Wiki-Graph

Disentangling the web of knowledge

Quick Start

1. Install Unity ( Download)
2. Pull project from this repo, open in Unity
3. Open the Assets/Scene folder and click "standard" to use default scene
4. Next build standalone for your system
   1. File -> Build Settings (opens new window)
   2. Select your system
   3. Click "Build and Run" (use wiki-graph/Builds folder)
5. Check for errors (note: In linux debug error logs recorded ~/.config/unity3d/DefaultCompany/wiki-graph)

Main items

1. Prefabs: prefabricated templates that are the equivalent of objects in the virtual world. They have components (scripts, meshes, materials) attached to them.

   1. Node, Links : basic types used in drawing the grapha. GameController: Equivalent to void main() method - runs the world. Must point to the Node and Link prefabs so it knows what to instantiate when it runs.
   2. EventSystem: Catches user mouse clicks on in-game objects and invokes appropriate listeners
   3. Main Camera: The camera you view the world through. Has two scripts attached to it which govern how camera moves through world.

2. Plugins - various libraries and internal code that is used for the game. I wrote "Program.cs", which includes basic incarnations of how to connect to wikipedia and drag references to other sites from it (needs further work).

3. Scenes: Folder for different variants of the world, but ours is simple

Node options

1. To look around in 3D: left click + rotate mouse (standard FPS strafe)
2. To open node option: Expand node/Open page: left click on node