Weird sprites

A number of sprite files shipped with Creatures 3 that were not included in the game as seen by the public. Herewith, a sample of them converted to animated GIFs for your convenience, with largely the same descriptions as first appeared. I believe I borrowed this idea from The Creatures Match, which I think is now defunct.

Animals

	butterfly2.c16 Presumably sprites from a differently coloured butterfly that was considered and decided too ludicrous, or not ludicrous enough.
	From gnarl.c16 This is what a gnarler's birth looks like. Feel privileged to have witnessed such a beautiful phenomenon. This is in the game, of course, but I've never noticed it happen.
	mantis.c16 Perhaps an initial sketch for a preying mantis.
	porc.c16 No, not a misspelling of a non-kosher meat, just short for porcupine. You could probably eat it too, if you didn't mind the quills and also were digital.

Plants

	cmsh.c16 A mushroom. The one that isn't a plant.
	fanplant.c16 A plant that really wouldn't have done too badly if it were included in the game. It could've gone in the desert or somewhere. Alas, we are punished for our successes as well as our failures.
	redhot.c16 Not a bad flower all round. I guess they just had too many already, or maybe they didn't like it.

Machinery

	clickhere.c16, click_here.c16 Presumably to indicate that clicking here would be advisable for the future safety of the galaxy. A very similar sprite has been worked into Docking Station.
	grabber.c16 Something weird. It's called a grabber, which suggests it might have grabbed things, or perhaps that was just one of the designer's fancies. Incidentally, Chani has made an agent using these sprites. It grabs things.
	lift(old).c16 A still of an old lift design, presumably. As you can see, the operating controls appear to be in that little panel at the side. Rather fiddly, really. It's better the way it is now, even if it's annoying when there's a norn in there and you accidentally tickle them when trying to press the up button.
	recycler.c16 An old recycler, I guess.

Miscellany

	asteroids.c16 Some images from Asteroids. There're also sprites of some asteroids, as well as the ship pictured, and a tiny pixelbullet. If I could be bothered, I might have animated a game of Asteroids with them, but I couldn't be. Evidently. I have made an agent based on these images.
	deth.c16 Looks to me suspiciously like the graphics designers got bored.
	ettn.c16, gren.c16 Some rather strange ettin and grendel sprites. The grendel one looks like the C2 Boney Grendel breed.

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