THIS MONTH ON EDGE
APP
Kitty Q
bit.ly/kittyq
Edge favourite PhilippStollenmayer (StickyTerms, Song Of Bloom) already has an impressively eclectic catalogue, so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that his latest is a free app – funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry Of Education And Research – designed to interest younger players in quantum physics. Essentially an escape room with a half-dead cat host, it works as both a fascinating primer on the subject (and not just for kids – adult players should learn plenty, too) and an engaging puzzler. Whether you’re directing cockroaches around puddles of water, stunning flies buzzing around an apple or investigating a piece of cake that smashed a TV while you weren’t looking, it finds playful, accessible ways to explain a range of concepts, upon which a charming, in-game ‘Kittypedia’ elaborates further.