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HormuzEye OPERATOR

Steer one VLCC through the Strait of Hormuz.

A one-minute teaser. One ship, one passage, $48.6 million of cargo. The twelve-week OPERATOR strategy game is still being built.

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Teaser

One VLCC, one passage

Steer with A and D or the arrow keys. On a phone, hold Left or Right, or press and drag on the water. Cruise stays at 12 kn. Eighteen symbolic nautical miles. Time and geography are compressed and stylised.

A / D or arrows

Best distance 0.0 NM

Time and geography are compressed and stylised.

The twelve-week strategy game

A short strategy game for people who already watch this chokepoint for a living. Twelve weeks, one company, one route out of the Gulf per cargo.

The premise
You are the CEO of a small independent trader and shipowner based in Rotterdam. Cargo has to leave the Gulf. Every week you read the market, pick a contract, choose a ship and decide how the cargo gets out: straight through the Strait, in an escorted convoy, by pipeline, or bought outside the Strait at a premium.
Real numbers
Premiums, transit counts, tolls and the diesel crack are taken from the same sources as our analysis. The live Risk Monitor score sets the difficulty of each week.
Real headlines
Events that actually happened, from tanker strikes to blacklistings and export bans, arrive as cards during the game.
How you win
Not by solving the crisis. By still existing after twelve weeks, with cash in the bank and at least one customer who still trusts you.

Building OPERATOR

The vision before the code

We are building HormuzEye: OPERATOR step by step. Before writing the game, we first define how information enters the system, what decisions the player makes, and how those decisions create consequences.

Early game concept, September 2026

  1. 01Input

  2. 02Decision

  3. 03Consequence

01 Real World Input

What information enters the game.

HormuzEye OPERATOR real-world input combining market, shipping and geopolitical intelligence for strategic gameplay.

02 You Make the Call

What the player actually decides.

HormuzEye OPERATOR strategy game showing cargo decisions, vessel choice, routes, risks and outcomes.

03 Real Consequences

How those decisions affect the outcome.

HormuzEye OPERATOR showing how strategic decisions affect cash, margin, delivery, reputation and risk.

Be first to play

Expected launch: early 2027.

One email when OPERATOR goes live. Nothing else. No name, no company, no newsletter.