Kaboom Kola
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| 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.”