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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · 14d

Today I'll be speaking at QTech 25 in Hungary: a collection of four quantum conferences in a trenchcoat.

Since I'll speak about our game whose level generation runs on-demand on a real QPU, we'll be turning the live QPU generation on this afternoon. Check it out!
www.roblox.com/games/941695...

Space Moths

Space Moths will be released during Gamescom 2025. Click on the ⭐️ button to be the first to play with quantum on-demand! For ages, the moths of the planet Nerii lived peacefully, their wings shimmer...

www.roblox.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · 19d

You need to bump up that 'research quality' though. Maybe build some Majoranas.

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Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com · 20d

Makes me think if No Man's Sky launched today in the same way it did in 2016 people would accuse it of being AI slop.

Generative AI and (most) Procedural Content Generation are not the same thing.

(I should make a video about this...)

Kenney @kenney.nl · 20d

It's silly to see procedurally generated content called "AI generated slop" because it really isn't. Procedural generation takes skills, generative AI does not.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · 23d

Tenure track assistant prof job up for grabs in Basel. It's quantum computing theory, based in computer science, and part of the NCCR SPIN.

Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing

The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a professorship in theoretical quantum computing. The University of Basel is the home institution of the Swiss National Center of Compete...

jobs.unibas.ch

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 8

It also sounds like an unsuccessful Nintendo console

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 5

Clearly you've all been drinking your milk.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 4

This weekend is the global quantum game jam! Sign up and hack together a game over the weekend. Or just tune in to the talks on Twitch.

www.quantumgamejam.org

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Moth @mothquantum.bsky.social · Sep 4

MOTH’s João Ferreira will present 'Space Moths' at Quantum Game Jam 2025 - the first Roblox MMOG with levels generated on-demand by quantum computers.

More on MOTH:
mothquantum.com
Event info:
quantumgamejam.org

#mothquantum #quantumgamejam #Roblox #SpaceMoths

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have already completed level 0 (convincing my wifi to download it). Looking foward to the rest!

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 3

As long as there is some quantum physics in there and it is written by quantum physicists, it seems to.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Sep 3

New paper today! This time a collaboration between MOTH and DESY, as well as artist Roman Lipski.

We use quantum circuits to do image manipulation effects, embedded in a digital paint tool.

It's all free and open source. A perfect basis for your next quantum hackathon!

scirate.com/arxiv/2509.0...

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Moth @mothquantum.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gamescom 2025 marked a milestone for us: the launch of Space Moths, the first massively multiplayer game powered on-demand by a quantum computer.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our partners Onward Studios, IBM Quantum, IQM, and VTT.

→ www.roblox.com/games/941695...

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Joachim Favre @joachimfavre.bsky.social · Aug 18

I recently published the LaTeX notes I took in three amazing classes this semester:
- Computational quantum physics (Prof. @gppcarleo.bsky.social)
- Quantum information theory (Prof. @qzoeholmes.bsky.social)
- Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Prof. Michael Kapralov)
Link below👇

Two-panel drake meme, titled "Morris' algorithm be like".
Top panel: Drake looks away, disapprovingly, next to the legend "Counting to n in O(log n) space".
Bottom panel: Drake points approvingly at the legend "Counting to n in O(loglog n) space.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

In addition to the names listed in the blog posts above, this has been brought to you by João Ferreira as project leader with Pierre Fromholz and Daniel Bultrini from Research, Cadence Agyirey, Hari Shaji and Shreyan Chowdhury from Engineering, Ryan Ansah on comms and Anya Easkra on design.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

And finally, a whole different game which is actually a form of randomized benchmarking

mothquantum.substack.com/p/benchmarki...

Benchmarking a decade of quantum computers with games

With Maria Aguado Yañez, Astryd Park, Haripriya Pettugani and Daniel Bultrini

mothquantum.substack.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

There's also the perspective of our CTO, Spencer Topel

mothquantum.substack.com/p/gamescom-2...

Gamescom 2025: A Personal Journey into a Quantum Universe

by Spencer Topel, CTO at MOTH

mothquantum.substack.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

But since it is not our plan to just play with NISQ forever, here's our vision for a fault-tolerant future

mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-po...

Quantum-Powered Games: From Today to 2030

by James Wootton, CSO at MOTH and Daniel Bultrini, Researcher at MOTH

mothquantum.substack.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

This has some more of the details, along with a description of how we also generate the music for the game

mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...

Composing for Quantum Games

With Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani

mothquantum.substack.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

Of course visiting our booth at Gamescom means you'd also talk to us. To simulate what we might say, you can check out our blog posts.

Here's my one with a high-level description of what we are doing and why

mothquantum.substack.com/p/from-quant...

From Quantum Music to Quantum Games: MOTH at Gamescom 2025

by James Wootton, CSO at MOTH

mothquantum.substack.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 24

What better to do on Sunday morning than a little gaming?

If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!

But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...

Space Moths

Space Moths will be released during Gamescom 2025. Click on the ⭐️ button to be the first to play with quantum on-demand! For ages, the moths of the planet Nerii lived peacefully, their wings shimmer...

www.roblox.com

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 17

If you are wondering whether an earlier train might have been better, my experience today suggests not.

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Moth @mothquantum.bsky.social · Aug 14

First gameplay from Space Moths — an MMOG demo powered by quantum computing. See it at Gamescom 2025.

#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios

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Ben Brown @benbrown.bsky.social · Aug 15

New work just published
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
I was sat on this result for a couple of years but as you can see in the acknowledgements sometimes I need to be told three times to get things done (and sometimes I need to be asked more than three times, sorry @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social)

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 14

New paper out on the arXiv today
scirate.com/arxiv/2508.0...

A short review of the kinds of methods used in procedural generation of content for games, and how fault-tolerant quantum algorithms could be used to enhance them.

Daniel will also present this soon at the IEEE Conference on Games.

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just put out a blog post, written with my colleagues Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani.

We talk about the generative system used to create levels in our game, but also about how we can also use it for remixing the music too.

mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...

Composing for Quantum Games

With Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani

mothquantum.substack.com

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