The PS Vita lately has been getting its fair share of indie developed games lately and it doesn’t look like that trend is going to slow down any time soon. This summer especially looks like a very busy season for releases and one of those new releases will be Flyhunter Origins by Steel Wool Games. You may not have ever heard of Steel Wool Games before, but note that they consist of many of the finest artists and animators in the film industry (former Pixar employees).

Flyhunter Origins is about Zak, a janitor for the Flyhunter Crew’s spaceship. One day, Zak accidentally jettisons not only the crew, but also their cargo of exotic bugs off the ship and onto the planet Earth. It’s now up to Zak so become a hero and not only save his crew, but recover all the lost insects.

Press Release

Steel Wool Games and Indie Publisher Ripstone announced today that their Platform-Adventure game Flyhunter Origins will be coming to PS Vita, PC, Mac, Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Tegra powered devices this summer!

Developed by some of the finest artists and animators in the film industry – Flyhunter Origins delivers the sort of high quality cutscenes, characters and story that you would expect from a team with Steel Wool Games extraordinary credentials.

Let’s set the scene… Zak is a bumbling alien spaceship Janitor and wannabe Flyhunter from Burgarol 3. He works on board the Flyhunter Crew’s legendary spaceship; ‘The Frog’ but deep down he longs for an exciting adventure of his own. Somewhere in Earth’s orbit, while the heroic Flyhunters are deep in cryo sleep; The Frog’s cargo of super-important exotic insects from the latest hunt is mysteriously jettisoned into Space, crash-landing back on planet Earth! It seems that clumsy Janitor Zak is the only one around to save the day. Can this accidental hero swap his sweeping brush for a super-cool fly swatter and take on the role of daring Flyhunter? It’s a good job Zak’s used to cleaning up – because he’s in a huge mess! Hurry! Help this little dude complete his mission, before “The Investors” find out their expensive bugs are missing!

Watch Zak in action in the bug spanking new teaser trailer http://youtu.be/2TsAxBqM8A8 [and take a peek at the latest screenshots in the Flyhunter Origins press pack.