First comment, also fuck yes!

note by note playing?

like have 2 modes

1 like the first one

1 where u put in tabs or somethin

The only thing i could think of is various styles of guitar like wah wah or echo.
Kinda like Rock Band

My friend will go crazy when Punk-O-Matic 2 comes out, he loves the first version!

As for ideas... well... maybe customizing clothes, instruments or something...

Yeah like tacosorburritos said
For those of us (LIKE ME =D) who actually play the guitar, there should be an option to put in tablature, i know it will take more boring work, but it would definitely make the game the greatest thing that ever happened to NG

Character creation would be nice.

If possible create a database of songs users make that you can listen to by loading. It would be tough, but really worth it.

Haha you could always create a "highscore" system that saves the code for the songs, and have that highscore be a string + the song numbers. Then when you load from the highscore table and split the lines properly, you get the title + the song code + date creation w/e. Then you can load anyone's song =)

YAAAAY!!!!!!!!
i was a big fan of the first POM, spent so much time on it...
so very exicited to see what new things are possible with POM2, though im sorry to say i dont think i have any suggestions that aren't obvious (more music and stage/character customization) or impractical with flash n' such, but im sure you and the community will come up with something wicked.
SO... i hope this and all the rest of the comments will help you stay motivated to make POM2 the best it can be.
Hell, its about time eh?

One word.... Career mode.... uh, 2... words.

where you start as a home/school band and you make songs to the set requirements and depending on the structure and compleated requirements you get graded
better grade = more money = better gear = more/better members = more sounds for making better songs = better songs = better gigs
and thats career mode.
then you got good ol' "Rock Out" mode (same as punk-o-matic1) where you can get more stuff from doing the story mode.
also, (I know it's PUNK-o-matic) although I love punk, I'm a Metal Head and would love to see a band style option where you can change the style of your band.

these are just my ideas for kickassedness.

by band style i mean the type of music they play e.g. :punk, Metal, rock. (just an idea)
tho it's cool that I'll be able to customize how my members look

Awesome! If you need ideas, here's a couple:

-bass guitar part?
-more solos/fills for lead guitar?
-people moshing!!
-some ska?

>Jim

oh man, that would be so cool

Punk-o-matic 1 was THE most reviewed portal entry. (mostly cause reviewers are like "hey! listen to my song: 12345---098765!"

Will Punk-o-matic 2 break that record much faster? Most definately HELL YEAH.

one guy seggested to put a clothing method...
well add some tatoos should also be in....

Easter eggs! Make them hard to find, other than the Dude!! scene in the first one. If there are customizable characters, there should be bonus instuments to find as well.

MOAR DUDE SCENES xD

DUDE your game rocks ! hurry up and make Punk-O-Matic 2 ! And an idea : make more band members with other music tools , and i am learning to play guiter so i love this game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your game is awesome dude you should hurry up to make Punk-O-Matic 2 .
and an idea : Make more band members with other tools ... and also
make Pop-O-Matic LOL .

lol but seriously

ideas:
for the story line[so it has one] make it like where the first one was a audition for some punk rock out and your band made it to the next round :D

then im deff thinking a OUTDOOR stage with some huge ass speakers on the sides.

for backgrounding have it to where like you can be looking at the stage but then if you want you can swivel around and look out into the crowd like you was up on stage and then its easter egg hunting time! make it like when you click on someone or thing it has this chain of funny events you would see at like x-fest :P

ive heard you have customization covered already so ill skip that

i was thinking maybe if you wanted to you could select what your punks are playing like guitarists got a gibson or flying v or double neck, so on and so forth.

id also like cooler lighting effects than the first one but its not ALL about the lights i was thinking maybe adding some type of lazer rock show type thing with the mouse,.

click a option and the screen goes dark while the music you are made is playing then with some cool mouse effects make it light up the stage man!

im just pickin stuff outta my head for most of this but im deff here if you liked an idea and wanted more of what i was thinking or didnt quite get what i ment.

ok ok 1 more comment lol! what i think Xendarc91 was tryin to say was that punk is AWESOME but theres also metal and ska and good ol rock

maybe have it to where you have menus to select what kind of genre you want that note to come from, having heavy metal have more shredding wailing notes, good ol rokk having steady lines and some one of a kind solos. throw some ska in there.

if you need me to clarify that more PM me i try to check newgrounds at least once a day ^_^

Add a rhythm game engine to it, say, once you've saved your song you can go into a playback mode. Each little segment loop generates a certain set of notes for keypresses and it strings them all together for you to be scored on, guitar hero style. If this was already in the plan ignore me...

yeh thanks Kanti
that was what i was trying to say.
ok I'll go away now :)

you work for ubisoft :O

and ideas for punkomatic2, BATTLE MODE

If you are not too far into developing it I have some awesome ideas, good luck. Can't wait!

