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Design a new gran for Grandma Theft Auto

Gladys, Aunty Rose, Edna and Queenie each have their own powers. Invent the next gran, with her own power, weapon and mission.

By Alan Brown

Video cover: Grandma GTA is absolutely unhinged

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👵🚔 Grandma GTA is absolutely unhinged.

🧓 Choose your gran, each with her own powers, and take her round London: Camden, Big Ben and the London Eye.
☂️ Her arsenal: custard tarts, a brolly, false teeth… and a few much louder options.
🏍️ Steal a motorbike, rack up police stars, dodge the helicopters, then make it back in time for bingo.
👯 Play on your own or with friends: grandmatheftauto.com/
🎮 The earlier videos and their prompts: Grandma Theft Auto is absolutely unhinged and Grand Theft Auto, but your gran's in charge

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The creator wants to know what to add next. The prompt below helps you pitch a brand-new gran.

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Help me invent a new playable gran for Grandma Theft Auto (https://grandmatheftauto.com/), a free browser game set in London. My idea for her is ___ (a name, a personality, or just where she's from). First, look at the live game if you can and tell me who the current grans are and what their powers seem to be. Keep what you can see separate from my idea. If you can't open it, say so and work from my description. Then give me: 1. Her name, age and a one-line catchphrase. 2. Her special power, and one weakness so she isn't overpowered. 3. Her signature everyday weapon, used in a silly way. 4. Her favourite part of London and why. 5. One mission built around her: goal, three beats and how you fail. 6. How she'd work alongside the other grans in co-op. 7. Effort to build: low, medium or high, with one sentence explaining why. Make sure she's clearly different from the existing grans. Keep it light-hearted and cartoonish, with nothing graphic, and don't copy characters from Grand Theft Auto or other games. Finish with a two-sentence pitch I could share with the creator.

A character pitched with a clear power, a weakness and one mission is much easier for a game developer to picture than a name and a vibe.

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