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[[File:PNC Icon 2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The poster girl for the game is the Doll [[Persicaria]].]]
'''Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud''' or '''Neural Cloud''', known as 少女前线：云图计划 or 云图计划 in Simplified Chinese, 雲圖計劃 in Traditional Chinese, 뉴럴 클라우드 in Korean, and ニューラルクラウド in Japanese, is a roguelike strategy game from [[Sunborn]] and a spin-off to [[Girls' Frontline]]. The player, as [[the Professor]], must lead a group of Dolls called the Exiled in a digital world called [[Magrasea]] and save them from deletion by the [[Sanctifier]]s. Each Doll has their own abilities, upgrade them and build their base. Certain Dolls in Neural Cloud share their identity with characters from Girls' Frontline.
'''Main Article: [[PNC:Doll Index]]'''
In comparison to [[Girls' Frontline]], the characters of Project Neural Cloud are given their own names instead of being based off of their weapons.
The link above has the complete list of every character that is currently released in the CN server.
Three characters in beta files are not in the final game: [[Lancet]], [[Naka]] and [[Yotsuba]].
===Returning characters===
**[[Lam]] as {{doll name|LWMMG|MG|2}}
**[[Lind]] as {{doll name|AA-12|SG|5}}
*Unconfirmed or only hinted as the same Doll:
**[[Souchun]] as {{doll name|Type 64|SMG|2}}
**[[Yelena]] as {{doll name|RMB-93|SG|3}}
==Gameplay==
Project Neural Cloud is an automated strategy game with roguelike elements. Unlike Girls' Frontline, most of the game is in 3D.
The player takes the role of [[the Professor]] as they journey through the sectors of the [[Magrasea]], battling enemies through the command of Dolls that can be upgraded for them to get stronger. The player owns a base called the Oasis which gives them supplies such as {{Icon|Diggcoin}} Diggcoins (the game's currency) and {{Icon|Prefab Unit}} Prefab Units (base upgrade material and used for certain factory productions).
===Dolls===
The units available to the player are Dolls, human-like androids created for specific jobs. Specifically, the characters in the game are the virtual representation of the Dolls in the Magrasea superserver based on their [[Neural Cloud]]. Unlike in [[Girls' Frontline]], few Dolls in Neural Cloud qualify as [[Tactical Doll]]s.
Doll quality (also called "rarity") initially ranges from one to three stars. Each Doll belongs to one of five classes(called "Vocations" in-game): Guard, Sniper, Warrior, Medic and Specialist. There are 18 attributes used in combat for each Doll:
*Max HP: Can be affected during Exploration
*ATK: Damage caused by normal attacks and certain skills
*Injury Mitigation: Percentage reduction to incoming damage
*Healing Effect: Percentage bonus to heals delivered
Moreover, each Doll has three skills: a passive skill, an auto skill, and an ultimate skill. The Intimacy level of Dolls increase through battle or with gifts, gaining attribute buffs and new personal information up to level 15. Costumes are called "Projections" in this game. Alternate Projections of a Doll's base artwork are unlocked with Neural Expansions while themed costumes must be bought in the shop with Projection Vouchers which are bought with Quartz or acquired through certain in-game rewards.
Passive and Auto Skills can also be enhanced by spending Skill Samples from levels 1 to 7, and needing Skill Pivots from levels 8 to 10.
After clearing Stage 3-4, Dolls can be further modified with Algorithms which provide further attribute bonuses and special effects (this is similar to the Chips of [[Heavy Ordnance Corps]] in Girls' Frontline). Each Doll has Offense, Stability, and Special Algorithms Slots organized in patterns of 2×4 rectangles (some Slots must be unlocked through Neural Expansion and Potential Breakthrough).
Each Algorithm comes in a 1x2 or a 1x1 shape. Both shapes increase one Main Attribute but the 1x2 has two Substats, while the 1x1 only has one Substat. Algorithms are stored in the Algorithm Warehouse and can be equipped in available Slots. Moreover, Algorithms of purple and orange quality come in Algorithm Sets, and activate Set Effects when used at the same time. The Main Attribute of assigned Algorithms is made more effective by enhancing the Doll's Algorithm Efficiency at a max of 2.0x and is increased by using Algorithm Boosters or spending unneeded Algorithms (Algorithms can also be Decomposed to make materials used in the Processing plant building). Algorithm substats can also increase up to orange quality and are acquired/rerolled through the use of Reconfiguration Generators or with another Algorithm of the same type and slot.
