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pixel hunt

pixel hunt noun: a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game.

Noun

pixel hunt (countable and uncountable, plural pixel hunts)

  1. a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game
    • Like most adventure games, Phantasmagoria is a bit of a pixel hunt, so move your cursor around the screen to see what can be manipulated or examined in each room.1996, Multimedia World, Multimedia World, Volume 3, Issues 2-9, PC Communications, page 89
    • (..) and adjust the block size on the screen, so the visually impaired can play with big blocks, and those who like to play pixel hunt can do so with single-pixel square blocks.2003, Alexandre Santos Lobao, Ellen Hatton, .NET Game Programming with DirectX 9.0, Apress, →ISBN, page 67

Verb

pixel hunt (third-person singular simple present pixel hunts, present participle pixel hunting, simple past and past participle pixel hunted)

  1. to look for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game
    • Unfortunately, once you actually go about solving the cases, the game falls into the trap that have been the bane of click n' point adventure games for years; illogical puzzles and pixel hunting.2006 December, GameAxis Unwired, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, →ISSN, page 53
    • We totally relate to gamers who hesitate to devote a few hours to pixel hunting to solve puzzles.2009, PC Gamer, PC Gamer, volume 16, GP Publications, page 22

Forms of pixel hunt

Noun
pluralpixel hunts
Verb
third-person singular presentpixel hunts
present participlepixel hunting
past participlepixel hunted
pastpixel hunted

Questions about pixel hunt

What does pixel hunt mean?
Pixel hunt means a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game.
What part of speech is pixel hunt?
Pixel hunt can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of pixel hunt?
The plural of pixel hunt is pixel hunts.

Words near pixel hunt in the dictionary

  1. pixed
  2. pixel
  3. pixel art
  4. pixel artist
  5. pixel artists
  6. pixel hunt
  7. pixel hunted
  8. pixel hunting
  9. pixel hunts
  10. pixel peep
  11. pixel peeper

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