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I made a noob mistake with that one. My apologies. I spent some time looking at the last Coloring Ball, and now have a clearer idea of whassup. Should have done that sooner, but I was just wanting to find out of cMiez could also say "Disqualified!" as well as "Whee!" This one may come closer to cMiez's intent:

[imgzoom]http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o756/jwalt10705/snail_zpse4675a35.gif[/imgzoom]

                    Jim

Edit: Added imgzoom tags.

I suspect this may not meet criteria 4A, since it is only a part of the critter. Only, after I rotated the outline a bit, it seemed to instantly form the image in my feeble mind. Here it is, legal, or illegal. Do with it what you will...



             Jim

Edit: Sorry about this one. It did fall outside the competition's intent. Please disregard it.

This may not be the cause, but... Try tools -> Internet Options --> Advanced --> multimedia. See if the box "Play animations in web pages" is checked. It should be. Which, basically, is about all I can add to this thread. I suspect Vista may take you down a slightly different path, but may be worth a look.

Let's see if I can do this correctly...

[ img ] http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o756/jwalt10705/skirtWalker_zps1bc762e7.gif  [ /img]

This is still largely Skuttleman's Woman. I changed the head and leg sections, and I recolored the torso and hips. Comement from a friend about her being a hula dancer.

Apologize in advance if this doesn't work.

Skuttleman, I believe I may have caused the issue I mentioned above. I made a gif file, and brought that into the game. Out of curiosity, I brought in the "raw" images and assigned them to one of the walk cycles. I'm getting a "jump" in the character when I move her in that direction, but that may be caused by my still using the gif file images in the other directions.
     I also made some minor modifications to your gal, adding a skirt. I was impressed with the way the program animated the skirt. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try to post the skirt walking gif. Right now, I have no online image storage. Nor am I experienced with the tags to include it in my post. I know where to find that information. The desire to respond to this thread prompted me to give up my lurker status and take the required test to post on this forum.

First, thanks SSH, Kweepa, and Skuttleman for making the effort to do this along the way. I've learned things from all three programs.
    For skuttleman, I brought your animated Woman sprite into a test game, and I had problems with the size of the sprite. I eliminated the unused area in the images, and things started working normally. I'm wondering if this was expected, or intentional? I need to play with your program some more, but did I do something wrong, or is the program able to reduce the usuused area around the sprite? Also, is there any way to change the colors used in the background screens? It's giving me a three D effect, and limiting the time I can spend with the program without getting a headache. Again, thanks for making the effort, and best wishes to making it happen!