Inanimate Alice

Episodes	What can we see?	What can we hear?	What shall we do?
Closet	Closet’s doors, white text on the screen	Scary music, sounds of opening old wooden doors	Click on arrows on the screen to continue reading story; also we should find and click on Matryoshka to play the game (we should catch Matryoshka)
Player	Closet’s doors and white text on the screen again, screen of the player that locates Russia-Moscow, drowing of 2 boys, a game when the boy on skate trying to catch Matryoshka	Strange music, sounds of 8-bit game	Click on arrows on the screen again, watch animated drowing and how Alice plays her game; find and catch Matryoshka
Apartment	The images of Moscow city with rain, the city is very dark and even scary, a plan of Alice’s apartment with a note ‘my house’, an animation of Ming’s painting	A loud both sad and scary music, sounds of bells	Click on arrows again to continue reading story; find and catch Matryoshka
School	A road to the international school, school itself; animated pictures of pupils, classrooms, halls – all are negative	Music is not so loud, voices of pupils, camera’s click	Click on arrows again to continue reading story; find and catch Matryoshka
Checkpoint	Alice in the car with her parents, an airport with iron fence and security box, Alice’s player, a dark silhouette of Russian soldier	Music is intense, sounds of Alice’s player, sounds of airport	Click on arrows again to continue reading story; find and catch Matryoshka; we should collect all Matryoshkas, so then the soldier would let Alice and her parents go to the airport

An Essay:

As for me, I found Alice’s story and adventure in Russia quit interesting to read. I was reading this story very carefully; my eyes were scanning each screen from left to right. I tried not to miss any word, sentence or image of Matryoshka (I had chosen to read and play the game). Therefore, it was satisfying. I did not like the images of Moscow – they were very depressing, dark and even scary. It seemed to me that this atmosphere is more like a horror game. Moreover, the music was scary too. It was unbearable to listen to it; sometimes music and additional sounds were disturbing. 
I liked most the story and finding Matryoshkas. The story of a girl, who is always travelling with her parents, is well presented. I had a feeling that I was reading Alice’s own thoughts. In addition, I liked the idea that the game with Matryoshka was a part of this story. If could not find a doll or if you dropped it that means that you cannot continue the story and you have to start this story again. 
I did not have any difficulties while reading the story. Everything was clear and understandable. 
The best bit about the story was the game. I liked it because this game is connected with Alice’s story and, to some extent, it affects story’s end. 
At the end, I would like to give some tips to other readers. Don’t hurry when you read a story, don’t be upset if couldn’t find all Matryoshkas (you can see in which part you miss it on the right side of screen) and just enjoy this story.