Well do not know if this is the right section lol, but here I bring you a tutorial to show you how to create a life bar for MUGEN, is in Spanish, but can use the translator to translate. XD
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This tutorial will be divided into 2 parts, the second part is divided into 8 sections.
1 - PART - Creating the sprite of life bar.
2 - PART - Coding.
a. Life 2.1 bar
b. 2.2 Power bar
c. 2.3 Face
d. 2.4 Name
e. 2.5 Time
f. 2.6 Combo
g. 2.7 Round
h. Win 2.8 icon
Hope that helps, and if something change or add to the tutorial you can make me know. Greetings!
Download; https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6PmkFvzPU3QeFRNR1k2N0lXdUk/edit