You must be using some sort or web server (maybe the cassini built in one) as you run the web project. How do you have your solution setup?
Silverlight Project
ASP.NET Web Project (with the linked silverlight project)
And are your assets (Sprites.zip) contained in Silverlight or ASP.NET Web project? If in Silverlight you will need to be sure to tag the file as Content so it is copied to the Web project.
Fred Hirschfeld
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