it will come back! you can also put it in your inventory bar when you leave the game, and it wont disappear!!

So you can! I hadn't tried that before! I've always kept it with the kid's toys in the corner of their room.

I see it even has a tooltip: "Ball", just to make sure we know what it is.

That worked.. all of my families have the red ball now! Thanks!!!

Yes, it comesback :B Thanks for the tip. I'll keep on my inventory!

It is invisible so you have to click a few times to find it. You can place it anywhere in the game, just remember where you dropped it. You can access the ball in other families/game slots by clicking on the place where you left it in the first game.

I found the shiny red ball. Just as stated in the first post. Funny!!!

I guess I'm missing something. I see two things in the first post that could be hints. But I still haven't located the red ball. I guess I'll just have to wait and hope it shows up on its own someday.

I am not sure if there are certain exact standards required for finding the ball or not.

I have VF on 3 computers and I have all 5 families with balls now.
However..I have tried to help my children find the ball on their own VF games to no avail...yet.

Keep trying...or just give up.
I say that because when I gave up I found my very first red ball.

I guess there are gamers that can figure out the major clue in the 1st post. I am not one of them. I am envious of those of you that figured it out and have your red ball. Maybe in a couple of months someone will explain the Easter Egg. So that I can enjoy the rest of the game that I purchased.

i still havent found it. i just upgraded to .05 and its STILL nowhere to be found! i guess it doesnt want to be found oh well i love this game and i can still play it without the ball!