Add ant runner - #54
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The lines for the ant's legs are too thin. Because of this, the movement won't look clear and dynamic even if it's placed in the menu bar.
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Thanks for the review! I've thickened the legs (femur from 1.7 px to 2.6 px, tibia from 1.2 px to 2.0 px on the 64x36 canvas) and gave the mid legs a bit more splay so they stay distinct at menu bar size.
While I was at it I also gave the antennae a heavier scape with a clearer elbow, and added mandibles. Frames and preview are updated.
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Just to confirm the direction, are you intending a realistic runner or a stylized one?
I actually applied it as a custom runner to the menu bar and checked its operation. The current ant lacks leg joints, and honestly, it does not look like it is walking.
I searched Google Images for "walking ant gif" to see if there were any good reference examples, but finding just the right representation seems quite difficult.
Reviewer feedback: leg lines were too thin to read at menu bar size. Femur width 1.7 -> 2.6, tibia 1.2 -> 2.0, mid legs splayed slightly so they stay distinct when downscaled. The geniculate antennae got a heavier scape with a clearer elbow, and the head now carries a pair of mandibles. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds ant — a cartoon ant running with an alternating tripod gait: six legs attached to the mesosoma, geniculate antennae, and the characteristic head/mesosoma/petiole/gaster segmentation, simplified in the rounded style of the classic runners. Monochrome silhouette, 6 frames, 64x36.
Checklist for Adding a Runner
runners/<runner-name>/as<runner-name>-frames.zip,metadata.json, andpreview.png.<runner-name>-frame-<N>.png(numbered from 0), with a height of exactly 36px, a width between 10px and 100px, and all frames share the same size..DS_Store,__MACOSX/, or._*entries.metadata.jsoncontains the correctauthor,displayName,type(monochromeorcolor), andtags.preview.pngis an animated PNG (APNG), 36px tall, at most 100px wide, and animates correctly.runners/manifest.jsonincludes the new runner name and stays sorted alphabetically.🤖 Generated with Claude Code