History VideoGame / GirlCafeGun

* DeflectorShields: Your squad has a collective shield meter in gameplay that takes damage before health, determined by the Dresses' shield stat. So long as you don't take damage after a few seconds, it'll regenerate.

* PunchClockVillain: While the [[RedBaron Four Swords of Grace]] act as the GreaterScopeVillain for most of the campaign's story, Leraje and Forneus in particular show up in a few event stories and mess around in mostly harmless ways.
** In the ''Born Shopaholic'' event story, Riina gets this treatment too in trying to harass Squad 08's girls, only to get ignored in favor of shopping and even have her baozi snack taken like she's thin air. Not even fighting made the girls acknowledge her existence.

** An achievement for raising your account level is called "[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Savior of the Century's End]]". Very fitting for a protagonist who's also fighting for humanity's sake in a desolate urban landscape.

** They also come in ColorCodedElements: Biological = Red, Psionic = Green, Mechanical = Blue, Immune = Yellow, and Erosive = Purple.

** The 2023 anniversary event has their roadblocks loaded with references taken from other games and popular media. One example is that of a blue crystal standing in your way accompanied by the words [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV "Hear... feel... think..."]]
* StatusEffects: Debuffs can universally happen to both the girls and their enemies. These can be countered by having passive skills that grant resistance to specified debuffs. Notably, each Character Card resists one type of debuff that applies only to the '''individual, not the entire team''', unless they say otherwise (cards with the Sync feature often have this when it's upgraded).

* VisualNovel: The storytelling uses this format, with some multiple dialogues that the player can choose from to elicit different trains of dialogue or reactions from characters, but are otherwise linear plot-wise.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The game has several moments where characters argue over this, such as [[spoiler:the Brains-in-Jars in the campaign story]] or Irene protesting the overly cruel way humans put down Alphas.

* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: When you manage your teams, each Character Card can have up to three Support Positions you unlock [[RelationshipValues for every 10 Affection Levels of the girl featured on the card.]] These slots let you put in other cards to serve as StatSticks.

* GottaCatchEmAll: But not so much the girls as their offshoot character cards. All of Squad 08 eventually becomes playable as their lowest-rarity cards as you progress through the campaign, but higher-tier cards have to be rolled for in the gacha and are far more effective than their low-rarity counterparts (as long as you promote them) in gameplay. This is played straight and also applies to firearms.

* StylishProtectionGear: I'''o'''nus '''T'''actical '''E'''quipment, or [[FunWithAcronyms O.T.E.]] as they're referred to in-universe. If anything, it's easier to count what clothes would be fit for combat over the rest that qualify more for an UnlimitedWardrobe. The latter is justified by the Manager's insulation power and that the dresses are likely high-tech O.T.E. too, thus allowing the girls to stay protected from Ionus radiation either way.

* GirlsWithGuns: The main draw of the game, being a ScienceFiction DatingSim.

* ArbitraryEquipmentRestriction: Each card is only allowed to equip a single type from the [[StandardFPSGuns five firearm types available]]:

** [[SpamAttack Auto Rifles]] have a high rate of fire that leads to raised chances of afflicting a debuff.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: There are two types of [[AlienInvaders Alphas]]: the mindless "low-order" species that are animalistic, and their [[SubvertedTrope human-looking]] "high-order" leaders, including the Four Swords of Grace and whatever higher-ups commanding them.

* StatusEffects: Debuffs can universally happen to both the girls and their enemies. These can be countered by having passive skills that grant resistance to specified debuffs. Notably, all Character Cards resist ''one'' type of debuff that applies to the ''entire team'', so take that into account in team creations.

** Weaken reduces attacks by 50%, though it does not affect fatal damage.

* UrbanFantasy: Besides the ApocalypseHow, most of the story takes place on [[CityOnTheWater Princess Island]] and the Ionus-radiated ruins of [[{{Mordor}} the mainland]], where humans have advanced themselves through utilizing [[AppliedPhlebotinum Ionus]] and Ionus-enhanced individuals using PsychicPowers become prominent throughout the story.

* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: Each Character Card has two stats: Health and Shield. Your shields are the collective sum of your cards' shield stats, are the first to deplete when getting hit in battle, and eventually regenerate when left alone without taking damage; using skills (often from Medics) or picking up item drops from killing enemies can instantly recharge it by a set amount. Your health, however, is exclusive to each girl, does not regenerate after taking hits once your shields are down, and unless you have a Medic that has a skill which recovers health, you won't find any health pickups for recovery, permanently knocking out the girl should their bar hit '0'. The others who still have HP can still fight, but at vastly reduced firepower from their missing team members.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Soshi Mizuki, an intelligent robot known as the Type-95 Torpedo that later obtained a humanoid body, and later the playable Aniya Jung, an AI-based android.

* {{Cap}}: All character cards reach a limit of Level 70, can Limit Break for three times, and go through Awakening (skill upgrade) until they reach twelve points by fusing card duplicates and Gestalt Trainers. This upgrade system is mostly the same for Weapons which have their own upgrade materials.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: There are five Attributes that deal 50% more damage and take 50% less damage when matched against those they are effective against; the first three Attributes are '''Biological > Psionic > Mechanical > Biological''', while the last two are '''Immune and Erosive''', which deal more damage to each other but take no bonus damage from their own Attributes.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Every character card is classed into Firepower, Assault, Defense, Support, and Medic based on their skills.

* StatusEffects: Debuffs can universally happen to both the girls and their enemies. These can be countered by having passive skills that grant resistance to specified debuffs.

