Quantum physics is a field notorious for its complexity and its counter-intuitive principles. However, this hasn’t stopped people from trying to bring these principles to a wider audience. This blog is one way, where I try to explain concepts in a consumable way. Another great way is through games. You read that right: there are quantum physics games. But are they actually good?
Quantum game: https://quantumgame.io/
- 1 player
- decent puzzle game, and the explanations were really good
- Puzzle game where you arrange a board to direct energy waves to detectors
- The game itself doesn’t teach you about concepts, but you can look under learn to find in depth explorations and further resources
- It also includes an experimental sandbox to create your own quantum experiments and simulate famous real world quantum experiments
Hello Quantum: mobile game(app)
- 1 player
- Puzzle game where you try to match a board of dots to a picture. You use gates to manipulate which dots are on, off, and random. This is supposed represent qubits and their different properties.
- Decent game, I beat the entire game in an afternoon.
- You also get an explanation of what each part of the game represents, but I found it to be confusing and not super intuitive
Quantum: board game
- 2-4 players
- Dice become ships as you place power cubes on planets
- really fun game, no relationship to quantum mechanics
qCraft: A Minecraft mod that gives blocks quantum characteristics
- As many players as your server can handle
- Minecraft but with extra properties
- Destroying one entangled blocks can destroy the other automatically
- Looking at a different side of the block can change the block
Quantum go fish: https://apple.news/AJ55D6zi6ReWBa_gEGpBWSw
- 3-8 players
- Rules are unintuitive and confusing
- Honestly I don’t even know if its a game or a thought experiment
- Comment below how to play this game!
Hopefully these games help you gain a more intuitive and fun understanding of quantum physics!