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''Synergia'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the story was released July 27, 2020. It is [[https://tophatstudios.itch.io/synergia currently available]] on itch.io, [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ as well as]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

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''Synergia'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the story was released July 27, 2020. It is [[https://tophatstudios.itch.io/synergia currently available]] on itch.io, [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ as well as]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
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** [[spoiler: Also Val hates the genocidal and supremacist empire and plans to destroy them, via genocide of their people and also abandoning the "inferior" prior generation androids. Cila immediatly calls him out on having the same philosophy. The hypocrisy potentially goes deeper than that as the epilogue chapter implies he is a hybrid fourth generation model who learns via net connections rather than human learning methods, making him more like the very androids he derided as non-sapient than his sisters.

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** [[spoiler: Also Val hates the genocidal and supremacist empire and plans to destroy them, via genocide of their people and also abandoning the "inferior" prior generation androids. Cila immediatly calls him out on having the same philosophy. The hypocrisy potentially goes deeper than that as the epilogue chapter implies he is a hybrid fourth generation model who learns via net connections rather than human learning methods, making him more like the very androids he derided as non-sapient than his sisters.]]
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** [[spoiler: Also Val hates the genocidal and supremacist empire and plans to destroy them, via genocide of their people and also abandoning the "inferior" prior generation androids. Cila immediatly calls him out on having the same philosophy. The hypocrisy potentially goes deeper than that as the epilogue chapter implies he is a hybrid fourth generation model who learns via net connections rather than human learning methods, making him more like the very androids he derided as non-sapient than his sisters.
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Cila, [[HardboiledDetective a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues]], expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique - if sometimes uneasy - bond.

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Cila, [[HardboiledDetective a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues]], expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights lights, and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient efficient, and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior exterior, and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds -- if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique - -- if sometimes uneasy - -- bond.






* CastOfSnowflakes: The store page boasts "20+ characters, all with interesting backgrounds and personalities deeply woven into the narrative".

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* CastOfSnowflakes: The store page boasts "20+ characters, all with interesting backgrounds and personalities deeply woven into the narrative".narrative."



* CompanionCube: Essentially what a lot of people use androids for as their personalities are simulated, not real. Amusingly, Cila turns off the vast majority of Claudia's companion features because while she uses her as one, she doesn't want her to be ''too'' human.

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* CompanionCube: Essentially what a lot of people use androids for as their personalities are simulated, not real. Amusingly, Cila turns off the vast majority of Claudia's Elaine's companion features because while she uses her as one, she doesn't want her to be ''too'' human.



* DeathOfPersonality: Claudia suffers one of these, returning her to her factory default, effectively killing her. It also forces Cila to "buy" Mara.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The severe social consequences and religious pressure of the Humanist Empire towards human/android pairings is similar to those that LGBT romances face.

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* DeathOfPersonality: Claudia Elaine suffers one of these, returning her to her factory default, effectively killing her. It also forces Cila to "buy" Mara.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The severe social consequences and religious pressure of the Humanist Empire towards human/android human / android pairings is similar to those that LGBT romances face.



* FreudianTrio: [[spoiler:Mara, Nina, and Anna]] are a trio of {{Hive Mind}}ed androids.

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* FreudianTrio: [[spoiler:Mara, [[spoiler: Mara, Nina, and Anna]] are a trio of {{Hive Mind}}ed androids.



* LaResistance: There's a rebel group opposing the empire that hide in the Yellow Ocean desert outside the empire's walls, known for hacking androids and provoking anti-machine sentiments.

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* LaResistance: There's a rebel group opposing the empire that hide in the Yellow Ocean desert outside the empire's walls, known for hacking androids androids, and provoking anti-machine sentiments.



* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Yoko, despite being on the heroes' side, lies every other time she opens her mouth. She also hides numerous plot details from Cila, even if it would actually get her to go along with their plans.]]
* {{Megacorp}}: Velta Laboratories is one, and it's just one of many.
* MultipleEndings: There is a Good Ending and a Bad Ending [[spoiler:with the primary difference being whether you escape the city with Mara or not]].

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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Yoko, [[spoiler: Yoko, despite being on the heroes' side, lies every other time she opens her mouth. She also hides numerous plot details from Cila, even if it would actually get her to go along with their plans.]]
* {{Megacorp}}: Velta Laboratories is one, and it's just one of many.
many.
* MultipleEndings: There is a Good Ending and a Bad Ending [[spoiler:with [[spoiler: with the primary difference being whether you escape the city with Mara or not]].



