Granny A Beginner’s Guide to Playing Granny Games 01

Introduction

Independent horror game scenario, which is seen to be really frightening yet so addicting, has been witnessed in the past couple of years. Famous among these names is the name Granny, which thrilled millions of gamblers with stealth mixed with puzzling skills having some anticipation of suspense with outright ease.

No matter if you are a hardcore player or just beginning in the world of horror games, Granny will challenge you in ways that you never knew you would.

It is a guide by a beginner, for people waiting to learn the mechanics of this game and raise chances of survival. Some tips, strategies, and personal stories on one’s actual chances to survive sane in such a nightmarish world of Granny are here in this article. Let’s get started, and begin first with the premise.

1. What is Granny?

What sets it all in this game? Let’s discuss the premise. And imagine the scenario: in Granny you wake up in some creepy house, falling into such disrepair that you wonder how anyone could ever live inside it.

You have no idea how you got there. Goal easy: get out. Easy said. Stalking through the house, intent on hearing anything, and tracking you down relentlessly stands Granny, your hated and somehow fantastic old woman.

1.1 Granny’s Goal
Grandma’s AI is not particularly advanced, but she does the trick. She roams the house and bursts into whatever you happen to be making a racket in. Creaky floor, dropped something. Doesn’t matter.

She comes running to your location with murder in her eyes. You have a five-day window (five lives in-game) to get out of there. If she catches you however, game over.
1.2 Atmosphere
The first thing even noticed at the first time of playing this game is that it is oppressive at a game level. Dimly lit house with eerie sounds and music changing when Granny is closing will give a feeling of dread that might be both thrilling and scary to new players simultaneously.

2. Game Mechanics: Getting the Basics Right

One thing to do in order to win at Granny is understand the mechanics of this game. It does not require much control, but still, there is a challenge in how things work around the environment and how you can do that for your advantage.

2.1 Controls
Controls on a mobile are basically super duper easy-to-a global cancer: you move via virtual joystick and tap on stuff in the environment to interact. When it’s time to hide, you crouch. Don’t sell me short on how fundamental getting all these movements just so is-every pace and sneak is your BFF in Granny.

Movement: Practice walking and running. You can toggle between walking (quieter) and running (faster, with noise).
Crawling: She crawls under the beds and the wardrobes. That is the stealthiest way of escaping Granny as she closes in.
2.2 High Sensitivity End
The mechanicals of the sound of the game would probably be one of its strong points; for example, granny reacts to noise so there is need to plan and consider. You could use falling objects which make granny run to one end of the house and then have little window to get out on the other side.

Now, to start off with, I suppose I rather dropped the ball and quit everything only to suddenly realize how much that was against my advantage-Granny was always hot on my heels! Today, knowing when and how to make a racket will be a matter of survival.

2.3 The Map: Know Your Terrain
It is monstrous, not only in number of rooms, secret passages, and locked doors, but also in interior layout. You are a newcomer; certainly, you will find quite a few things. Your first mission will be to get familiarized with the household interior plan. Start by marking the hideouts, key keys, or ways out.

3. Key Items and Tools: Your Lifelines

Getting out of Granny’s house isn’t as simple as you just running out of the house. You will need to collect a few items throughout the house to open doors, disable traps, and eventually escape the house. Things you’ll need:

3.1 The Weapons
Granny doesn’t exactly give you a fair shot to fight back at her, but there are objects you can knock her off with for a little while.

Crossbow and Tranquilizer Darts probably the most useful thing in the game – knocks Granny out for a relatively short time, about two minutes. Just remember though, fire her in a location where it won’t be such a pain in the posterior to pick up the darts again.
Shotgun: Something you can craft and blow Granny’s head off with. Not as sneaky as the crossbow, but it does have great gratification in so doing.
Memorable first shot I have with the crossbow. Really wanted to hold onto it for a few days, and so when I finally could shoot Granny and watch her fall, I was relieved. Caution: she’ll rise from the dead!

