Last month, indie developer Renegade Kid confirmed that their critically acclaimed platformer Mutant Mudds would be making its way to both PS3 and PS Vita. Fans have been enjoying this nostalgic title on iOS, PC, and 3DS since last year, and more recently on Wii U. Now, Renegade Kid director and co-founder Jools Watsham has hinted that more PS Vita titles may follow.

Above: Mutant Mudds running on 3DS XL; Below: Mutant Mudds running on PS Vita

Platformer lovers should note that a sequel to Mutant Mudds is planned for release next year on 3DS. But suppose you're not a big fan of platformers; what's in it for you?

Well, I have some news for you. Renegade Kid also developed three first-person shooters for the Nintendo DS -- Dementium: The Ward, Dementium II, and Moon. A spiritual successor to the survival horror Dementium games, titled Cult County, is currently in development for 3DS. Cult County will be an episodic title, with six episodes currently planned, and the first one aiming for an early 2014 release date. Moon is less survival horror, more sci-fi. Jools mentioned recently that Renegade Kid will reacquire the rights to the Moon IP from the game's original publisher at the end of this year, and confirmed that the studio would immediately begin working on a new iteration of the title on 3DS.

It seems to me that both of these games would be right at home on the Vita with its twin-stick design (Cult County already supports dual analog controls, as seen in this early-build demo utilizing the 3DS Circle Pad Pro), and that many Vita owners might be interested in good indie games, good first-person shooters, and particularly any combination of the two. And personally, I'd love to see more multiplatform releases across the two 8th-gen handheld consoles, especially from indies.

Of course, there's a catch. I don't mean to lead you on, but none of these titles sans Mutant Mudds are confirmed as yet for Vita. So what's this hint that more Vita support is possible?

I hate it when developers/publishers do this. Really. Indie or not, this game has already been available for over a year on 3DS, and nearing a year on two much bigger platforms, iOS and PC (though it's drowning in Greenlight and never made it to Steam). Thankfully, I doubt his expectations are as high as those of your average AAA publisher, and I'm confident that the PS Vita userbase will take an interest in Mudds. Mudds fans seem to be particularly keen on double- and triple-dipping, anyway.

So, Vita owners, do you have any interest in this studio and their titles? I know the Vita has a huge catalogue of indie games coming, but I haven't seen any first-person shooters among them.

Graphics look very clean on the vita version, I dont think ill be buying this one though.

They may be bringing this title Sony-side, but they have been pretty rock-steady in support of Nintendo systems for several years now.

Jools has made it clear that they are absolutely not leaving Nintendo systems any time soon. But that doesn't mean they can't expand their business to more consoles. Considering their failure on Greenlight, I'd guess the PC and iOS versions of Mudds didn't sell too well compared to the 3DS version, so it's definitely possible that Renegade Kid is looking to Sony platforms in place of mobile devices. They could very easily become an eShop/PSN/PC multiplat developer.

Agreed, though I'm not sure whether I should be impressed with how well the game translates to the Vita's higher resolution considering the simple, deliberately retro style. Here are a couple more pics to drive the point home, though:

I must admit the screen on the Vita is pretty damn fine looking. I just really hate the burn in problems.

Wish the next Nintendo handheld used something better than the weird screen that the 3DS uses. 3D is fine and all, but it gets really bad in 2D mode under some light.

It's a shame that other projects are tied to Mutant Mudds, because I probably won't buy that one. It's just not my kind of game. The other titles mentioned would definitely interest me more.

The problem with Greenlight is it's very nature, that people have to vote for it enough to make it onto Steam, and it can be hard for some smaller developers to garner the votes they need to be accepted.

Mutant Mudds seems to have reviewed quite well, so I'll probably check it out.

As to how it'll sell on Vita, though, indie games seem to swing from wildly successful to hardly selling things at all. You've got things like Thomas was alone & Hotline Miami that both really took off on Vita (tonnes of reviews on the store; positive comments by the devs; sequels confirmed for the platform) then you've got other stuff like... I dunno... Zombie Tycoon 2, which seems to get a much more muted reception.

With all that said; the success stories seem to outnumber the failures, so let's hope this is another one. I'd like to see what they could do with an FPS on Vita; looking at videos of their DS games, it seemed they did a very good job.

Another Twitter message from Jools:

It seems that Renegade Kid is interested in bringing their next release, Treasurenauts, to the Vita at some point in the future.

Treasurenauts is a retro-inspired 2D platformer like Mutant Mudds. However, unlike Mutant Mudds, the game will have many different playable characters and customization options for each. Jools compared the title to Metroid and Spelunky to help define its gameplay.

Treasurenauts is also playable with co-op (presumably with one other player, though the number is not confirmed). It will support local play and download play. For those unfamiliar with download play, it's a function of DS and 3DS consoles allowing multiple gamers to play together locally even if only one of them owns the game.

Burn in problems?