James Wootton

Because Gandhi has declared war

That's me. I did a thing.

I didn't know this was a controversy until yesterday but I already have a very strong opinion about it.

Anyone in Geneva for Swiss Quantum Week?

I'm around today and tomorrow if anyone wants to catch up.

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...

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...

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

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...)

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...

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...

It also sounds like an unsuccessful Nintendo console

Clearly you've all been drinking your milk.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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👇

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.

Benchmarking a decade of quantum computers with games With Maria Aguado Yañez, Astryd Park, Haripriya Pettugani and Daniel Bultrini

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

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

Gamescom 2025: A Personal Journey into a Quantum Universe by Spencer Topel, CTO at MOTH

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

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

Quantum-Powered Games: From Today to 2030 by James Wootton, CSO at MOTH and Daniel Bultrini, Researcher at MOTH

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...

Composing for Quantum Games With Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani

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...

From Quantum Music to Quantum Games: MOTH at Gamescom 2025 by James Wootton, CSO at MOTH

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...

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...

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...

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

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

#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios

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)

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.

Composing for Quantum Games With Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani

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...