Meaning of pixel hunt | Babel Free

Definitions

a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game

countable, uncountable

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“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.”

“(..) 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.”

“Finding the solution to a puzzle involved figuring out how to move⟳ an object, or trying to decide⟳ in what sequence objects should be configured, or the frustrating “pixel hunt” (searching for the one spot on the screen that was a hot spot).”

“Though far less frustrating than many text adventures, point-and-click adventure games often featured at least a few puzzles with highly illogical solutions and frequently forced players to engage⟳ in a “pixel hunt,” which refers to the process⟳ of moving and clicking the mouse all over a screen in hopes of finding a missed item or other important “hotspot.””

“This is similar to a blunder designers of adventure games can make⟳. We called this a pixel''' hunt and strove mightily to avoid⟳ falling into that trap⟳.”

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