Custom clips of music? Like, instead of only having the usual selectable clips, you could also open the clip editor, and it would open a separate timeline that you could put a few notes on. Clicking on the note would change the pitch instead of the played section. Then back on the main timeline, you could use the custom clip anywhere.

I don't know how difficult that would be to code, though.

there should be bass and vocals (by voals I mean srcreams and stuff)as well as drums rythm and lead.

oh,I just have another Idea: set design and a section that shows you the tab for the scores so u can play it in real life as well!

More clip selections, instead of less than 13, maybe around 20 or so... I always had a problem with creating two songs that sound almost exactly alike.

A longer table to make longer songs. It always bummed me out that I had an awesome song goin' and then I had to end it as soon as I had something good going.

I'm not sure if someone directly suggested vocals, but if you ask me it's not a very good idea. I mean, maybe some punk screams would be cool to start a song, but that could go under one of the guitarists selections, guitarists are usually the ones screaming anyway. :]

Bass wouldn't be too fun either, too many instruments to keep track of and it'll send the file size to fucking high heaven.

Get rid of the background music? Other environments? More demo tracks (inspiration and new features.)?

As for career mode, I saw you were adding that, great idea! Start off as a slacker that just chills in his/her house playin'. Dreams of startin' a band and then you go out and audition for other bands. Maybe the first song you play could be set up to one of your demo tracks. And then if you make it, obviously you're in the band. If not, you move on to another group to audition for and play another demo. (I'm not sure of how complicated that is, but hey, it's an idea!) As for WHILE you are playing in career mode. A store would be cool, new guitars, new drums, new clothes, equipment, etc.

Just some of my ideas, not sure if they've all been mentioned. Sorry if they have.
Good luck we're all here waitin'!!

OH! Another thing, don't give a release date. Surprise us by showing us on the front page!

Later bro!

well I guess from the comment above you already have all the stuff I would want in there.

Oh yeah! and another short movie like "Dude!" in POM1.

This game will be FUCKING AWESOME!!!

well...the only thing i could think of is 'secrets'. like..you play specific notes after each other you get new equipments and clothing...or maybe hidden shorts with the P. Dude (and the penguins, of course)I know it could be a real shitwrack to make them...but DO IT FOR THE FAAAANS!! I wanna see the P. Dude slice a penguin in half by his scythe XD hehe, just kidding...

This comment serves as additional motivation

Thanks dude, you shust earned yourself a spot in my FAV artists fir a few reasons. Ok, first of all there should be a pretty big options of dressing the dude up? Also, what I thought is you could enter your own 46x46 pic as the guys face for fun! Make it exactly te same as last time, maybe even a career mode or battle offs. If you decide to go along with career mode I think yu should add little clips in between anda reputation or respect bar. Last - There should b a few mini-games, I mean who doesn't love those?

Thanks.

cool, good luck making it.

I think a quicker way of finding the riff/beat you're looking for would be better. I imagine Punk-o-matic 2 means more possibilities and more parts, so if you could streamline the process somehow so you don't have to keep clicking and sampling until you find the working one, blah blah you get what I'm talking about.

Also Dead Kennedys for background music. And none of that remastered bullshit by East Bay Ray.

Hey buddy, you should add character customization and hip hop ;D

Har dee har har, see what I did there? Anyhow, glad you're back on this one. There's nothin' like a project where you don't have to wait for the animator :P

As much as I loved the first Punk-O-Matic, there was just something missing. And trust me, I had loads of fun playing around, making my own songs, hell, I even learned a few of the riffs on my own guitar. But one thing I think would make the game great, to appeal to a greater audience, even, would be different riffs. I mean different like..Not JUST Punk music riffs, you know? I really enjoy playing around with this, but I think if there was a wider variety in the sound, then there would be tons more fun. Maybe some death metal riffs, some thrash, black metal...Ah, a little too much. I understand that you've gotta come up with these riffs, but hey, if it'll postpone it a little longer, it'd be well worth the wait.

