BrewBorn brings a unique twist to the survival shooter genre by casting players as sentient beverage characters fighting waves of hostile button enemies. Created by Max Posthumus, this HTML5 game combines roguelike progression with caffeinated combat mechanics.

Choose Your Beverage

The game features six distinct beverage classes, each with unique combat characteristics:

• Water: Balanced damage and HP with enhanced upgrade effectiveness (1.5x multiplier)
• Tea: High damage (30) with piercing shots but slower attack speed
• Coffee: Explosive area damage targeting multiple enemies with increased HP
• Lemonade: Rapid-fire low damage for sustained DPS
• Energy Drink: Triple-shot spread attacks for crowd control
• Wine: Homing projectiles with extended range and bullet speed

Wave-Based Progression

Enemies spawn in escalating waves with increasing difficulty:

• Health Scaling: Enemy HP increases 10% per wave
• Speed Ramping: Movement speed increases 0.2 per wave
• Spawn Rate: Enemy spawn frequency increases each wave
• Strong Variants: Red enemies appear from wave 3 with double HP and size

Upgrade System

Between waves, players gain experience from defeating enemies (3x multiplier) and can choose from randomized upgrades:

• Damage: Increase attack power
• Shot Cooldown: Faster firing rate
• Bullet Speed: Projectile velocity
• Speed: Character movement
• Range: Attack radius

The Water class receives enhanced upgrade effectiveness, making it ideal for min-maxers who want to optimize their build progression.

Technical Implementation

BrewBorn demonstrates solid HTML5 game development practices:

• Canvas Rendering: 1200×800 game area with efficient 2D graphics
• Web Audio: Contextual sound effects for shooting, hits, and level progression
• Auto-targeting: Intelligent enemy acquisition within range
• Visual Feedback: Range indicators, health bars, and effect animations

The game uses a classic arcade structure with restart functionality and persistent scoring, making it perfect for quick gameplay sessions.

Coffee Shop Combat

The setting transforms familiar beverage archetypes into combatants, creating an unexpectedly engaging premise. Whether you prefer the methodical approach of Tea’s piercing shots or the chaotic energy of Energy Drink’s spread fire, each class offers distinct tactical possibilities.

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Experience the caffeinated chaos of beverage-based survival combat!