Schrodinger's cats
Free Game
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About Schrodinger's cats
The simplest physics game ever. Just put a cat into a box and wait! The game based on the famous physicist Erwin Shrödinger's thought experiment with a cat locked in a box together with a radioactive substance.
How to play:
Place the widget onto homescreen of your device. Now you have choise of several cats and isotopes of different chemical elements. For every isotope its half-life is known. Choose a cat and an element to put into a box. Wait some time and open box by tap. If the cat is alive, you'll win and will get some points. If the cat is dead, you'll lose.
Probability of the cat's death and number of points you get are equal to atom decay probability. The higher probability is, the more points you get. For example, if you choose Uranium-228, an isotope with half-life equal to 9 minutes 6 seconds and open the box after this time, the probability of cat's death will be 50% and if you find the cat alive you'll get 50 points. If you wait 18 minutes 12 seconds, double half-life, the probability will be 75% and you'll get 75 points. Probability of cat's death will never reach 100% but you can get 100 points in case of probability equal or greater than 99.5%.
Sometimes you can get points that are less than death probability. It means that the cat of your choise has special skills. For example, Cheshire cat can escape from the box by tunelling through the box's walls and remain alive even after atom's decay. That's the reason why you get less points with this cat.
Moreover, though usually you get zero points in case of loss, sometimes you can get negative score. This also depends on which cat you put into a box.
How to play:
Place the widget onto homescreen of your device. Now you have choise of several cats and isotopes of different chemical elements. For every isotope its half-life is known. Choose a cat and an element to put into a box. Wait some time and open box by tap. If the cat is alive, you'll win and will get some points. If the cat is dead, you'll lose.
Probability of the cat's death and number of points you get are equal to atom decay probability. The higher probability is, the more points you get. For example, if you choose Uranium-228, an isotope with half-life equal to 9 minutes 6 seconds and open the box after this time, the probability of cat's death will be 50% and if you find the cat alive you'll get 50 points. If you wait 18 minutes 12 seconds, double half-life, the probability will be 75% and you'll get 75 points. Probability of cat's death will never reach 100% but you can get 100 points in case of probability equal or greater than 99.5%.
Sometimes you can get points that are less than death probability. It means that the cat of your choise has special skills. For example, Cheshire cat can escape from the box by tunelling through the box's walls and remain alive even after atom's decay. That's the reason why you get less points with this cat.
Moreover, though usually you get zero points in case of loss, sometimes you can get negative score. This also depends on which cat you put into a box.
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
1.11
Minor interface changes
1.1
1. Now you can install the game only to internal memory. It means now you don't need to reboot your device to see the application icon in the widgets list. We apologise to users who want choose the installation place despite of Android limitations for this.
2. Six new cats, 30 chemical elements and five achievements are added.
3. Reduced probability of out-of-memory crash in main menu and cat select menu
1.11
Minor interface changes
1.1
1. Now you can install the game only to internal memory. It means now you don't need to reboot your device to see the application icon in the widgets list. We apologise to users who want choose the installation place despite of Android limitations for this.
2. Six new cats, 30 chemical elements and five achievements are added.
3. Reduced probability of out-of-memory crash in main menu and cat select menu
More downloads Schrodinger's cats reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about Schrodinger's cats
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No widget :-(
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i cannot play it....please fix
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Grrrr I can't open ittttttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LoL
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Fun app. If you use the izotopes that last how long you think it will take you to get back to your phone, you will drastically improove your sense of how much time does it acctually take to do something. Also it's really easy to use, i don't know what's all the fuss with people complaining.
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I like it. It is fun on the home screen. The only thing keeping me from 5 stars is: I want to purchase elements and cats, but cannot. :( When I click the button for purchase or three dot button, nothing happens. Otherwise I totally give 5 stars.
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I installed it and wouldn't go of how to play :-!
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How do you get out of the instrutions?
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I like it. It is fun on the home screen. The only thing keeping me from 5 stars is: I want to purchase elements and cats, but cannot. :( When I click the button for purchase or three dot button, nothing happens. Otherwise I totally give 5 stars.
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This app dose not work i was really looking forword to the app come on fix it:( :(
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I'm doing wit it said to do and it wont open
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Can't purchase any new cats
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WHY DOSE IT NOT LET ME PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLESE FIX IT
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LoL
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It doesn't work and doesn't let you play! ~~ l : -
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I installed it and wouldn't go of how to play :-!
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How do you get out of the instrutions?
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It does work. Follow the instructions given. Press and hold your home screen and "widgets" will appear. Tap it. Now find the widget and place it.
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could you PLEASE add more things?? Or make it free for more cats? Then I'll rate 5
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I was looking forward to this app but I couldn't even open it. There was no widget to click to open it and couldn't even open it in my playstore. Don't download!.
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The App wont even open man.
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Grrrrrrrrrrrr fix this now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stupid boring wont work
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I would not Give it a star if I could!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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, thank you so very much show me words escape me god bless you
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I have been waiting this app for almost year!
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Has the best knowledgable science theroy for all who would qustion science Facts hope you can enjoy.
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I put it on my home screen from my widgets and still gives me instructions to do the same thing over. Please fix it cause I really wanna play! :-)
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YES I DID FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ! No widget showed up in my list anywhere. So Like I said before, THE GAME GIVES YOU INSTRUCTIONS & NOTHING ELSE !
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Hi im Diana i like this game
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The widgets nowhere to be found! uninstalled until it's fixed.
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This app is soooooooooooooooooo retarted!!!!! I dpnt even understand it! Ugg this app sucks.
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I can't even play!!!!>:(
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I hatenit I can't open It you people are losers
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No widget :-(
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This game is boring but it's also fun lol i was also shocked to see 33 years and 1 billion years that was a joke right or do we seriously like i mean i would be dead......and alive mwhahahahahaaa but seriously is that a joke or not