Draft:Granny (2017 horror video game)

Granny is a survival-type game released in 2017 by a Swedish developer named Dennis Vukanovic (also known his Internet name as DVloper). , the game is from a first-person perspective. The storyline of the game around an unfortunate victim who was kidnapped by a grandmother named Granny, the player must find a way to escape from her house from the main door or the car in the garage by breaking the lock.

Granny was released first on Android for Google Play on 24 November 2017, later published on iOS on 12 December 2017 and Steam for Microsoft Windows on 20 November 2018, the second chapter was published on 6 September 2019 in Google Play, 7 September 2019 on iOS and 30 December 2019, the third chapter was released in Android on 3 June 2021 and Microsoft Windows on 22 August 2021, Granny 3 can't be applied in App Store because of reason are "spamming game". All chapters are free on mobile but slightly expensive on PC with pay for $5 per chapter.

The game received many mixed opinions by game critics because the nature of the game was said to be violent, bloody and unsuitable for minors.

Granny
While the protagonist is walking in the forest, in the background, Granny appears, along with her baseball bat and hits the player. The protagonist finds himself in a room, the protagonist must find items in the house to unlock all the obstacles, Granny is the most difficult antagonist, her weapon is a baseball bat and will hit the player, she also set bear traps everywhere. After unlock all, the player leaves, Granny will look around to see if the main character is there. The player has five days to escapes, but there's an easter egg: When the player installs all the pieces of Granny's picture, he will get one extra day, for a total of six days, if the player loses, Granny will tortured in barbaric forms.

In the game, there will be many hidden things, for example: A teddy bear in a closet, when put it in the cradle, a ghost will appear, often called as Slendrina. But when the player pick the teddy bear, Granny will be angry and chase the player. The player can also stun her by shooting her with guns, tranquilizers, or freezing traps, but cannot kill her.

The game also has difficulty levels, called modes, including:


 * Practise mode: When Granny isn't at home, the player will not have issues much during gameplay.
 * Easy mode: Granny is at home but she's slow.
 * Normal mode: Granny but at her normal speed.
 * Hard mode: Granny will be faster, an obstacle appears at the main door.
 * Extreme mode: Granny becomes faster, there will be more obstacles, player's vision is limited.

Until 23 November 2022, a new update released called "Granny 1.8". There will be an additional exit, the sewer, there will be an additional monster, a spider, along with more items, increasing the difficulty level of the game.

Granny Chapter Two
When the player lost in the first game, he was sent to a faraway place, there's a new antagonist, Grandpa. The player finds himself in an empty room, just like the original game, but more difficult when there are two people, the player should finds items and leaves the house.

There will be three escape options, one is the main door, the other is a canoe and the third is a helicopter. In a certain area, there is a monster there, it mainly eats meat, but will also bite the player, in a bad ending, that monster will eat the player. The player can kill the monster by guns. As in the original game, same modes, same speed and same days, but will be different at exits, the player will have weapons to stun both, but can't kill them.

Granny 3
Unlike this time, the player finds himself at a villa in a forest. After being shot from behind by Grandpa at the door, the main character finds himself on the ground, no longer in bed like the previous two parts. just like two previous games, the player must find the way out by exploring the villa and finding items, but this time, Slendrina, from part 1, will scare players anywhere in the game. This time, Grandpa will hold a gun and shoot the player when he finds, the way out is just only two exits: one is the main door and the other is the train. When the player finishes both, Slendrina, Grandpa, and Granny will all appear, witnessing the player's escape.

As two previous games, the same modes, same speed and same days but Slendrina will kill the player faster by each modes. No weapon can defeat Slendrina, but unless the player takes the teddy bear and walks up to Slendrina's crib, she will disappear, leaving the player with 1 item.

Development and release
After the success of Slendrina games, DVloper decided to make a new game, independent of Slendrina. Dennis released a trailer on YouTube, received over 137 million views as of March 2024. The game was released on Google Play on 24 November 2017, to mixed reviews but in May 2018 it beat Class Royale by over 314 million views on YouTube.

After the surprise success of Granny, Dennis continued making Granny Chapter Two on 6 September 2019 on Android as a sequel to the original Granny, after one day, he uploaded the game on iOS, after 3 months, on 30 December 2019, he published the game on Steam. After 2 years, he made Granny 3, which is the next part of the second game, the game has been uploaded to Android and Steam but can't be applied on App Store with the reason are "a spamming game", although Dennis was tried.

