HONEYPOTHONEYPOT
The CEO Survival Simulator
AI Summit, Singapore. You run the world’s most valuable chip company and the prototype sits in a glass case in the middle of the ballroom. Some of the people smiling at you were sent by Chinese state security, a rival chipmaker or a data broker. Find them before they find what they came for.
Protect your chips. Resist temptation. Don’t take the bait.
Who’s in the room
Hundreds of people pass through the ballroom over the year. Anyone in any role can be an operative, and most of them aren’t.
Executives and investorsPartnership talk, funding offers and the occasional roadmap question that goes one step too far.
Models and gala guestsThe most glamorous people at the summit, and the ones who most want a private dinner.
Journalists and photographersThey want quotes and close-ups. Some want your badge in the frame.
Researchers and your own engineersThe insider threat looks exactly like your team.
Caterers and staffNobody looks twice at the person holding the tray.
Security, keynote and barTwo guards answer your phone. The keynote speaker and bartender stay put.
How to play
Survive 365 days across four phases. Talk, scan, and call security on the right people.
WASDWalk
ShiftRun (uses stamina)
SpaceJump, including onto the stage
MouseLook · click uses the item in your hand
1–5 · wheelSwitch item
TabOpen your inventory and contacts
E · Q · FTalk · scan · call security, whatever you’re holding
MMute or unmute music and sound
Your inventory
Your right hand holds one item at a time. Decoy drives and espresso turn up on the cocktail tables.
Seven ways the year ends
Your stats and choices across the whole run decide which one you get.
The Untouchable CEOSurvive the year with the prototype safe.
The Silicon EmperorTop valuation, security and reputation, zero breaches.
The Double AgentPlant enough decoy drives to map a whole network.
The Paranoid CEOThrow out too many real guests.
The HoneypotLet someone get close enough.
The Insider ThreatFive breaches and it’s over.
The Market CrashLose the shareholders.