Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud () is a roguelike strategy game from Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company () and Mica Team. It is a spin-off from Girls' Frontline, released for public beta on September 23, 2021.
The protagonist is a professor who leads a group of dolls called "The Exiles" that look very similar to humans, but live in a digital world called Magrasea.
Gameplay
Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud uses two gameplay modes: Auto-chess and roguelike. It also features elements of simulation development. The professor, the protagonist character, needs to lead the dolls to fight against enemies called "Sanctifiers". The battle is organized as an auto-chess combat. Thus, players cannot control the characters directly in battle, but they can use a variety of methods to provide support.
Plot
The story of the Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud takes place four years before the main storyline of Girls' Frontline and tells the story of the development of the "Neural Cloud" system used to back up the minds of "Tactical Dolls" in Girls' Frontline. The world view of the story is related to Girls' Frontline, but it is also relatively independent.
In 2045, due to the intensified conflicts between countries, the Third World War broke out and ended 6 years later. After the war, a large number of areas in the world were polluted by Collapse radiation. The demand for the utilization and development of polluted areas directly promoted the advancement of machine and artificial intelligence technology.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girl's Frontline Neural Cloud. Android. 2021-09-23. In Game Built-in encyclopedia entry "World War III"
In 2053, veteran Kryuger founded Griffin Military Security Contractors.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girl's Frontline Neural Cloud. Android. 2021-09-23. In Game Built-in encyclopedia entry "Griffin" In the same year, quantum technology research institution 42Lab and IOP Company reached an in-depth cooperation in the field of Dolls research to jointly develop the next generation of "Dolls", It is the collective name for a specific type of robots that were developed in 2033. They are androids that look very similar to humans and are extremely intelligent.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Cloud Atlas. Android. 2021-09-23. The entry "Dolls" in the built-in encyclopedia.
In 2057, 42Lab launched the "Neural Cloud" project, which aims to upload the neural data of Dolls to the super cloud server "Magrasea " for backup, and select various Dolls to participate in the project through cooperation with major companies and research institutions.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2021-09-23. The entry "Project Neural Cloud" in the built-in encyclopedia However, in 2060, when 42Lab conducted its first large-scale formal test and uploaded the Dolls minds to the cloud, an accident known as the "Wipe-off Incident" occurred, The Incident displaced the Neural Cloud Sector and disconnected all participating Dolls' neural clouds from their bodies, scattering them into unknown locations in the "Magrasea".Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Cloud Atlas. Android. 2021-09-23. The entry "Wipe-off Incident" in the built-in encyclopedia
In 2063, the player plays the role of Griffin's commander. Entrusted by Dr. Persica, he borrows the authority and identity of the Professor, the leader of the "Project Neural Cloud", to upload his consciousness to the "Magrasea" cloud server, retrieve all lost Dolls' neural cloud, and explore the truth behind the Neural Cloud Project.
Lore
Project Neural Cloud
In 2057, A research project that was spearheaded by 42Lab. With the goal of lowering costs in Doll manufacturing by creating back ups of their Neural clouds, ultimately preserving their data even when their Bodies are damaged. This Project is run with Magrasea's support. Collaborating with many large corporations, to qualify, Dolls are selected through public screening along with other methods to participate. Trials officially began in 2060, when the Dolls' neural clouds were uploaded en masse to Magrasea for experimentations.