The player starts with five Dolls: [[Persicaria]], [[Sol]], [[Croque]], [[Fresnel]], and [[Mai]]. More Dolls can be acquired through the Neural Search gacha (requires the Search Terminal building). Basic Search is performed with Basic Search Commands that are produced in the Oasis and mostly yields [[PNC Items|items]] rather than Dolls. Advanced Search, on the other hand, uses Advanced Search Commands that are bought from the shop or acquired from in-game rewards and includes a pity system of one 3-star Doll guaranteed every 60 searches with the rateup doll being redeemable at 180 searches. In the Advanced Search at launch, 1-star Dolls have a combined drop rate of 78.4%, 2-stars 18% and 3-stars 3.6%.
===Battle===
Entering battle and claiming battle clear rewards require Keys which are replenished at a rate of 12 keys per hour at an initial cap of 150 keys and increased to 250 at Cognition Level 30.
Most stages are either Battles of Endurance or Explorations. At the start of a stage, the player sets a team of up to 5 main Dolls and 3 reserves which cannot be changed during the level (with the exception of certain event stages). The player is presented with random "[[PNC Functions|Functions]]" to choose from as they progress in stage, buffing certain unit types. "Protocols" are random stage-wide modifiers that can either be Positive, Neutral, or Negative. Battle of Endurance stages are simple back-to-back battles with an option to heal every other battle.
During Exploration stages, the player navigates branching paths of events which are: "Conflict Zones" (battles of various difficulties), "Function Libraries" and "Anomaly Areas" (free functions and random events), "Trading Areas" (a market for Functions, Protocols, and One-time use Ultimate Skills), "Recovery Areas" (healing), and a final battle against a boss in the "Output Terminal" at the end of each layer. Exploration ends when all layers in the level are completed. Similar to the Normal and Emergency stages in Girls' Frontline, story chapters have a Standard and Dark Realm version. Endless Exploration is unlocked when all Standard stages of an area are cleared. Playing this mode yields various rewards and Strategic Blueprints that enable the use of Procedural Efficiency Nodes to receive further bonuses when playing story stages.
Battles take place on boards made of hexagonal tiles. The player units start on the leftmost rows of the board and can be swapped before the battle starts to match enemy placement and take advantage of tiles with special effects. During battle, the player's units will move and choose their targets on their own. Player actions are limited to spending Tactical Energy to use Tactical Skills and choosing when to use a unit's ultimate skill. After a certain time in battle, Battlefield Overload will occur and multiply the effect of attacks while reducing the effects of heals and shields, becoming more and more drastic as the battle drags on.
===Base building===
'''Main Articles: [[Oasis Menu]], [[PNC Dormitory]] and [[PNC Factory]]'''
The player's base in the Oasis menu unlocks new functions such as the Neural Search and the Factory. expanded resources storage, and increased currencies production. A Miscellaneous building called the Weather Simulator can be used to simulate real time weather in certain parts of the world (thought though it is unknown how accurate it is).
Like Girls' Frontline, the base includes a Dormitory system (now in 3D) in the shape of a Honeycomb. Each room can be decorated with furniture to improve their Habitability (or Comfort) level up to 10 with each level providing certain benefits.
The Factory unlocked after Stage 3-6 can produce various resources in a set amount of time (or instantly with Energizers) by spending Data acquired in battle and other resources with new order types unlocked by progressing in the story. At first, only two orders can be placed in the Factory at a time and only the Extraction Mine (Oasis and Factory materials) and the Supplies Workshop (Dolls enhancement materials) are available. The Gift Workshop (Gifts) is unlocked at Stage 3-12 and the Data Encapsulation Center (Breakthrough and Skill materials) at Stage 4-14.
==Story==
When "the Professor" enters Magrasea, they find that the Dolls of Project Neural Cloud have been expelled from their original sector during the Wipe-off Incident and have been designated Irregular Agents by the [[Sanctifier]]s who aim to destroy them. To shelter the Dolls now calling themselves the Exiles, the real Professor created a new sector called the Oasis and built the Sandbox Barrier to protect them as they searched for a way back to the real world.
===Teaser trailer message===
“Life's shape rings through the prayers of the lost. Human knowledge is not the only thing that can perceive it. Lack of order does not mean chaos, fiction does not always mean falsehood. To forsake one's life in desperation, in the hidden paths of return, rings the prayers of the lost.”
===Social media posts===
File:Neural Cloud Persica email.jpg|Persica's email.
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===ARG===
File:NeursoulCocoon.jpg|NeursoulCocoon.jpg
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==Music==
Vanguard Sound remains Sunborn's music partners for Neural Cloud.
==Development history==
File:PNC Promo Christmas 2022.jpg|Christmas 2022.
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==Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ5O8sWyfFI Developers interview (Official English)]
*[https://gamepress.gg/girlsfrontline/project-neural-cloud-pre-release-background-lore Pre-release Lore translation]
==References==