QiskitBlocks

Teaches quantum computing and Qiskit in a Minetest block world.

Installation

• Download and install Minetest 5.0.1. Note: This site has a preferred alternative to MacOS Homebrew installation: https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5585-minetest.html

• Clone this QiskitBlocks project, and copy the qiskitblocks_games folder of this QiskitBlocks project into the games folder of your Minetest installation.

• Add a worlds folder (if it doesn't already exist) to your Minetest installation at the same level as the games folder.

• Copy the quantum_circuits_world folder from from the worlds folder of this distribution into the worlds folder of your Minetest installation.

• QiskitBlocks makes requests to a service named QiskitBlocksService which accesses Qiskit quantum simulators that power the QiskitBlocks quantum circuits. By default, QiskitBlocks uses a cloud-based QiskitBlocksService, so public internet access is required at runtime. Optionally, you can checkout and run the QiskitBlocksService locally. If you choose to do that, then uncomment (remove the leading # character) the following lines in qiskitblocks_game/minetest.conf :

  #qiskit_service_host = http://localhost:5000
  

  #qiskit_service_timeout = 5 
  

• Open the Minetest application, uncheck the Creative Mode, Enable Damage, and Host Server checkboxes, and select the round QiskitBlocks game from the lower left. Then select the world quantum_circuits_world [qiskitblocks] from the menu, and click Play Game.

Please reach out to James Weaver on Qiskit Slack (located at qiskit.org) with questions or feedback.