What is this?
A million pixels.
One rat. Everyone’s in.
One shared picture of 1,000,000 pixels. Claim a piece, put your art and link on it, and team up with people everywhere to trap the rat that runs across it.
- pixels still free
- 1,000,000
- pixels still free
- pixels the rat ran this week
- 111,858
- pixels the rat ran this week
- trap this week
- 1
- trap this week
- Founder numbers left
- 1,000
- Founder numbers left
Live numbers from the canvas.
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One canvas. 1,000,000 pixels.
The whole site is a single picture, 1,000 pixels wide and 1,000 high. Anyone in the world can claim a piece of it.
Each pixel can belong to only one person. Once it’s taken, it’s taken.
1,000 × 1,000
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Claim your spot
Drag a rectangle over free pixels. You instantly see the size and price: $1 per pixel, from $16 (16 pixels, for example 4 × 4).
Pay on the secure Stripe page. The moment the payment is confirmed, the pixels are yours and nobody else can buy them.
8 × 6 = 48 pixels
8 × 12 = 96 pixels
96 px · $96
🔗 yourwebsite.com
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Make it yours
Open the editor: upload a picture, write text, or paint pixel by pixel. Add a link so visitors can find your website, shop or profile.
Change it whenever you like. Your area also gets its own page you can share.
8 × 6 = 48 pixels
8 × 12 = 96 pixels
✏️ Your artwork
🔗 yourwebsite.com
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Then there's the rat 🐀
A rat runs loose across the canvas, live. Everyone sees the same rat at the same moment. It can’t run through taken pixels: every pixel someone owns is a wall.
Drop 🧀 cheese to lure it. Build walls in its way. Close the last gap together, and it’s trapped!
Every trap gets a replay that names the people whose pixels did it. Then it digs out, a bit smarter, and the hunt goes on.
bonk!
🪤 TRAPPED!
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Play free, or keep it forever
Free 24-hour lock
- ✓ Up to 16 pixels, no card needed
- ✓ Decorate them and block the rat
- ✓ Free account with a confirmed email
- After 24 hours the pixels are free again
Keep it forever
- ✓ From $16, one rectangle of your choice
- ✓ Your art and your link, for good
- ✓ A permanent wall in the rat hunt
- ✓ The first 1,000 buyers get a Founder number: 1,000 left
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Fair and simple
Secure payment
Checkout runs on Stripe. We never see your card.
Never sold twice
The database makes sure each pixel has only one owner.
Moderated
Artwork follows our Content Policy, and anyone can report a problem.
Resale later
The marketplace opens only after all 1,000,000 pixels are sold.
The rat is running right now.
Jump in, lock a few pixels for free, and help close the trap.
Questions
What exactly do I buy?
A display licence for a rectangle of pixels, at $1 per pixel with a minimum order of $16 (16 pixels). You show your own artwork, text and link there under our Terms and Content Policy. You do not buy shares, tokens or a financial product.
Is it free to play?
Yes. With a free account and a confirmed email you can lock up to 16 pixels for 24 hours, decorate them and use them as walls to trap the rat. When the time is up, the design is removed and the pixels are free again, unless you choose to keep them forever.
Is the rat real?
It is an automated game character, the same for everyone watching. It moves on its own, avoids walls, eats cheese people drop and digs out of traps after a while. Its moves are planned by our server; nobody can steer it.
Can two people buy the same pixel?
No. While you pay, your rectangle is held for you. The database refuses any overlapping purchase, and pixels become yours only after the payment provider confirms your payment.
How do I pay?
On the secure Stripe checkout page (or PayPal where offered). Your card details go to the payment provider, never to us.
Can I resell my pixels?
The marketplace opens once all 1,000,000 pixels have been sold. Then you can list your whole area at a price you choose; the platform keeps a 10% commission (for example, a $500 sale: $50 commission, $450 to you). Your original price is not refunded.
Will my pixels go up in value?
We make no promise about value, demand or resale. Buy pixels because you want to show something on the canvas and play, not as an investment.
Pixels are digital display space under a display licence (see the Terms). They are not an investment, and we make no promise about future value or resale.