The History of Quantum Games

Laura Piispanen; Edward Morrell; Solip Park; Marcell Pfaffhauser; Annakaisa Kultima

doi:10.1109/CoG57401.2023.10333150

The History of Quantum Games

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore the historical development of playable quantum physics related games (“quantum games”). For the purpose of this examination, we have collected over 260 quantum games ranging from commercial games, applied and serious games, and games that have been developed at quantum themed game jams and educational courses. We provide an overview of the journey of quantum games across three dimensions: the perceivable dimension of quantum physics, the dimension of scientific purposes, and the dimension of quantum technologies. We then further reflect on the definition of quantum games and its implications. While motivations behind developing quantum games have typically been educational or academic, themes related to quantum physics have begun to be more broadly utilised across a range of commercial games. In addition, as the availability of quantum computer hardware has grown, entirely new variants of quantum games have emerged to take advantage of these machines' inherent capabilities, Quantum Computer Games.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of COG 2023 conference
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-2277-4
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-2278-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CoG57401.2023.10333150
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE Conference on Games - Northeastern University, Boston, United States Duration: 21 Aug 2023 → 24 Aug 2023 https://2023.ieee-cog.org/

Publication series

Name	IEEE Conference on Games
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2325-4270
ISSN (Electronic)	2325-4289

Conference

Conference	IEEE Conference on Games
Abbreviated title	IEEE CoG
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	21/08/2023 → 24/08/2023
Internet address	https://2023.ieee-cog.org/

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