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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: [[AlienInvaders The Alphas of the Otherworld]], and their leaders, the Four Swords of Grace, although there is likely a higher command guiding them.

* StylishProtectionGear: [=IOnus=] Protection Gear, or [[FunWithAcronyms O.T.E.]] as they're referred to in-universe. If anything, it's easier to count what clothes would be fit for combat over the rest that qualify more for an UnlimitedWardrobe. The latter is justified by the Manager's insulation power and that the dresses are likely high-tech O.T.E. too, thus allowing the girls to stay protected from Ionus radiation either way.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ionus. In spite of its dangers, many organizations such as R.o.S.E. and JUDAS use it in many applications, most notably [[StylishProtectionGear O.T.E.]]. In the case of Yuki, Moon, and the Alphas, Ionus is used as a supernatural power.

The year is [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 20XX]]. Seven gigantic crystals that would later come to be known as SOLOMON suddenly fell to Earth all around the world. These crystals, named [[GreenRocks "Ionus"]], [[ToxicPhlebotinum polluted the environment around them into inhospitable wastelands]] within weeks and turned countless irradiated people into [[ZombieApocalypse berserk monstrosities spreading the plague]] until humanity was forced into fortified safe havens. It was only afterwards that [[AppliedPhlebotinum Ionus]] was found to be a mineral so advanced it sees everyday use in nearly all facets of present-day human society from currency to cutting-edge technology.

Of these havens, [[CityOnTheWater Princess Island]] is a {{Utopia}} supervised by Ro's Strategy Equipment ([[FunWithAcronyms R.o.S.E.]]) [[MegaCorp Corp]], guarded by elite soldiers called Battlefield Processors, and where the story starts. You, the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Manager]], are one of its citizens who runs a café and leader of Battlefield Processor Squad 08 (all of whom are girls) that defends what is left of humanity and spearheads the effort to take back Earth from Ionus, and their source, the [[AlienInvasion Alphas]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: As stated in the description above, the setting takes place on real-life Earth in the [[YearX year 20XX]] where human society more or less would have been in TheNewTwenties were it not for Ionus, as evidenced by mentions of still-existing countries like North America and East Asia in the girls' Shared Moments. Ironically, it is also because of Ionus that human technology makes a leap as we see InUniverse.

''Girl Cafe Gun'' is a real-time ActionRPG [[GachaGames gacha]] mobile game with VisualNovel and DatingSim elements, developed by Chinese developer Seasun Inc. and published by Bilibili. It once had a previous version that was released by the developer back in 2016 and was shut down in 2020. First released in China's mainland on September 19th, 2019 on the iOS and September 21st on Android, shortly followed by publisher Marvelous on September 22nd, 2019 (however, the JP servers closed down on August 31st, 2021), then in Taiwan Province by Komoe Game on March 16th, 2020. A Korean release was published by BILIBILI HK for Korea on July 15th, 2020. The English release had a first version also published by BILIBILI HK on July 6th, 2021 on the App Store, with the second and official version released on September 9th, 2021.

* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: Each Character Card has two stats: Health and Shield. Your shields are the collective sum of your cards' shield stats, are the first to deplete when getting hit in battle, and eventually regenerate when left alone without taking damage; using skills (often from Medics) or picking up item drops from killing enemies can instantly recharge it by a set amount. Your health, however, is exclusive to each girl, does not regenerate after taking hits once your shields are down, and unless you have a Medic that has a skill which recovers health, it will not regenerate and permanently knock out the girl should their bar hit '0'.

* {{Mordor}}: The mainland for the most part. See ApocalypseHow above.
* MultinationalTeam: The girls of Squad 08 all have different nationalities (which is listed only on the [[https://girlcafegun.wiki/ official wiki]] rather than in-game, but even without it being mentioned they clearly come from different races and cultures) such as Irene being French and carrying a [[CrucialCross cross necklace]], Wuxia, Wuyou, and Xiaozhen being Chinese, and [[HumanoidAbomination Nola]] (supposedly) being Hungarian.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: [[AlienInvaders The Alphas]], and their leaders, the Four Swords of Grace, although there is likely a higher command guiding them.

* HyperactiveSprite: ''Every'' named character, bar a few exceptions that later get updates, are live sprites with moving mouths for voiced dialogues. The girls of Squad 08 in particular have the most played-prompted actions, which is expected since players will be interacting with them the most.

* StatusEffects
* StylishProtectionGear: [=IOnus=] Protection Gear, or [[FunWithAcronyms O.T.E.]] as they're referred to in-universe. If anything, it's easier to count what clothes would be fit for combat over the rest that qualify more for an UnlimitedWardrobe. Justified by the Manager's insulation power and that the dresses are likely high-tech O.T.E. too, thus allowing the girls to stay protected from Ionus radiation either way.

* BadassAdorable: [[ChildProdigy Eksistere]], [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Soshi, and Aniya]] to name a few examples.

The game would later [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down]] on May 26, 2023, around half a month after its official social media accounts announced it would no longer get any new updates.

** Chosen an option from a dialogue branch in a story scene, but wanting to try out all the other options? You can always return to the story stage and press the skip button, which will skip straight past the dialogue you've already seen but always stop at dialogue branches. Options you already chose have their boxes colored blue, so go for the white ones!

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Like in most of today's gacha-heavy games, the featured banner has a pity system that nets you a guaranteed UR-rarity Dress after every 50 pulls, while the normal banner carries over previous pulls for its own pity system.
** Once training sessions in the café's courtyard have finished, there is a button at the bottom left of the screen that recalls all girls at once, saving you the need to check them out one at a time.