* RedOniBlueOni: Cila is a sour antisocial introvert while Mara is an excited emotional extrovert.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Cila is a sour antisocial introvert introvert, while Mara is an excited emotional extrovert.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Cila suffers PTSD and often wakes up screaming in the middle of the night,

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Cila suffers PTSD and often wakes up screaming in the middle of the night,night.



* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: 4th generation and above androids are increasingly human-like with their own thoughts and dreams. The Humanist Empire finds this obscene but market forces continues to push the technology forward.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mara [[spoiler:and her sisters]].

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: 4th generation and above androids are increasingly human-like with their own thoughts and dreams. The Humanist Empire finds this obscene obscene, but market forces continues continue to push the technology forward.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mara [[spoiler:and [[spoiler: and her sisters]].
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* FreudianTrio: [[spoiler:Mara, Nina, and Anna]] are a trio of hive-minded androids.

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* FreudianTrio: [[spoiler:Mara, Nina, and Anna]] are a trio of hive-minded {{Hive Mind}}ed androids.
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* NotSoDifferent: The difference between humans, cyborgs, and androids is increasingly blurred.
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* {{Transgender}}: An interesting example with a robot boy that has a female personality implanted. The personality is aggressive, angry, and unhappy about their status as well as identifies as female.
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* CompanionCube: Essentially what a lot of people use androids for as their personalities are simulated not real. Amusingly, Cila turns off the vast majority of Claudia's companion features because while she uses her as one, she doesn't want her to be ''too'' human.

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* CompanionCube: Essentially what a lot of people use androids for as their personalities are simulated simulated, not real. Amusingly, Cila turns off the vast majority of Claudia's companion features because while she uses her as one, she doesn't want her to be ''too'' human.



* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: The severe social consequences and religious pressure of the Humanist Empire towards human/android pairings is similar to those that LGBT romances face.

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* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The severe social consequences and religious pressure of the Humanist Empire towards human/android pairings is similar to those that LGBT romances face.



* FantasticRacism: Humanists (not the philosophical school) are a religion that believes androids are nonsapient and meant to serve humans. For the most part, they're right.
* FlatCharacter: What the majority of androids are supposed to be but Cila's encounters with them show that more advanced models have a lot more going on under the hood than most humans realize.

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* FantasticRacism: Humanists (not the philosophical school) are a religion that believes androids are nonsapient non-sapient and meant to serve humans. For the most part, they're right.
* FlatCharacter: What the majority of androids are supposed to be but be. However, Cila's encounters with them show that more advanced models have a lot more going on under the hood than most humans realize.



* FreudianTrio: Mara [[spoiler: Nina and Anna are all a trio of hive minded androids.]]

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* FreudianTrio: Mara [[spoiler: Nina [[spoiler:Mara, Nina, and Anna Anna]] are all a trio of hive minded hive-minded androids.]]



* {{Hypocrite}}: It is illegal for humans to sleep with androids but the Emperor keeps a vast harem of them.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: It is illegal for humans to sleep with androids androids, but the Emperor keeps a vast harem of them.



* LethalChef: A Downplayed Trope example with Mara who knows nothing about cooking.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Yoko, despite being on the heroes' side, lies every other time she opens her mouth. She also hides numerous plot details from Cila, even if it would actually get her to go along with their plans.]]
* {{Megacorp}}: Velta Laboratories is one and it's just one of many.
* MultipleEndings: There is a Good Ending and a Bad Ending [[spoiler: with the primary difference being whether you escape the city with Mara or not.]]

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* LethalChef: A Downplayed Trope example with Mara Mara, who knows nothing about cooking.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Yoko, [[spoiler:Yoko, despite being on the heroes' side, lies every other time she opens her mouth. She also hides numerous plot details from Cila, even if it would actually get her to go along with their plans.]]
* {{Megacorp}}: Velta Laboratories is one one, and it's just one of many.
* MultipleEndings: There is a Good Ending and a Bad Ending [[spoiler: with [[spoiler:with the primary difference being whether you escape the city with Mara or not.]]not]].