Wipe-off Incident
This was a major incident that occurred during an official test run of Project Neural Cloud. The event displaced the Neural Cloud Sector along with disconnecting all participating Dolls' neural clouds from their physical mechanical bodies, effectively scattering them into unknown locations all over the Magrasea.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-6-1. The entry "Wipe-off Incident" in the built-in encyclopedia
Magrasea
Was first conceptualized In 2053 by 42Lab. Magrasea is a super cloud server that was fully developed and entered into public service in 2057. Utilizing 42Lab's Cutting edge AI technology, the AI programs in Magrasea, are identified as "Resident Agents", these help the users with different tasks like hi-efficiency cloud computing, data processing etc. along with the "Sanctifiers" safeguarding the server by providing effective and comprehensive protection. From large corporations, to government, to single individuals can all rent Magrasea's services for data processing and other operations in the corresponding sectors within the server.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-30. The entry "Magrasea" in the built-in encyclopedia
42 Lab
An AI and quantum technology research institute that emerged when AI and robotics became all the rage. 42 Lab's headquarters used to be in Maryland, USA until they relocated to Eastern Europe after WWIII. The institute specializes in 4 scientific disciplines mainly: bionic autonomous Doll body, AI and neural cloud, quantum communications and quantum computing.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-30. The entry "42 Lab" in the built-in encyclopedia
Sectors
Developed by 42 Lab. these are the units that constitute the Magrasea super cloud server. Different types of data from myriads of Corporations are stored in the different sectors within Magrasea . Each individual sector has a different function from the other and stores the corresponding data type, along with "Resident Agents" within each that carry out the corresponding tasks, Due to the differences in the type of data stored within each sector, it manifest in a variety of manners. Ultimately making each sector unique. In human terms, the sectors in Magrasea look like individual city-states.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-30. The entry "Sector" in the built-in encyclopedia
Oasis
The Oasis is a sector opened by the Professor(player) using the privileges as the person-in-charge of Project Neural Cloud. It is also serves as the operation base and home of the Exiles within Magrasea. Because of the joint efforts of the Professor and the Exiles, the Oasis is thriving and growing.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-30. The entry "Oasis" in the built-in encyclopedia
Exiles
Due to an incident that occurred during a test, the neural clouds of the Dolls who took part in Project Neural Cloud got scattered across the Magrasea super cloud server. When the Dolls in their neural cloud form reawakened after a three-year hibernation, found themselves being hunted down by the Sanctifiers. The Professor(player) entrusted by Dr. Perscia came to Magrasea, in search for the Dolls' neural clouds, under his/her leadership with the aide of Persicaria and the other Dolls They eventually gathered, forming a faction known as the "Exiles" . Their aim is to explore this unknown virtual world, search for resources necessary for survival, and to find away back to the real world.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-30. The entry "Exiles" in the built-in encyclopedia
Sanctifier
Are anti-virus AI programs created by 42Lab with the task of Cyber security maintenance within all of Magrasea, Operating in a strict Hierarchy, they are divided into Greater, Intermediate, and Lesser ranks, unquestioningly obeying orders issued by the humans. The Greater Sanctifiers are stationed within a surveillance tower called "Reverse Babylon Tower", overlooking all of Magrasea and keeping it safe, Intermediate Sanctifiers follow commands issued by Greater Sanctifiers tasked in preventing anomalies from occurring within the different sectors, while the Lesser Sanctifiers have low Intelligence and will only comply with the instructions from the Greater and Intermediate Sanctifiers along with their Base Commands in purging viral programs and anomalous Agents that Pose a threat to the Sectors' order and integrity within Magrasea.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Sanctifier" in the built-in encyclopedia
Agent
The term "Agent" refers to all AI programs within Magrasea, including the Resident Agents that process data in each Sector, the Sanctifiers-that serves as Magrasea's Antivirus programs, as wells as Dolls, whose neural clouds have been digitized and uploaded to Magrasea for Project Neural Cloud, etc.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Agent" in the built-in encyclopedia
Irregular Agents
Are the Sanctifiers' targets, which they refer to as "Daemons". Generally speaking, Irregular Agents can be categorized into two types; actual viruses and Agents that have developed abnormal behaviors. Since the Dolls who were forced out of the Neural Cloud Sector from the Wipe-off Incident. do not bear signatures matching the sector they are occupying, this constitutes as "abnormal behavior" in the Sanctifiers' book and renders them as targets to be hunted down.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Irregular Agents" in the built-in encyclopedia
Dolls
Officially known as "bionic autonomous Dolls for civilian use", Dolls are androids with a strong physical resemblance to humans and are equipped with sophisticated AI that can be applied to different lines of work.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Dolls" in the built-in encyclopedia
Neural Cloud
A collection of data modules that contain a Doll's consciousness. Basically functioning as a Doll's "soul".Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Neural Cloud" in the built-in encyclopedia
Neural Cloud Projections
The visual manifestation of a Doll in Magrasea. Since neural clouds within the Magrasea are incorporeal, a Doll's Neural Cloud Projection is determined and based on their neural data. Depending on the situation, clothing, objects, and even pets from the real world can be rendered and projected. By collecting Neural fragments and completing a Doll's neural cloud, their Neural Cloud Projection can be refined.Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company & Mica Team- Girls' Frontline: Project Neural Cloud. Android. 2024-5-31. The entry "Neural Cloud Projection" in the built-in encyclopedia
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