Alik

Alik (Russian: Алик) is a Slavic brand and its titular character. The computer games made under the brand are well-known in Russia.

## Alik

* Game
* Web

## Appearances

### Appears in

Alik: Już idę do szkoły
Alik: Mój pierwszy alfabet
Alik: Wesoła matematyka
Alik: Gry i zabawy

### Debut

Alik: Już idę do szkoły

Alik is a cartoony anthropomorphic white dog with black and brown spots, which aren’t always consistent. He has smooth fur, a large snout with a big black oval nose, floppy ears and a small tail. His eyes are depicted without irises.

In the computer games and some merchandise he has pointy ears, a brown spot around the left eye, brown tip on the right ear, fully black left ear and brown tip on the tail. He wears a yellow T-shirt and blue pants with brown suspenders.

On the Alik website and in other merchandise he has a slightly different basic design with rounded ears and he wears a red collar instead. He has a brown spot around his right eye and a fully black right ear, while the left ear and the tail are fully white.

## PC Games

In Poland during the early 2000’s, 4 computer games for children were developed by SILCOM Multimedia. In Russia, they were published by Russobit-M. They’re all point-and-click compilations of minigames.

### Alik: Już idę do szkoły (2001)

Russian: Алик. Скоро в школу. The title can be translated as “Alik: I’m Going to School” or “Alik: Going to School Soon”.

The game is targeted at preschool children and teaches general knowledge.

### Alik: Mój pierwszy alfabet (2001)

The Polish title can be translated as “Alik: My First Alphabet”. The Russian title is "Алик. Моя первая английская азбука", meaning "Alik: My First English Alphabet".

The game is mainly targeted at preschool children. There's a major difference between the Polish and Russian versions: the Polish one teaches the Polish alphabet, the Russian one teaches the English alphabet. It teaches the letters of the alphabet, names of objects and animals, and recognizing letters when they’re written in different fonts and said out loud.

### Alik: Wesoła matematyka (2001)

Russian: Алик. Занимательная математика. The title can be translated as “Alik: Entertaining Maths”.

The game is targeted at preschool and primary school children, it's designed to teach them Math.

### Alik: Gry i zabawy (2003)

The Polish title can be translated as “Alik: Games and Activities” . The Russian title is "Алик. Летние каникулы", meaning “Alik: Summer Holidays”.

The game is targeted at children from preschool to preteen age. It consists of puzzle minigames where the player reassembles pictures in various ways, and a few other activities. This is the only game that's not educational.

## Website

A Czech website with the Alik brand exists https://www.alik.cz, which also offers Alik merchandise for sale: https://www.alik.cz/s/darky/alik.

## Trivia

* All the computer games use the same desktop icon.
* The games' release order is indicated by the default names of their installation folders, following the formula "Alik?" or "Алик?", where the ? is the game's number (using Arabic or Roman numerals).
* In the Russian descriptions of the games Alik may be called a puppy, however he speaks with an adult voice.
* In the Russian localizations Alik was voiced by 3 different actors, Alik: Mój pierwszy alfabet and Alik: Wesoła matematyka have the same actor. Alik: Gry i zabawy is the only game crediting its voice actor, who is Dmitriy Filimonov.
* The games may work on Windows 10, but compatibility issues may occur.
	+ If the game doesn’t start even with the disk inserted / disk image mounted, you may be able to fix it by running the executive as an Administrator or in Compatibility Mode.
	+ Some sections may cause crashes.
	+ When the games’ windows are minimized or closed, they may cause the desktop resolution to get stuck at 640x480, which you’ll have to manually change later.
* The games use video files in AVI format for animations. The only exception is Alik: Już idę do szkoły, which uses DAT instead.