Hero Band Revolution! 4k

Back to The Front

A 4k rhythm music game

To start the game, press the space bar. Hold down the corresponding key while the colored block's white boundary is within the white rectangle. Don't let the audience meter reach empty (the bottom of the screen), or your time in the spot light is over!

• Red - Hold "A", "Z", or left arrow
• Green - Hold "S", "X", or down arrow
• Blue - Hold "D", "C", or right arrow

If this is your first time playing, please read the complete instructions below.

Controls

• space press to start the new game
• A, Z, left arrow press for the left column / red notes.
• S, X, down arrow press for the middle column / green notes.
• D, C, right arrow press for the right column / blue notes.

Rules

• Press the appropriate red/green/blue button to "hit" all the notes as they come down the music scroll. "Hit" notes improve your score and audience approval rating, and "missed" notes drop your approval. You can tell if a note is "hit" or "missed" by the column lighting up - a green flash means you hit the note, and a red flash means that the note was missed.
• The meter on the bottom indicates your audience approval rating. If this ever becomes empty, then the audience boos you off the stage, and the game is over.
• Likewise, the arrow marker on the meter indicates the minimum approval rating to move onto the next level. If you complete the level with your approval rating below this mark, your game is over (the approval rating bar will flash red for the amount you need to make up). You can tell how much time is left in the level by the white bar on the left - when it reaches the bottom, the level is over. The level separator is indicated by a purple horizontal line in the music scroll.
• A note is only recognized as "hit" when you press the correct key when the note is within the white rectangle at the bottom. The yellow horizontal line indicates when the note is (should be) played.
• To get a full score on a note, you must hold the correct key down for the note, starting with when the leading edge is within the white rectangle, and released when the trailing edge is within the white rectangle. If you do this enough times in a row, you are rewarded with a bonus score multiplier, and an extra boost to your approval rating.

Tips:

• To raise your score, you must hold down and release the key while the block is inside the white rectangle.
• You can increase your score by holding the key down for the entire length of the note.
• Score is judged by whether you press and release on time. If you let go of a square too early, you can always press the key again and release at the right time in order to keep from having your score go down even more (your score will not go down if you press again in the middle of the note).
• Mistakes at early levels don't count against you much. However, the penalties go up as you progress through the levels.
• At the higher levels, you can get a bonus by not making a mistake over a certain number of notes (for that level). If you can do this, then you can recover faster from those minor mistakes!

The source is located at my Source Forge project, GroboUtils.