* ThoseTwoGuys: Kyle and Darla who are Cilia's unwanted "partners" assigned to her by corporate.
* {{Transgender}}: An interesting example with a robot boy that has a femnale personality implanted. The personality is aggressive, angry, and unhappy about their status as well as identifies as female.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Kyle and Darla Darla, who are Cilia's Cila's unwanted "partners" assigned to her by corporate.
* {{Transgender}}: An interesting example with a robot boy that has a femnale female personality implanted. The personality is aggressive, angry, and unhappy about their status as well as identifies as female.



* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mara [[spoiler: and her sisters.]]

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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mara [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and her sisters.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: The severe social consequences and religious pressure of the Humanist Empire towards human/android pairings is similar to those that LGBT romances face.


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* ForbiddenLove: The CentralTheme of the visual novel is a human woman falling in love with a gynoid, which is expressly forbidden by society as a whole.
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* CyberpunkIsTechno: The visual novel has a separate soundtrack from its main game that is a bunch of techno songs and synthesized music in order to underscore the digital world that has been created within the game.
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* MultipleEndings: The store page also boasts "Choices that deeply affect the protagonist's journey and world around them, with multiple endings."

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* MultipleEndings: The store page also boasts "Choices that deeply affect the protagonist's journey There is a Good Ending and world around them, a Bad Ending [[spoiler: with multiple endings."the primary difference being whether you escape the city with Mara or not.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Darla in the Bad Ending route]].
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* BigBad: Valentine, the head of Velta. You only meet him in the Bad Ending Route.


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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Darla in the Bad Ending route]].
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* BigDamnedHeroes: [[spoiler: If you make the right choice, Sal arrives in a samurai android to save you from Veltra.]]

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* BigDamnedHeroes: BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: If you make the right choice, Sal arrives in a samurai android to save you from Veltra.]]
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* BigDamnedHeroes: [[spoiler: If you make the right choice, Sal arrives in a samurai android to save you from Veltra.]]


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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Yoko, despite being on the heroes' side, lies every other time she opens her mouth. She also hides numerous plot details from Cila, even if it would actually get her to go along with their plans.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Cila turns out to have been this as a result of her loving an android in the past.]]


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* {{Infodump}}: The game has numerous breaks in the middle of the action to explain elements of the world-building.
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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mara [[spoiler: and her sisters.]]
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* FreudianTrio: Mara [[spoiler: Nina and Anna are all a trio of hive minded androids.]]
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* {{Transhuman}}: Cila is a "witch" and was genetically engineered by Velta. Her blood is extremely valuable on the black market as a form of medicine.
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* AmicableExes: Cila and Yoko used to be in a sexual relationship.


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* LethalChef: A Downplayed Trope example with Mara who knows nothing about cooking.


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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Cila has a lot of complicated feelings regarding androids.


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* ShellShockedVeteran: Cila suffers PTSD and often wakes up screaming in the middle of the night,
* ThoseTwoGuys: Kyle and Darla who are Cilia's unwanted "partners" assigned to her by corporate.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Velta is described as being closer to a mafia than an actual corporation.


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* {{Megacorp}}: Velta Laboratories is one and it's just one of many.


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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Mara is almost indistinguishable from a human being, up to the point that she can feel pain.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Elaine's fate after she's handed over is never addressed.
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* {{Cyberpunk}}: The Humanist Empire is full of corruption, FantasticRacism, poverty, and hypocrisy. Our heroine is a barely functional cop on the way out too. Yep, it's cyberpunk.

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* CatastrophicCountdown: Each of the chapters is separated by a countdown of days until the Synergia incident.
* CompanionCube: Essentially what a lot of people use androids for as their personalities are simulated not real. Amusingly, Cila turns off the vast majority of Claudia's companion features because while she uses her as one, she doesn't want her to be ''too'' human.
* DeathOfPersonality: Claudia suffers one of these, returning her to her factory default, effectively killing her. It also forces Cila to "buy" Mara.



* FantasticRacism: Humanists (not the philosophical school) are a religion that believes androids are nonsapient and meant to serve humans. For the most part, they're right.
* FlatCharacter: What the majority of androids are supposed to be but Cila's encounters with them show that more advanced models have a lot more going on under the hood than most humans realize.



* {{Hypocrite}}: It is illegal for humans to sleep with androids but the Emperor keeps a vast harem of them.



* MultipleEndings: The store page also boasts "Choices that deeply affect the protagonist's journey and world around them, with multiple endings".

