Platformer for Golden Agers?!?
Picture someone playing a platformer, and what do you see? Probably a teenage boy, sometime in the late 80s, with the controls of a SNES or a Genesis in his hands. Its a game style that seems very much tied to a particular time--and a particular demographic.
Now take a look at Granny. Suppose you wanted to sell a game into the casual market, where the typical purchaser is an older woman. Presto, take an existing and well-established game genre, and make the protagonist an older woman! Who, on each level, has to rescue all the dear little stray kitty cats and water all the flowers. While evading enemies, of course.
This is either one of the most cynical marketing ploys the industry has seen--or else an admirably successful attempt to expand the market for a much loved genre beyond its stereotyped market. Or, perhaps, both.
Serious platform gamers may find it too easy; as is typical with games geared for the casual market, Granny in Paradise has the difficulty knob turned way down. But still, it's quite charming, in its own quirky way...
The developer says:
Super Granny’s back, and she’s ready to rumble. While on a well deserved vacation, Super Granny’s kitties are abducted. Run, dig, climb, swing, float and tumble through 5 worlds and over 150 levels, as you rescue Granny’s missing cats and outwit the minions of the nefarious Dr Meow. With a built in level editor you can create your own adventures.
Features
- 5 challenging new worlds
- Over 170 levels of Granny adventures
- Create your own levels using the new level editor
- New items such as teleporters and moving platforms
- Post your high scores online