DevilBox - Maxwell's Demon Game

A web-based physics game inspired by Maxwell's Demon thought experiment. Control a door to sort particles and challenge entropy!

About the Game

The setup is based on the famous Maxwell's Demon thought experiment:

• A box (chamber) is divided into two parts by a wall with a small door
• The box is filled with particles - 50% red and 50% blue
• You, the player, operate the door
• Your goal is to separate particles by color: allow only red particles to pass to one side and only blue particles to the other
• The result is a sorted box, with all red particles on one side and all blue particles on the other

The increase in entropy caused by the player's own actions (energy consumption and information processing) always exceeds the decrease in entropy from sorting the particles, thus preserving the second law of thermodynamics.

Tech Stack

• Phaser 3 - Game framework
• Vite - Build tool and dev server

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or higher recommended)
• npm

Installation

npm install

Development

Start the development server:

npm run dev

The game will be available at http://localhost:3032

Build

Create a production build:

npm run build

The build output will be in the dist/ directory.

Preview

Preview the production build locally:

npm run preview

Project Structure

src/
├── main.js        # Entry point
├── config/        # Game configuration
├── managers/      # Game state and system managers
├── objects/       # Game objects (particles, door, etc.)
├── scenes/        # Phaser scenes
├── ui/            # UI components
└── utils/         # Utility functions

License

ISC