Hometown 2 by inanimate alice, released 01 january 2015 1. The link to the flashbased narrative can be found here if you are interested in viewing it. This narrative, produced in flash, follows a young girl whose life is mediated by technology during a day of family unrest when her father is. China takes the aspects of both electronically related noises and rambling musical scores to advance its narrators account. The last gas station by inanimate alice, released 05 february 2016 1. She is living with her parents in a remote area of northern china. Beginning in china when alice is eight years old, and told over ten increasingly complex episodes, the series follows the.
Alice, an eight year old girl living in the remote regions of northern china, sets out in a jeep with her mother to find her father who has been missing for two days. Alice wants to go out to a restaurant, to celebrate them finding her father, but any restaurant is over 500 miles in the opposite direction, because they are in a very remote area. What kinds of audiences would be interested in experiencing multimedia works. Inanimate alice tells the story of a girl growing up dreaming of becoming a game designer one day. Great outdoors this is the soundtrack to inanimate alice, episode 6. Her dad is away a lot, working in siberia, where he has been dealing with some shady characters in the oil business. China, the authors describe the young life of eightyearold alice living in northern china with her parents as her father works for an oil company. Alice is hiding out in her bedroom closet while men in the apartment argue loudly with her dad. The last gas station, and inanimate alice, episode 1. Inanimate alice episode 4 electronic literature collection. While she and her mum go out searching for her dad, alice turns to her baxi player and her virtual friend brad for comfort. Alice is 16, an aspiring game designer who grew up constantly on the move. Episodes 1 4 of the series were written by novelist kate pullinger and developed by digital artist chris joseph as a prequel to an. China alice is eight years old and living in far northern china.
This is a work of fiction told in verse, cinematically, and with video games about the coming of age of a girl named alice. It has been created to help draw attention to the issue of electrosensitivity and the potentially harmful pollution resulting from wireless communications. Each episode of inanimate alice become increasingly interactive and gamelike, reflecting alice s own developing skills as a game designer and animator. Homeschooled until she was 14 years old, alice proves to be a model pupil that students can relate to whether learning at home or in the classroom. Its late afternoon and all i see is the hard floorbut then i see black heavy work boots right. Get all 3 inanimate alice releases available on bandcamp and save 25% includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality downloads of inanimate alice, episode 5.
For the first time ever, alice has friends her own age, and they do all the things that 14 year olds everywhere do. Inanimate alice is the story of a young girl growing up in the early years of the 21st century. It looks like we dont have photos for this title yet. Alice is 10 years old and on a skiing vacation in the italian alps. Inanimate alice offers a glimpse into a multimedia future of childrens and young adult literature.
Alice asks if she can have a dog, but her family travels too much and it would present a conflict. Alice s father, john, works in the oil industry and has regular field trips away from their home at basecamp. Also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Inanimate alice tells the story of a young girl who grows up to become a videogame designer at the biggest games company in the world. Alice is eight years old and living in a yurt in the far north of china. Episode 4 of inanimate alice finds alice going to school at last. Alice is worried so she heads out in the thick, blinding snow. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates uk october 2005. She and her parents have ended up in a multicultural city in the middle of england.
This is the basic premise of inanimate alice, episode 1. While she and her mum go out searching for her dad, alice turns to her baxi. She is being homeschooled by her mother, ming, whilst in this remote location. Inanimate alice is an ongoing digital novel, an interactive multimodal fiction, relating the experiences of aspiring game designer alice field and her imaginary digital friend, brad, in episodes, journals, social media, and virtual reality in development.
Inanimate alice episode 1 by dellsounds free listening. China part 1 of an episodic interactive multimedia story. You can browse other available content for this title, such as plot summary, trivia, goofs, etc. Her parents are always on the move and so alice s education is home schooling. The teachers edition suite of inanimate alice episodes 1 5 provides engaging, fullscreen high definition experiences with no internet browser restrictions or download waiting times. The ski lifts have shut down for the day and there is heavy snow falling.
Now, she finds that the socalled stable hometown life. Alice is thirteen years old and is living in an apartment in moscow, russia. Episode 1 was screened on yorkshire tv propeller tv, 17th april 2006. First meet alice age 8, drawing a stickman and taking photos to send to her dad. While the focus of the story is on alice and her mother searching for their lost fatherhusband, the theme of technology. This narrative, produced in flash, follows a young girl whose life is mediated by technology during a day of family unrest when her father is lost and found. Kongregate free online game inanimate alice episode 1. China by kate pullinger and babel is a part of the electronic literature collection and is uniquely different from other pieces.
Her parents havent arrived back yet and its getting late. It tells the story of alice, a young girl growing up in a nearfuture world. China by ady tang in kate pullinger and babels inanimate alice, episode 1. Amelie my thoughts on inanimate alice episode 1 by dellsounds published on 20140311t10. Inanimate alice depicts the life of a young girl growing up in the early years of the 21st century through her blog and episodic multimedia adventures that span her life from childhood through to her twenties.
Inanimate alice episode our spot brad and i walked down to the tree house together with a picnic and the whole day planned out. Her friends dare her to climb to the top of an abandoned building, but as she climbs the stairs give way. Published on the web individual site record status. He is two days late in coming home from his latest trip. I was drawn in to this particular narrative because of the picture found on the electronic literature collection volume 1. While her father is off working, and her mother is outdoors painting landscapes, she is inside their temporary dwelling, on her. Uniquely, it is a tale of progressive complexity, each episode reflecting alice s age and digital competency as she grows up.