WINtA is a music video game

Music video game

A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...

 for the iOS platform, developed pro bono by Masaya Matsuura

Masaya Matsuura

is a video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music and images, and has been active with the J-Pop band,...

’s NanaOn-Sha Studio

NanaOn-Sha

NanaOn-Sha is a Japanese video game company which created what is widely credited as the first modern rhythm game, PaRappa the Rapper. It was founded by: Masaya Matsuura in 1993. The game's success resulted in the spinoff UmJammer Lammy, which is based on guitar samples, and eventually a proper...

 and Triangle Studios, published by ngmoco

Ngmoco

ngmoco, Inc. is an American-based publisher of video games for the iOS and Android platforms, and a subsidiary of DeNA. The company was founded by former Electronic Arts executive Neil Young in July 2008. Since its founding, ngmoco has had more than seven million combined game installs...

 under the OneBigGame

OneBigGame

OneBigGame is the first non-profit video game publisher. The company was founded in 2007 by Martin de Ronde, co-founder formerly of Guerrilla Games. OneBigGame aids in the development of games with other noted developers for the benefit of charitable organizations...

 charity initiative. Profits go to Save the Children

Save the Children

Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...

 and the Starlight Foundation
Matsuura-san explained in an interview that through WINtA and the OneBigGame initiative, he wishes to “contribute to the games developer society and communities”.

Gameplay

The game consists of buttons, usually square shaped, that players must tap in rhythm with the vocals of the songs. The squares fill up with a color, and players must tap them when they’re full. The player’s timing will influence the voice sample’s timing as well, and if a square is completely missed, no voice sample will be heard. All levels share this same tapping mechanic and vocal focus, though they may look radically different from each other, as the buttons can have any color or any shape.

Soundtrack

The title track, Masaya Matsuura's "War is Not The Answer", is included in the initial free application download, whilst additional tracks from various artists are available via in-app purchasing. Some additional tracks are also available for free download.