Anyway, just a suggestion, like you said, "out-of-the-box-thinking." Can't wait to try out the new Punk-O-Matic! RETURN OF THE PENGUIN DOODS!

When i said battle mode i was hoping it would inspiring you to make one LOL

one idea could be that you could play against AI in a sort of guitar hero style with predefined tracks. But thats nothing like the original game so im not too sure if you should include it.

Alright, that's admirable enough :P

If ever you do decide to make another Blank-O-Matic though, might I suggest Melo-Matic? I'd say something like Children of Bodom/Norther/Wintersun type riffs. Now that'd be a game I'd play every couple of hours...For a couple of hours at a time :P

I think you should throw a little metal in there this time. you know a metal riff here or there. oh and customizable length and a feature that lets you start anywhere you want in the song. i hated that in the first one if you made a change you had to listen to the whole song over again.

good luck with the new one... ill be waiting in excitment.

Another appearance of the penguin stoners? And is it possible to add some bass in it this time around? One thing I surely liked about the first is that the notes, no matter how it was arranged, sounded as if they were molded together on purpose. Hopefully I still see and hear that in the sequel...probably you can make a contest, if you haven't, out of this? Or try to have some vocals this time? I'm thinking sort of the intros of The Offspring (namely All I Want with the "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!..." or the backup vocals on Tiny Voices (like what Brett and Bryan did during the solo part of the song)...Or better yet, why not have like an interactive showdown between either other players, or AI by having them play the notes in a certain way or pattern in which people are most interested in? All in all, just keep it in the same essence as the first game and it will turn out just right...

I dunno if my advice is worth a look at, it's really late here and I'm drunk, my guitars (yep all 3 of them) broke down before a gig and I'm listening to Meshuggah and The Beatles to pass the time...

I know you already said you were working on character customization, but will I be able to have an octopus playing guitar?

In my opinion, what would be really kick-ass, would be the abilty to make an entire show, not just a song. Like, adding smoke, lights, pyrotechnics and such.

More pre-made songs. I'm sort've music creating impaired so I can't make songs. for shit. XD!

Interview format time!
LtMcMuffin: Say, Evil-Dog, I know of a few good local punk bands. They are not my bands, I'm not trying to plug myself here. Might I be able to put a word in for them and see one or two of their songs make it into the game?

Evil-Dog:

how about more songs in the soundtrack last time u only had 3 got repeditive
and i cant wait for no 2 man !

Awesome. Can't wait. Make another pot induced quickie flash too.

SSWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!

Ps. are you ever gonna make a techno-matic?

Sounds awesome!

Suggestion: Maybe you could have a "Submit Song" feature? You know, so people can hear the songs you make using Punk-o-Matic 2.
...Or was that already suggested?

Still, good luck with the project!

More tabs! Also, listen to this song that was based of a similar but much greater song by me.
------3---6-7972---3---2---1---0---4-
4--3---793----2----------------------
2---91--9-----2---3-3-4---0---5-4---2 ---3-4---4----a---4-------4---0---2--
-4---8---9---0-----c--1---0---1---7-7 -2-2-3-4-6-6-8-7-7-3-4-5----6-8-3-0--
-a------------------4---7-7-

P.S. that is for punk-o-matic. Don't try to listen to dashes and numbers. You may go deaf.

[Motivation]

hey i luv pom, its in my favs and has been in my favs since it came out.i luv the whole thing about it, but i no u said something about flash being hard on u when it comes to auido. but if u could, i hav an idea (like every1 in this place =D) but could u somehow make lyrics in there? and if not try to allow us to use r mics with pom 2? because ive listined to my songs ovr and ovr, and i thought something was wrong with them. i found out what it was: NO LYRICS! but i cant download pom or any of the songs on there {my computer is retarded >:( )} and use Windows Media Maker. so if u would help that would be awesome!

I Have a billion ideas but im listing down the ones I thought could be nesescary(w/e) (pls dont blame me if i copied your ideas as I didnt read the ENTIRE list of comments)

1. Please make it appropriate for all ages, we dont a want boobz in there and kids cant enjoy the fun cuz SOMEBODY , put boobz in there. Also, no vulgarities, nudity, sick jokes, trying to make sick jokes , not funny sick jokes, trying to make sick jokes that are not funny sick jokes sick jokes sick jokes. and last of all , SICK JOKES.i must emphasize on the sick jokes , sick jokes sick jokes sick jokes sick jokes sick jokes.... sick jokes......

