Wave optics and quantum mechanics as a game
NEWS: We develop Quantum Game 2 at CQT, Singapore.
Play for fun! Learn quantum mechanics as a side effect.
It’s a puzzle game, heavily inspired by The Incredible Machine and Chromatron.
All you need is a browser (we recommend recent version of Firefox or Chrome), you don’t need to install anything.
It’s open source - so not only you can play it for free, but also lookup the code. Motivation behind the game is in Quantum mechanics for high-school students blog post.
It was covered on The Quantum Times (top pick in education for gamifying quantum theory), Motherboard, Scott Aaronson, Cory Doctorow, Hacker News (actually, twice).
For more games like this one, see: Science-based games collaborative list.
Real physics
Sandbox mode allows experimenting with physics, creating new levels and having fun. It’s why we called it adventures of a curious character. :)
Replicate famous (real and gedanken) experiments like:
- Michelson interferometer
- Mach–Zehnder interferometer
- Sagnac interferometer
- Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester
Underneath there is s real simulator of quantum mechanics - a discrete variant describing polarization and discrete position. You may be not aware of unitary and projective operators, tensor products or complex number - but JavaScript is doing all the dark magic for you!
News
- (26 Aug 2019) We are developing QG 2.0 at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore.
- (28 May 2017) Hacker News front page with Show HN: Quantum Game with Photons
- (15 Mar 2017) top pick for Education in Gamifying Quantum Theory
- (15 Mar 2017) talk: A game needs to framework @ Indie Game Dev Mini-Talks
- (22 Feb 2017) talk: Gamedev.js Warsaw #2
- (15 Aug 2016) blog post: Quantum mechanics for high-school students
- (12 Jul 2016) more levels (34 total)
- (22 Jun 2016) seminar at IQIM, Caltech
- (3 Jun 2016) initial public beta
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(24 Oct 2014) first public demo at Science Polish Perspectives, Oxford
- TO DO
- More levels!
- A lot of fixes and tweaks
- More particles (and entanglement)
Authors
This game is being developed by:
- dr Piotr Migdał
- Patryk Hes
- dr inż. Michał Krupiński
We thanks all other contributors for inspiration, ideas and feedback! Speeking about that: tweet us @QuantumGameIO, comment at the FB page, raise an issue on GitHub repository or simply write an email to Piotr.
Support
This project is supported by eNgage – III/2014 grant by the Foundation for Polish Science.
