Concert

A concert is a game element where the player can have their band can perform songs to gain money, fans and stage items or watch other bands play songs and learn covers. The story mode version of playing at a concert is only available on Punk-o-matic 2.

Playing Concerts
In story mode, the player is able to perform with their band at a venue. To start, they must select an a venue to go to and press the "Play Concert!" button. From there, the player will be able to see the venue info and the band statistics. The player must meet the requirements of the venue in order to be able to play at the concert.

The information that the player will be shown at the venue are:

Rental Cost: This is the price that the player must pay in order to be able to play at the venue. Fans Required: This is the amount of fans the player's band must have in order to be able to play at the venue. Crowd Capacity: This is the amount of fans that the venue can hold at once. If the crowd capacity is reached, it is considered a "sold out" concert. Entry Fee: This is the price that your fans must pay in order to see your band play.

If the player meets has enough money to rent the venue and has enough fans to play there, they can press 'Let's Go!' and will be moved to the next screen. On the next screen, the player will choose one to three songs that they would want to play. They can either play original songs or they can play covers. When the player has finished selecting their songs, they will move on to the next screen.

At the next stage, the player will choose what instrument that they want to play and the difficulty of the song. The difficulty will affect the amount of fans that the band can gain or lose. They can also play with a second player and play another instrument as well. If there are two players involved at a concert, the highest difficulty will be used in their performance.

During the performance, the player must match the bubbles with the space that they go into. If the player misses a bubble or hits the wrong key, the performance meter on the right goes down and the crowd begins to react negatively. To increase the meter again, the player must continue to play the notes correctly without making a mistake.

At any time at the performance, the player can cancel the show. However, there are consequences and if the player decides to cancel the show, the band can lose fans and the money that was earned from the show will be given back to the audience.

Results
At the end of a performance, they are given a rating with a score and they are shown their maximum note streak. The ratings that a performance can get are based on where the performance meter points to. The meter contains six colors and each color has a different rating. Blue would give the player a Perfect, green would give the performance an Awesome, yellow means Good, light orange gives Average, light red would give Bad and finally red means Awful. A song can also be rated, Insufficient which means that the song did not have enough notes to play.

When the player has finished performing all of their songs successfully, their band will gain new fans and earn money. However, if the player performs poorly, the opposite will occur.