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Causets game

Friday, 18th October 2024

In 2018, I was asked to make an educational physics game about Neutrinos, an experience I really enjoyed. And, I've been asked again – this time a game to explore Causal Sets. Both of these introductions were made through my partner who is also a Physics PhD.

Causets Game aims to introduce how causal sets work geometrically, whilst also being fun to play. It is a twist on Square Worlds, but instead of placing objects you are placing tiles which contain "nodes" or "events". There are various ways in which connecting these nodes together scores points.

The game can be played here.

Additionally, the game is open-source and is available on GitHub. If you want to go an make changes to the game, please go ahead. I'd love to see any forks of the game!

The game was commissioned by scientists at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh and funded by the STFC as part of the "Quantum Software for a Digital Universe" project.