Serendipity Soda

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Serendipity Soda

Type	Vending Machine
Family	Map Furniture (Interactive)
Brand	Catastropop™ (Endtimes Bottling Co.)
Product	Serendipity Soda™ (Clover Citrus)
Tagline	“Where RNG means Really Nice Gifts.”
Interact range	16 units
On-screen prompt	Press [E] to get lucky for {cost}
Interact time	Instant
Cooldown	None
Cost formula	500 * (luck * (uses+1))
Rounding	round(cost / 50) * 50 (to nearest 50)
Scaling vars	Luck stat; uses
Effect	Increases Luck by +1.
Effect expression	luck += 1
Limits	Max 10 uses (then machine shows “Out of order”)
Sounds	sndBuy, sndPowerDrink
System hooks	Interacts with Mystery Box (reduces relocation risk, improves weighted rolls)
Appears on	All current maps
First appearance	DEAD (v1.0)
Notes	Becomes progressively more expensive as Luck and uses rise.

Serendipity Soda

“Where RNG means Really Nice Gifts.”

Overview

The Serendipity Soda machine dispenses Catastropop’s Clover Citrus, boosting the player’s Luck stat by +1 per purchase. Unlike health vending machines, Serendipity Soda has a hard cap of ten uses.

Mechanics

• Interact range: 16 units (proximity check).
• Prompt: Press [E] to get lucky for {cost}.
• Interaction time: Instant.
• Effect: Increases the player’s Luck by +1 per purchase.
• Limit: After 10 uses, the machine is disabled and shows Out of order.
• Audio: Plays sndBuy and sndPowerDrink.

Cost

• Base formula:

 `cost = 500 * (luck * (uses + 1))`  

• Rounding:

 `cost = round(cost / 50) * 50` → always a multiple of 50.  

• Scaling:

 Cost increases with both the player’s current Luck and the number of times the machine has been used.

Strategy

• Early purchases are relatively cheap; later uses scale into thousands of points.
• Best bought before rolling the Mystery Box, since higher Luck reduces the risk of the box relocating and increases chance of upgrades.
• Complements the Spare Ribs machine — survivability + reliability combined.
• Hitting max Luck (+10) is a badge of honour in long runs.

Trivia

• Internally nicknamed the “Gacha Machine.”
• “Clover Citrus” was a joke flavour added after a late-night dev session and stuck.