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* MultipleEndings: The store page also boasts "Choices that deeply affect the protagonist's journey and world around them, with multiple endings".endings."
* NotSoDifferent: The difference between humans, cyborgs, and androids is increasingly blurred.
* RedOniBlueOni: Cila is a sour antisocial introvert while Mara is an excited emotional extrovert.
* {{Transgender}}: An interesting example with a robot boy that has a femnale personality implanted. The personality is aggressive, angry, and unhappy about their status as well as identifies as female.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: 4th generation and above androids are increasingly human-like with their own thoughts and dreams. The Humanist Empire finds this obscene but market forces continues to push the technology forward.

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''Synergia'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story was released July 27, 2020. It is [[https://tophatstudios.itch.io/synergia currently available]] on itch.io, [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ as well as]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

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''Synergia'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the story was released July 27, 2020. It is [[https://tophatstudios.itch.io/synergia currently available]] on itch.io, [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ as well as]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.



* TheCameo: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbonesth/synergia-a-yuri-cyberpunk-thriller-visual-novel/posts/2572672 One Kickstarter update]] states that there will be an appearance by the protagonist of ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120560/Sense___A_Cyberpunk_Ghost_Story/ Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story]]'', another CyberPunk story by their publisher.

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* TheCameo: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbonesth/synergia-a-yuri-cyberpunk-thriller-visual-novel/posts/2572672 One Kickstarter update]] states that there will be an There is a brief appearance by of the protagonist of ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120560/Sense___A_Cyberpunk_Ghost_Story/ Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story]]'', ''VideoGame/SenseACyberpunkGhostStory'', another CyberPunk story by their publisher.publisher. Similarly, Cila makes a cameo in ''Sense''.
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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be released July 27, 2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.

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''[[https://store.''Synergia'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story was released July 27, 2020. It is [[https://tophatstudios.itch.io/synergia currently available]] on itch.io, [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be released July 27, 2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.
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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be in released in mid-2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.

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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be in released in mid-2020.July 27, 2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.



* TheCameo: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbonesth/synergia-a-yuri-cyberpunk-thriller-visual-novel/posts/2572672 One Kickstarter update]] states that there will be an appearance by the protagonist of Project Sense, another CyberPunk story by their publisher.

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* TheCameo: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbonesth/synergia-a-yuri-cyberpunk-thriller-visual-novel/posts/2572672 One Kickstarter update]] states that there will be an appearance by the protagonist of Project Sense, ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120560/Sense___A_Cyberpunk_Ghost_Story/ Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story]]'', another CyberPunk story by their publisher.

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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a yuri thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be in released in mid-2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.

Cila, a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique - if sometimes uneasy - bond.

Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara's existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected and one android's fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.

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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a yuri YuriGenre thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be in released in mid-2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.

Cila, [[HardboiledDetective a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues issues]], expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique - if sometimes uneasy - bond.

Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara's existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected selected, and one android's fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.



* ArtificialHuman: Androids are mass-produced for common labor, though M.A.R.A. is a suspiciously advanced case.

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* ArtificialHuman: Androids are mass-produced for common labor, though M.A.R.A. is a suspiciously advanced case. There are also people such as Cila, who are mostly organic, but were created in an artificial womb.


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* LaResistance: There's a rebel group opposing the empire that hide in the Yellow Ocean desert outside the empire's walls, known for hacking androids and provoking anti-machine sentiments.
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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047010/Synergia/ Synergia]]'' is a yuri thriller VisualNovel set in a CyberPunk future. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the story is set to be in released in mid-2020. A demo is currently available on itch.io, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} store page.

Cila, a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique - if sometimes uneasy - bond.

Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara's existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected and one android's fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.
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* ArtificialHuman: Androids are mass-produced for common labor, though M.A.R.A. is a suspiciously advanced case.
* TheCameo: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbonesth/synergia-a-yuri-cyberpunk-thriller-visual-novel/posts/2572672 One Kickstarter update]] states that there will be an appearance by the protagonist of Project Sense, another CyberPunk story by their publisher.
* CastOfSnowflakes: The store page boasts "20+ characters, all with interesting backgrounds and personalities deeply woven into the narrative".
* TheEmpire: The Confederacy of the New Colonies, also known as The Humanist Empire.
* HardboiledDetective: Cila, who's naturally strong and intelligent due to being created in an artificial womb, but recent events in her life have left her alone and resentful.
* MultipleEndings: The store page also boasts "Choices that deeply affect the protagonist's journey and world around them, with multiple endings".

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