Cartoon Chaos: Grandma, No!
Step into the golden age of irreverent cartoons in this physics adventure.
‣ Grandma, No!
From: WALLRIDE, Super Rare Originals
Platforms: PC
Release: Coming soon
Genre: Arcade physics adventure
Steam Page • Demo Video • Developer Site
From flatulence to throwing grenades, Grandma is a live wire.
The babysitter died, but those tickets to the nude beach weekend are booked. What is a couple to do? Get Grandma to look after the baby! There is some hesitation as the son foists his firstborn upon his mother. What could be so bad about such a nice old lady?
It doesn't take long to find out. From flatulence to throwing grenades, Grandma is a live wire. A force of nature. A tide of chaos. The embodiment of demented kids cartoons, and you soon experience why everyone wants to shout, Grandma, No!
This game wastes no time setting its tone. Our hero, Grandma, literally drops into the opening scene from above, smacking into the floor of the carpeted foyer. There's no explanation; instead, you take immediate control of Grandma, helping her leap up and scuffle over to answer the ringing phone. The conversation lays out the son's dilemma, triggering the prompt arrival of her grandchild.
After a brief moment of flatulence and handing Junior some toys (that immediately get pelted across the room—it seems this kid shares some of Grandma's DNA for anarchy), we direct Grandma to the living room.
Grandma, No! takes place in Grandma's house that has three significant areas: the backyard, kitchen, and living room. The demo is limited to the latter, but there's plenty to do. Grandma starts her morning chores, tending to the plants with a watering can, producing a non-stop torrent of water splashing everywhere. Along the way, you stumble into vases, shattering them. The room is starting to look a little worse.
But there's no time for worrying about that. The morning mail has arrived, triggering mini-games to capture and sort the letters. It's not complicated: move a basket around to capture the geyser of mail and avoid the dynamite sticks. Why is there dynamite in the mail? No explanation, but who has time for that when you need to throw junk mail into the shredder?
The mail is barely done when the phone rings. What's that? The fireplace might explode? Oh yes, it just did. The room is now on fire. But this is a responsible Grandma with a fire extinguisher. Run around and kill those flames!
Things are starting to look more like a warzone, but Grandma isn't done. With the fires taken care of, the demo lets players continue freely for another five minutes, finding other activities and hidden tasks to complete. Locate the various vinyl records and play them on the turntable. Harass the birds on the windowsill. Spray paint the walls. Throw grenades stacked in a bowl near the baby.
Grandma, No! is like being in a cartoon show from the golden ages of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. But this game is not just inspired by those shows. It embodies them, amplifying their subversiveness while also copying key elements like the art styles and manic soundtracks. You can totally imagine a show about Grandma playing between episodes of Johnny Bravo and Courage the Cowardly Dog (perhaps no surprise considering developers WALLRIDE released a Rugrats platformer last year based on the popular cartoon show).
📽 Demo Snapshot: They tried to warn Grandma!
Cartoon vibes define the bulk of this game. The gameplay is basic with little challenge or depth. The full game might have many more surprises, but Grandma, No! isn't concerned about challenging players or demanding hours of their time. It's a compact love letter to irreverent cartoons, putting you into the shoes of an animated deviant!
That's the charm of the Grandma, No! Others might be wary of Grandma, but as the player, you are completely a co-conspirator in her antics. It's like being in one of those cartoon shows, and hopefully the full game will crank everything up to an absurd level.
Grandma, No! is listed at coming soon.
Explore The Game with Youtube Chapters:
📽 00:50 Hey, it's Grandma!
📽 01:43 The baby likes farts
📽 02:30 Let's go to the living room
📽 02:46 Water the plants
📽 04:19 Who is knocking?
📽 04:45 Sorting the mail
📽 05:55 What's going to explode?
📽 06:50 Extinguish the fires!
📽 07:28 Cool, Grandma has grenades!
📽 07:47 Let's put on a VHS
📽 08:05 Some groovy tunes
📽 09:25 Spray paint!
📽 11:12 Trumpet time
📽 11:49 Are these paint balloons?
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I wonder if they are considering a coop mode...Grandma AND Grandpa//Grandma, NO! sort of thing lol
This is the kind of game to just muck around in with a friend to generate hilarious stories.