3.2 Things to Hide Behind
Besides the guns, you will need a few of these items that will be among the most important you’ll use to get out of the room.

Master Key: This is the final key, which unlocks the main door. It is at any point in a random position, so you definitely do need this to win.

Hammer: Hammer is needed in forcing a break through of the wooden plank for access door and windows and of great need for one to come out.
Cutting Pliers: These are used in disabling the electric locks as well as traps. Always find them.
Wrench: You need this to turn a valve in some of the exit routes
3.3 List of Puzzle Items
Several items, such as Teddy Bear, will open secret areas or can act as some sort of an activator for an event. You can’t escape using this method, but these items might give you some helpful stuff and routes.

4. Playing Granny so You Win: Stealth and Strategy

4.1. Understanding Granny’s AI
Grandma is very reactive. You can be walking kind of in what seems to be random, but the minute you make a noise, she locks right in on your location. Extremely key thing to learn and eventually play off to your advantage.

This is like a ruse to go downstairs, but the conscience of Granny stands beside you. What it means now is you could drop something downstairs, which you already have access to on the main floor. You use that to defuse her attention downstairs, and you sneak downstairs once she’s distracted.

4.2 Used Hiding Places Wisely
The most crucial survival hint that would save Granny is when to hide. In the game, there comes such a place, and these are hiding under beds, in wardrobes, and behind the granaria door. When you see her once after passing that place where you saw her, then fast running and hiding will be your saver.

Once I hid in a wardrobe thinking that I had outsmarted Granny. But it is said when the cat is away, it comes back. She must have heard me as I entered as she burst open the door and there I sat. Learning lesson- hide quietly don’t make a move all of a sudden!!

4.3 Timing is Everything
Patience is gold in Granny. Sometimes, it would have been more exciting to wait and track the action of Granny instead of bursting into a room blindly without knowing where she was. Disaster may erupt very fast.

5. Climbing every obstacle

Granny has several challenging levels. The game offers several challenges concerning each level of difficulty that is presented. One is to begin with the easy difficulty mode and then advance through the extreme modes.

5.1 Easy Mode
Granny walks slow and also hears less. She is the easiest mode for new ones since you have enough time to learn about the house layout without her always on your back.

So I played it first with that easy version to get the feel of how to play with it. Even in that mode, I was a little nervous but I could complete that after some tries.

5.2 Normal and Hard Modes
The normal mode will be a challenge once you get used to the basics. The difficulty will be during this mode because Granny will be faster in movements, capable of hearing better and will lay more traps as well. You will be led to a bigger challenge in the hard mode where Granny will be relentless.
Extreme Mode
Only the brave take extreme mode. Granny moves with lightning speed, has exceptional hearing, and has traps laid at every nook. Here, every move counts; one mistake will suffice to let the game end.

6. Survival Tips After The First Game

6.1 Don’t be in haste.
Granny is a game of patience. Never rush through the house-not paying attention and being too noisy-rattles Granny.

6.2 Practice Makes Perfect
Much like most games, Granny gets progressively less complicated the more you play it. So do not lose hope should you fail to get out the first time round. Every time you play, you learn some new feature of the house layout, granny’s behaviour, or what you might find in some mystery place in the house.

For my part, it was quite challenging to surmount the second day at first. After a few more games under my belt, however, I could learn how the game was working and started surviving much longer.

6.3 Manage Stress
The tension in Granny is a bit too much, especially when Granny is right behind you. Survival boils down to keeping your cool. Panic usually leads to mistakes, such as finding a dead end or making too much noise.

7 The Game’s Prequels and Sequels

It is so popular that the creators of the game develop many prequels and sequels for the main game. These brought new lore to the mix and new challenges.
7.1 Granny: Chapter Two
In Granny: Chapter Two you attempt to escape the house from Granny but, at the same time now, you avoid touching Grandpa, a second wandering character in the house so trying not to get caught by her, simultaneously have to avoid him. It’s even bigger, the riddles tougher and more complex than they were in the original, so the second half of that game becomes much harder to beat.