How to Make Granny Interactive on TikTok LIVE
To make Granny interactive, run a mod that reads your TikTok LIVE gifts and turns each one into an in-game action, like freezing Granny or dropping a bear trap under you. With TikPlays, that means installing MelonLoader, adding the mod, pasting one API key and mapping your gifts.
What interactive Granny actually means
Granny is already tense to watch. Interactive Granny adds a second player: your chat. Viewers send gifts, and a gift can heal you, freeze Granny, or black out the house while she is walking toward you.
The result is that your viewers have a reason to send gifts. A small gift that stuns Granny at the right moment feels like saving your life. A bigger gift that warps her to your shoulder feels like betrayal, and people love both.
What you need before you start
The setup is short, but check these first so you are not troubleshooting while live.
- Granny installed on your PC and running without problems on its own
- A TikTok account that can go LIVE (requirements such as follower counts vary by region and account, so check TikTok's own LIVE settings)
- TikTok LIVE Studio or OBS to broadcast the game
- A TikPlays account with your dashboard open in a browser
You do not need to forward any ports. The mod polls for what your viewers have just bought, so it works from a normal home connection.
Step-by-step: set up Granny with TikPlays
Do this once and test it offline before your first stream.
- Install MelonLoader on your Granny game folder. Run the game once so MelonLoader creates its Mods folder.
- Download the TikPlays Granny mod from the dashboard and drop it into Mods/.
- Copy your API key from the TikPlays dashboard and paste it into the mod's config file.
- Open the dashboard and map gifts to actions (more on that below).
- Start Granny, go LIVE, and send yourself a test gift or ask a friend to send one.
- Confirm the action fires in the house before you rely on it for a real stream.
Choosing which gifts do what
The mod offers 40 actions: 23 that help you, 16 that hurt you, and one gamble called Spin the wheel. You map the ones you want to whatever gifts you like.
A simple rule works well. Put the helpful actions on cheap, common gifts, so newer viewers can take part. Put the nasty ones on mid-tier gifts, and keep the most chaotic actions for your biggest gifts.
Do not map everything. Ten to fifteen actions is plenty at first, and a tidy list is easier for viewers to remember.
Actions that work well on stream
Here is how the actions tend to split, using the real names from the mod.
- Rescue moments: Stun Granny, Freeze Granny, Send Granny away, Granny goes deaf and Patch up buy you time when things go wrong.
- Quality of life: Lights on, Granny tracker, Wide view, Speed burst and Endless stamina make a run easier without breaking it.
- Item drops: Crossbow drop, Pepper spray drop, Screwdriver drop, Car key drop and Meat delivery can change how you play the house.
- Pure chaos: Blackout, Strobe lights, Fog the house, Bear trap, Heavy legs, Tunnel vision and Butterfingers.
- Panic buttons: Make a noise pulls her to you, Granny rage speeds her up, and She always knows removes your hiding spots.
- Gamble: Spin the wheel, for a gift that could go either way.
Balancing helping and harming
If viewers can only hurt you, the stream turns into a punishment. If they can only help, the tension disappears. Aim for a mix so both sides get to play.
One trick is to say out loud what each gift does as it lands. Something like: 'Bear trap, thanks, I hate it.' That keeps new viewers in the loop, and it makes gifters feel seen.
If you are unsure how many gifts a good stream might bring in, the free gift and earnings calculator is a handy way to plan your goals without guessing.
Free gift & earnings calculator →
Running the stream: tips for a smooth session
Tell viewers what gifts do in your title and in a pinned message. A short list of your top three or four gift effects gets more people involved than a long one.
Put your gift list on screen. TikPlays overlays are links that you paste into OBS or LIVE Studio as a browser source, and they can show goal bars, top gifters and chat. That helps viewers see what their gift will do before they send it.
Do a short test run before each stream, since game updates can change how mods behave. If something fails, check that the API key in the config file is still correct and that MelonLoader loaded when the game started.
Overlays, Spotify requests and giveaways →
Get more out of the same stream
Granny is one of 32 interactives in a single TikPlays subscription, so you can rotate games without setting up a new tool each time. The same subscription includes a Windows desktop app that reads gifts and chat aloud, plus an AI co-host and sound alerts.
A spoken gift shout-out on top of the game actions makes a quiet stream feel busier, which helps when you are concentrating on not getting caught. Before you go live, a catchy title also helps people find you, and the free LIVE title and hashtag generator gives you a starting point.
The desktop app (TTS, AI co-host, PC actions) →