2. Currency, when you complete a certain song in career mode, depening on how well you played, you get payed a certain amout of money(eg. Got C+ and earned $750) The money you collect can buy you new guitars, drums, basses, so on. If enough money is earned, can unlock a secret character or song. Maybe a composer .

3. Achievements. Put an achievements tab where you can see what special things you have done (eg. Get A+ in 10 songs in hard mode, unlocked all secret songs) . This can lead to ...

4. Secrets. No point getting achievements if there is no rewards.(eg. 3 Achievements unlocked = uhh... Super crazy irish difficult expert advanced mode)

5. Make a name for your band and compete with other * NPC bands* to win the Annual Best Music Awards ( ABMA ( W/e). If the music is good( I dont know how to do that but anyway) you earn a trophy which can help you in career or challenge mode.

6. Rankings(scoreboard) . Nort like F, B+ ,S , D- or w/e. I mean like if you get all S's in all songs in career mode, your ranking would be " Teh Godliest Chuck Norris shoop da whoop pedobear". But if all songs get D- or D+ or c, you get the rank" An old lady can kill you with a nickel"

7. House. A rock star cant live liek a bum on a street! not much about it here
it is just to buy gating and reinforced doors so PAPARAZZI cant break into your house. But, the less popular , the less paparazzi, therefore , the less money. BUT!! the more popular, the more paparazzi, therefore , the more money(to buy gating).

8. I WANT A GH3 inspired part. compose a song and play it. Upload any songs. Do anything, can even record your own voice =D.

9. AND THE LAST OF ALL..... the u;ltimate ending, an epic cutscene showdown to see which is the best band in the universe, you will be playing agaainst an alien team lol.

ttas all , 9 points written in an easy to read manner , with a few grammar errors. I hope you can include soem of my ideas. I d be as HAPPY AS A HANDICAPPED BEGGAR WINNING $500000000000000000000000000000000000

Awesome!
Take your take, perfect it. I would suggest that you can see some crowd so you won't so it in a warehouse with 1$ lights (AKA Punk-O-Matic 1). Plus i would recommend to add some pinch harmonics, maybe slides... And, of course, MOAR DUDE ON DRUGS WITH NAKED PINGUINS !!!!!

If you're looking for some new guitar riffs to put in there here is a good place. To get the sounds off there id just use audacity and do a "record from stereo mix"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-uwr7JSl5 Q

Punk-o-matic was the thing that got me interested in music, now im in too bands and we make big gigs and demos. Thank you, i seriously owe you my life. Oh, and i cant wait for the sequel!

Ok so first, I love Punk-o-matic and can't wait for 2 to come out. I have read what most you are trying to accompish here, and I was thinking that I like everything people has said and hat I like what you're trying to accomplish so Rock...or Punk...on man!

Oh btw, wouldn't it be sick instead of adding the screams you have the player mic it out. I mean you should definitely add something where if the player has a mic with them they can totally rock out to it. I mean that is just my view. MIC IT OUT!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!
(not in a gay way)

ur awesome evil, pure awesome!
i love ur flash's and i love ur music!!

:3

When your done you should goto ur boss in ubisoft, and tell em. Listen fool check this shit out! It be makin made score on newgrounds and everyone wants to have my babies because of it. So in conclusion, put this shit on xbox 360/ps3/wii, make crazy amounts of money, and crown me your new king! Of course in a formal way so you don't get fired... but your punk so they will understand if you do. lol.

seriously tho this is awesome news and after reading all these comments im sure your gonna make a tight ass game. From what I read, I liked the career mode a lot and am curious on how thats gonna turn out. As well as that section to dl others songs would be sweet too, all in game of course. But its cool that youve answered everyones response even if the questions have been repeated 4-5 times. lol but Good luck dude cant wait. /motivation end.

A few things that made POM1 difficult, was I would find a new rhythm i wanted to put at the beginning of the song or something... and then I would have to remake the entire song, in other words you should add an insert function so you can insert a new line.

Also if your gonna make 40 riffs per instrument then there should be a function that you click the square you want then type in the number of the riff, so you don't have to click your way through them all.

And this one I doubt you could do, but if possible make a way to compile the selected riffs into an mp3 file and be able to download it or something...

