Serendipity Soda
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| 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.