The Curious Reader project is an open source children's platform written in Unity that plays fun and engaging reading and learning content that combines interactive app elements with educational best practices.

We're trying to teach the world to read, one smart device at a time! Find out how you can contribute to the Curious Reader project by reading our contribution guidelines (FORTHCOMING).

If you would like to program your own content using the Curious Reader platform, you can start by reading our Content Creation Guide for Developers.

The Curious Reader is currently available for Android.

The Curious Reader project is a collaborative effort between Curious Learning and Digital Impact Square (DISQ), a TCS Foundation Initiative, under the support of the MIT Media Lab.

The original collaboration saw the development of an open source Unity application, the Player, as well as an open JSON standard for content.

This app repo consists of 4 main parts:

1. The Shelf-- where a reader selects a book to read.
2. The Reader-- where books are read and interacted with.
3. Data collection-- where usage data is collected and sent to Firebase Analytics.
4. The Books-- the book files themselves.

Including a list of what scripts and files are used in creating the Shelf and how those interact.

1. Shelf Scripts
   Path: TinkrTeam\TinkrShelf\Assets\Scripts
   

2. Shelf Images
   Path: TinkrTeam\TinkrShelf\Assets\Resources\Thumbnail

ShelfManager.cs -> BookObject.cs -> BookCollision.cs

 1. Load initial/local asset bundle on shelf scene
 
 // TODO: Pull manifest and book files from a server. Today they are stored locally.
 2. Call server manifest file with timeout of 1.0 sec.

 3. if (server manifest is newer than local manifest) 
         use server manifest         
    else
         use local manifest
     
 4.  LoadShelfData();
     LoadInitialCenterBook();
       
 5. if( clicked on Image || Title || center book)
        it ll load scene asynchronusly from "Books/Decodable/CatTale/Common/Scenes/Scene01"
 6. if (clicked on any other book other than center)
        rotate the books clockwise/anticlockwise

Section for the "Player" including what scripts parse the Tinkr Book JSON, display the book, and listing all the interactive function scripts.

Json related Scripts:

Other Major Scripts:

Section for "Creating a New Book" to detail what needs to be done in creating a new content.

For a more in-depth guide, please refer to the Content Creation Guide for Developers.

Also detailing what functionality to date has required the creation of separate scripts rather than what is included in the collection of interactive functions.

**this section details ll be modified in next sprint due to user story #250.

1. User defined firebase parameters
2. Implementation Decisions and Issues Faced.