In this jam, I encourage you all to make a sprite of your characters. It can be animated or non animated.
However, some of you may not know how to make a GIF, so I'll cover that too!
I use Photoshop to make gifs, and it's very simple.
When saving, for FORMAT you want to make it CompuServe GIF (*.GIF) from the drop down box as your file type.
The next step is IMPORTANT! So BEFORE you move on, click the box to save "Layers as frames".
The next window will pop up and click the "animate" box. In the bottom corner click the preview button and it will show you your gif in action.
Save and you're done!
I will start us out!