Hops & Havoc#

They took our bar. We're taking their planet.

Hops & Havoc is a comedy-action universe about two middle-aged friends from a small North Carolina mountain town who pick a fight with craft breweries and discover that artisanal beer culture is the delivery system for an alien invasion.

What begins as a neighborhood feud grows into a planetary resistance led by:

Doug Walker, an action-movie disciple who never mentally left 1989.
Jerry Collins, a practical repairman and vindicated conspiracy theorist.
B.A.R.R.Y., a self-aware brewery AI with no patience for organic life.

This repository is the canonical source of truth for fiction, comics, games, the website, visual development, and merchandise.

Start Here#

Project Areas#

Area	Purpose
`docs/`	Canon, continuity, reference material, and approved ideas
`stories/`	Narrative framework and future prose/comic projects
`game/`	Franchise-level game design and adaptation rules
`website/`	Public website strategy, content, and information architecture
`art/`	Visual language, character silhouettes, environments, and merchandise
`mobile_game/`	Independently versioned Flutter game repositories

Canon Policy#

Canon has three states:

Core canon: approved facts in docs/.
Project canon: details introduced in a released story or game that do not contradict core canon.
Proposal: concepts in docs/ideas.md or project planning files.

When documents conflict, the World Bible and Master Timeline take precedence. Any continuity change must update all affected cross-references in the same commit.

Creative Rules#

Comedy comes from sincere people handling absurd events seriously.
Never wink at the audience or apologize for the premise.
Target balance: 70% comedy, 20% action, 10% emotional depth.
Doug and Jerry may be foolish, but they are never disposable fools.
Barry is usually correct and still manages to be unbearable.
The Hop Collective believes it is improving Earth.
Every escalation should preserve the importance of Randy's Tavern.

Naming Conventions#

Use stable reference IDs in planning documents:

Characters: CHAR-###
Factions: FAC-###
Locations: LOC-###
Artifacts: ART-###
Enemies: ENM-###
Timeline stories: STORY-##

IDs are permanent even if display names change.