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Don’t know if there’s an adventure market, Revolution or Amanita would probably be more helpful there. From my experience I do know that it’s an excellent platform for adventures with the excellent touch screen and analogue sticks. The install base is not very big but it has a dedicated fan-base that buys a lot a stuff so indies seemm to be happy with how the games perform on the platform.
I do think Journey Down is excellent and would be a good fit, the more quality adventures in there the better.

the game releases for the vita lately have been relatively slim, so i’d imagine you’d get extra attention based on that fact. Its a great system, i like everything about it… except the library of games is still playing catch up. I havnt played journey down yet, so i’d probably get it for the vita.

Hey theo, you could also try reaching out to Tony Warriner at Revolution. He has a blog where he answers questions. Obviously there may be limits to what he can write publically, but I imagine he could give you a sense of how the PS Vita experience was for them, in terms of port difficulty and perhaps even how worthwhile he thinks the market might be for a smaller adventure game dev. Good luck!

Hi Theo, I just want to tell you that I love the Journey Down and have a Vita and if you make a Vita port I will definitely purchase a third copy of the game! I was really impressed with Into the Mist. This was a big year for adventure games but it was definitely up there. Also, I love the idea of being able to play The Journey Down on my Vita on a long plane flight. It just seems fitting. Good luck with the port and I can’t wait for Chapter 3.

I am so happy right now. I just bought the Borderlands2 Vita bundle today, and would LOVE if TJD made it to the system. I own both on pc, and playing on the go with the vita sounds amazing. Good luck with development! 

Mikekelly - 07 December 2014 11:02 PM

It’s odd which system gets the most adventure games - last generation it was the Nintendo DS, this generation it’s the PSVITA.

it truly is odd and makes no sense to me. The 3ds has sold many more units and yet for game releases the vita is keeping pace. Both kind of slowly… but still. i have a 3ds xl and a vita, and quite frankly my 3ds feels “junky” compared to the vita. The vita is much more a “technology machine” (it has bluetooth for my headset!). If sony could find a way to better emphasize the quality gap in marketing i think theyd have a big advantage. But then maybe thats why nintendo is putting out a “new 3ds” with increased performance. Granted, both systems face an uphill battle from apple/anrdoid.

I would love for TJD to make it to Vita. I have so much stuff to play, so PC stuff often gets put on the backburner - TJD included. If it made it to the Vita I would definitely be there.

I’ve really enjoyed Broken Sword 5 on the platform and I wish more adventures would make the jump. Speaking from (limited) experience, my small team and I are currently working on a Vita game and the platform seems generally very easy to develop for, and Sony representatives are nice and quick to respond with any questions and concerns. That said, we’re using GM, which is extremely port friendly and we’re developing with the Vita in mind from the get go.

To cap it off, if you do decide to port, please consider having various menu stuff integrated with the buttons and not just through the touchscreen. It’s much nicer being able to press Start to bring up the menu and then maneuver around it with the buttons.

theo - 13 December 2014 10:53 AM

Wow, thanks for all the encouraging input, guys!

This certainly sounds interesting. Again we’ve got a backlog of other stuff we need no handle before we actually get down and dirty with the port. So don’t hold your breath!

Thanks again, I really appreciate your thoughts and comments.

Kasper: What you working on?

Looking forward to when/if you decide to do the port, as I love the look of TJD.

Our project isn’t public (for various reasons), but it’s a run’n'gun title in the vein of Contra. After shelving our previous more traditional platformer, which we did as a trial run for working with the Vita and functioning as a team, we’ve been working on this for the past 5 months.