore the basics of 2026 VR: add vignettes, force snap turning, no knuckles orientation, no custom options, and place the worst opening video on a Steam page so far in Next Fest. There is a niche audience for this game. I hope it finds it. store.steampowered.com/app/2720780/ 🧵

Dream Corps, listed in the Steam VR next fest category. Is not in VR. Moving on..... 🧵

Proton VR. I wanted to love this Compound-inspired FPS. Frame timings were low BUT in-headset: juddery as hell. Not tested on OpenVR? Aside from that, movement is SO SLOW. Recoil visual is uncomfortable. I hope it comes good with testing and polish🤞 store.steampowered.com/app/3143930 🧵

Space Control - I am conflicted. Sci-fi, I love / household chore sim, I despise. Saved from torment because I'm stuck in the first area due to Index control forcegrab config error. Hope it's fixed soon. I'll play more of this. Entertaining torment awaits store.steampowered.com/app/1759150/ #vr 🧵

Borked Elite Dangerous servers mean I'm writing up the next batch of experiences with Next Fest VR Titles instead. All from my Wednesday Twitch stream. As with the first batch, I used Steam's VR-tag feature explorer, and a randomiser to pick each game. We found some gooduns! #vr #pcvr 🧵

This is me right now, two hours on from the OP. Via the launcher. The thing that I wanted to do this weekend morning and the only opportunity I've had this week, isn't working. Disappointed face. On to something different.

Get behind the bandana for the first time in TMNT: Empire City's Steam Next Fest demo!

Play the first 15 minutes and slash, stab, and strike your way through Empire City's introduction.

Then kick back at the Lair and grab a slice...🍕👉 https://bit.ly/47L99o8

#VRGaming #TMNT #TMNTVR #VRGames

My detailed first impressions of Scared of Squares are available if you're interested, @justokjustin.bsky.social. Also, well done for being among the 60% of demos I featured last night who had a screenshot on IGDB.Com www.twitch.tv/videos/27076...

Scared by Squares on Steam Explore eerie spaces filled with cube-shaped anomalies and use your senses to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and survive.

I don't where you are with the whole liminal spaces in VR shtick, but this is so much my jam. A simple pretext: make squares and cubes scary. Through brilliantly simple art style, level design, interactions and audio, the dev /u/SiegeInd13, pulls it off very well. Thoroughly enjoyed this demo.

Scared by Squares on Steam Explore eerie spaces filled with cube-shaped anomalies and use your senses to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and survive.

I've found my favourite Next Fest VR midpoint title (20/40 played). Went in expecting nothing. Walked away looking forward to going back in. Will it hold attention and maintain pacing? I only know my imagination is captured by what I have seen, heard and felt. Scared by Squares. Fantastic VR design.

Everytime I see your in-game footage, I'm like... one day I'll see this for myself.. in VR.

If ever there's a platform that needs to fade into the same place that Digg, MySpace and ClubPenguin, disappeared to - it's X. The only thing that will do that is clicks and eyeballs being everywhere else but there. So more Frontier here... that's another nail in the coffin any way you look at it.

That's not how you get Frontier on BSKY. The only thing that will make them move off X is their metrics going substantially DOWN over there. If people keep going back for any reason, that's never going to happen.

hl2vr isn't just one of the best vr games available, it's by far the best way to play hl2. flat hl2 is IMO a game that did not age well in the slightest. half of the game's chapters have me saying "not this shit again". but hl2 in vr? it's like you're playing it for the first time, a wide eyed youth