First round of teaching myself construct is complete. Here are the fruits of my labor. Still have a long way to go, but I had fun animating this.

paintoholic .com/game_test

Please remove the space before the dot in .com..still not able to post full urls   <img src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

arrow keys left or right = move

arrow key up + jump

space bar + arrow keys left or right = run

Love your style <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Thanks <img src="smileys/smiley9.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

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Brainstorming for a new game...

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