Before launching Granny 3, Dennis also downloaded his game The Twins.

Critical response
The game received mixed reviews, who praised its tense atmosphere and gameplag, but was also criticized for its poor graphics and inflexibility by game critics on Metacritic. However, the game has currently been downloaded over 100 million times, has over 3 million reviews and a rating of 4,4 out of 5 on Google Play.

During 2018, many popular YouTubers made videos on it, including notable YouTubers like DanTDM, Markiplier and more. On 24 August 2023, Granny has been uploaded on Ask, talking about its popularity. Game Rant called Granny as "Successful at Delivering Frights", along with FNAF on 14 August 2023. Newsweek posted about the game with ways to beat the game.

Granny has been ranked as top 6 at horror games in Listverse on 25 March 2024. Granny became the 2nd most viewed mobile game on YouTube in June 2018, in the US, Granny was the 6th most downloaded arcade game, 10th game and 24th most downloaded app for the iPhone. Granny also received 3rd ranking in TheGamer at the best horror game. The game also ranked at number 2 in the list of best horror games of Sportskeeda. Overall, Granny had received lots of positive praise from many commentators as well as players and even in the rankings.

Controversies
In 2020, some of the iOS users reported that having problems starting game with a black screen after the DVloper logo has disappeared.

Granny 3 can't be released on App Store because Apple said it's a "spamming" game. In May 2022, All Granny's games was been shut down in Steam, in June 2023, all games working back.

On 13 May 2022, Times Now releashed a news, the content said how much the negativity of the game affects on minor and violence in young children. The content described in detail is that teenagers aged 5-14 comes from Madhya Pradesh are addicted to games, do not dare to leave the house and cannot concentrate on studying. A report in Dainik Bhaskar reported that a psychiatrist said he admitted a 5-year-old child who stopped eating and did not speak to family members for 15 days, even more violently when the parents Try to get your phone back.

On 31 August 2018, Anandabazar posted a news showing three students in Jalpaiguri had unusual behavior. Some try to commit suicide, some beat family members, Mainaguri police station had to be investigation at night, the three were identified as Sukumar Roy, Shibu Lohar and Ranjit Roy are residents of Khuksia in Mainaguri, the newspaper added that Sukumar suddenly started behaving erratically on Wednesday night, jumping on sleeping family members and starting hitting them, after which he was escorted to Mainaguri police headquarters. He claimed that he was looking at his mobile phone around 12pm on Wednesday, then Granny appeared on his Facebook screen after his Facebook was suspended, a strange change started happening in him which he was unaware. He started behaving like a crazy person.

Shibu Lohar, Sukumar's neighbor, a class 11 student, also behaved similarly, he also claimed that he downloaded the game on Facebook. The game begins to play. Shibu's aunt Ruma said: “Shibu suddenly woke me up. He will then commit suicide. His eyes and face looked very scared. He threw the cell phone out of his hand". Ranjit Roy, another teenager from Khukshi, also behaved similarly towards the other two, witnessed this situation of 3 teenagers in the same area. Officials of Mainaguri police station visited the village on Thursday. They talked to three teenagers. After that, they temporarily confiscated their cell phones for investigation. Network experts from the District Police said that after initial investigation, this game called Granny does not depend on links like Momo or Blue Whale. At the same time, parents are advised not to let young boys and girls use Android phones. A game called Scary Granny that imitates Granny has stolen thousands of user passwords on Android.

On 2 September 2018, Granny was officially banned in Bangladesh due to reason "These games are destroying the youth and are one of the key players in suicide" by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Cybercrime Nazmul Islam. The bans along with Momo and Blue Whale for the same reason.

The Twins
The Twins is an Indie game are also made by DVloper, it was announced on 19 November 2020 on YouTube and be released on iOS and Android in the same day. In the game, the player will have to retrieve 3 items from 2 thieves named Bob and Buck, they will chase and try to kill the character.

In the game, there will be a mode called "With Guests", in which Granny and Grandpa will join brothers Bob and Buck to chase fellow player.

Fan-made remake
An survival horror game inspired from the original Granny with higher and more realistic graphics named Granny Remake was published on Steam for $7.00 on July 20, 2023. Currently, the game received generally positive reviews.

Merchandise
On 14 January 2020, DVloper released a trailer on YouTube, introducing their first product plush toys. Currently, it's available on Amazon.