Besides those, thanks for making POM, it was great.

sweet dude i can play punk o matic for hours cant wait till u make #2

Oh one more thing, is you should find a way crop off the beginning to a clip instead of just the end, like you know how you can put another riff right after a long riff it ends at the beginning of the new riff, but say you want just the end of the riff, is there some way you could do that?

Heres a little dose of motivation for ya.I have dedicated this song towards your new game!
----9------------73--80--80---9--8988 80---0---9---9-----------------------
-------------0---1---8---2---2---0---
0---a---9---9---9---a---c---b--------
----------------------0---a-5-a-----1 ---1---6-6-888-a---0---1---1---9---a-
---------------------------------
Keep up the good work!Be sure to take your time on it!

Okay, after reading a bunch of your comments, I'd like to add my own two cents. Now, you said that you would have 40+ riffs for each instrument but I think that you should have a few extra, and make it to where you have to learn some of the riffs from other guitarists in story mode, if thats too hard (I know what a bitch action scripting can be) just make it unlockable as you progress through the story. Plus I recomend having really short riffs (Almost like notes but a little more complex, like chords) and then you should make it to where you can build your own Solo in a creator mode or something... I love the whole customization thing you're adding by the way... And I'm not so sure if you covered this, it wasn't in great detail, but I also would absolutely love to see some kind of "Hot Keys" Like maybe not individual notes, but only enough to cover the whole keyboard so you could so a random solo in the middle of a song (Like in Rock Band) Plus, I'm not so sure how exactly you are going to go about story mode, the only way I can see it would be guitar hero style, if you can see another way, then you're a genius! (Which everybody on Newgrounds already knows you are) But other than that, I like all of your add-ins, so I don't won't to fill up this page with a bunch of non-sense that you have already covered, anyways, while you work on this, I'll head back to Punk-o-Matic 1. See ya!

~Deathwishez~

in this version i was hoping that it wouldent just be three bands youve taken sectionals from
other than just punk maybe put some more crazy guitar like dragonforce or heavy riffs like underminded
you need to put some beastly drums in there and maybe some drums solos for an easy song starter

im really hopin theres some heavyier and faster stuff in this one

like unseen or the casualties maybe clit45 possibly complete control or SOMETHING AMAZING YOU COULD DO PUT IN ASG

on a personal note

my friends band has amazing lead guitar they're called after the tragedy ,they're on itunes and have a myspace so maybe you could check out putting some of their stuff in it as well

ty =p

this shit is gonna suck

WOW.. FUCKING FAGGOT UR 27 AND TELLING US OUR SHIT SUCKS? IM 15 AND MY FRIEND IS 16 AND PRETTY SURE THAT IF I WOULD CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS BULLSHIT UNTILL 27 I WOULD MAKE SHIT WAY BETTER THEN URS...

more of a drumset?

and stuff like drumm fills, and other beats.

also what about a bass part?

there should be more riffs this time around, you know.

I really enjoyed Punk-o-matic 1, It kept me entertained all day long. I wish you good luck with Punk-o-matic 2 and I know that it will be an amazing flash. I tried to make a flash like this a few years back and I failed miserably, half of the stuff didn't even work. Punk-o-matic 2 will definitely be an inspiration to me and other mediocre programmers all around the world.

Yo dude...It's pretty badass that you decided to get off your lazy ass and go punk NG out...much respect...

~~~unknownrocker

Yeah dude, loved POM 1..great stuff, if only i could create something like that :)
too be honest, with playing it for years i would of thought it would have been created ages ago :( but yer respect for deciding to make #2 :)
as for ideas..just more bass, guitar, drum sounds really..making the bass a bit more obvious maybe ? what about, rhythm, an lead guitar..an i know its a punk band so im guessing keyboards is out of the question..?
Good luck with Punk o Matic 2 mate :) keep messing round with it..loads of people want it finishing :) love it man!

Also yeah..2 modes would be good..like a 'just for fun' mode and a 'carer mode' like the sound of something like that

Also, try to add characters that you can solo play anytime. Like guitarist , Drummer , Bass , maybe Pianist(i wuld love that). Well, if you can guess what this song are without looking it up, you must be a fan of -----------

Piano notes :

A, A , C , A , D, A , D, C

C, C, E,C, G , C , E , C

G , G , B, G , C , G , C , B.

F , F , A , F , B , F , C, B..
good luck on porn2<< lol

Maybe you should let people save the songs onto theyr hard drive...But the 1st one was great anyway=D