COO Pigeon Sim Releases Free In Browser With Toronto Map Nine Times GTA5
Developer Yegor Sak released COO (Covert Ornithological Operations) on November 5, playable free in a web browser.
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Why it matters
A cybersecurity founder built a 630-square-kilometer Toronto in seven days with generative AI tools, and the result is a free browser game whose map scale is the story more than the missions.
Key Facts
- Developer Yegor Sak released COO (Covert Ornithological Operations) on November 5, playable free in a web browser.
- The game's map recreates Toronto at about 630 square kilometers, roughly nine times the size of GTA5.
- COO recreates 438,819 real buildings based on 3D city data.
- Players control P-7, a pigeon-shaped drone, across eight missions including stealing a USB stick and hacking a smartphone.
- Sak is the founder of cybersecurity company ControlID and VPN service Windscribe, and built the game in seven days using generative AI tools such as Claude.
Players control P-7, a pigeon-shaped government drone that flies over a recreation of Toronto covering about 630 square kilometers, roughly nine times the size of GTA5. The game has eight missions, including stealing a USB stick, hacking a phone, and tailing a target.
The map recreates 438,819 real buildings from 3D city data, and aircraft passing over Toronto appear in the sky in real time using ADS-B surveillance data. P-7 runs on a battery that drains during flight; when it empties, the drone must perch on power lines to recharge. Missions fail if P-7 acts unlike a pigeon, so players coo to lower a suspicion gauge. Sak, founder of cybersecurity company ControlID and VPN service Windscribe, said he has not yet checked 99% of the map himself.
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