Decodoku/Decoduo: quantum error correction games
external page Decodoku is based on quantum error correction. To keep quantum computers clean, they have to keep an eye out for errors. By playing the games, members of the public will be able to learn about the kinds of problems tackled by scientists. New methods to improve the quantum error correction will arrise.
Decodoku games pit the player against noise. Since noise is random, it can sometimes be difficult to figure out what it’s doing. To help the player understand noise better, James Wootton made Decoduo. It’s a external page two player version of Decodoku:Colors that lets you play as both sides. Each move can be used to clean your own quantum computer, or to mess up that of your opponent.
The new game external page Decoduo was designed such that two players can engage with the scientific background to any degree they wish. Release for Decoduo on both the iOS and Android platforms can be found external page here.
The games are being developed by James Wootton in the group of external page Daniel Loss at the University of Basel and was supported by a Technology Transfer Grant of QSIT.