Kaboom Kola

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Kaboom Kola

Type	Vending Machine
Family	Map Furniture (Interactive)
Brand	Catastropop™ (Endtimes Bottling Co.)
Product	Kaboom Kola™ (Spicy Cherry)
Tagline	“Put more bang in your bite.”
Interact range	16 units
On-screen prompt	Press [E] to upgrade damage for {cost}
Interact time	Instant
Cooldown	None
Cost formula	1000 * (perks.damage + 1)
Rounding	round(cost / 25) * 25 (to nearest 25)
Scaling vars	Current Damage perk (same as uses)
Effect	Increases Damage perk by +1 (applies to all weapons)
Effect expression	perks.damage += 1
Limits	No explicit max set (practically capped by cost curve)
Stacks?	Yes (linear scaling)
Sounds	sndBuy, sndPowerDrink
System hooks	Spawns drink entity (sHandlingDrink); consumes Score
Appears on	All current maps
First appearance	DEAD (v1.0)
Notes	Internal drink sprite currently uses sHandlingDrink.

Kaboom Kola

“Put more bang in your bite.”

Overview

Kaboom Kola is Catastropop’s Spicy Cherry energy soda, designed to increase all weapon damage. Each purchase boosts the player’s Damage perk by +1, making every shot pack more punch regardless of the weapon.

Mechanics

• Interact range: 16 units.
• Interaction: Instant; spawns a drink entity (currently using `sHandlingDrink`).
• Scaling: Cost increases with each Damage perk level.
• Audio: sndBuy on purchase, sndPowerDrink on drink.

Cost

• Formula: `cost = 1000 * (perks.damage + 1)`
• Rounding: `cost = round(cost / 25) * 25`

Effect

• Per purchase: `perks.damage += 1`
• Global buff: All weapons benefit from the increased damage perk.
• Stacking: Linear — each point applies equally across all weapons.

Strategy

• Core perk: Strong early investment; fewer bullets per kill = more points earned.
• Synergy: Great alongside the Beastinator, multiplying gains from weapon evolutions.
• Scaling cost: Gets expensive fast, so balance it against survivability perks like health or speed.

Trivia

• The internal sprite is currently called `sHandlingDrink`, since the damage and handling sprites were swapped in development. The team felt the art fit better the other way around, but the sprite names were never renamed.
• “Kaboom Kola” beat out dev jokes like “Cherry Pain Punch” and “Overkill Orange.”