Gamius Type IV (V1)

Gamius Type IV is a unique, retro styled, one button/one switch shmup (no analog sticks here). It is primarily meant as a multiplayer game. Players must navigate their ship using only the single button to avoid terrain and enemies as they try accumulating the highest score. Also plays singleplayer, Co-Op, 2-on-1, 2-on-1-1, or 2-on-2.

This is the initial V1 version of the game (2010) developed and submitted to the GAMMA IV one button event, and was later followed up with an OUYA exclusive V2 edition (2013). You can find the OUYA apk at archive.org.

If you’re unfamiliar with the term or genre of ‘Shmup’, then checkout Racketboy’s great articles on their history and evolution.

Gamius Type IV was developed in C# using XNA and later ported to OUYA using the Xamarin tools and MonoGame.

This prototype requires the Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 3.0.