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title: Side scroller tutorial
brief: This tutorial is intended to give a taste of what making games in Defold is about. It goes through creating a new project, based on a simple side-scroller. You will then learn how to tweak the game to make it more fun. Finally you will add a new game object. The tutorial should only take about 10 minutes.
github: https://github.com/defold/tutorial-side-scroller
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# Side scroller tutorial


The tutorial is integrated with the Defold editor and easily accessible:

1. Start Defold.
2. Select *New Project* on the left.
3. Select the *From Tutorial* tab.
4. Select the "Side scroller tutorial"
5. Select a location for the project on your local drive and click *Create New Project*.

![new project](images/new-side-scroller.png)

The editor automatically opens the "README" file from the project root, containing the full tutorial text.

![icon](images/icon-tutorial.svg){.icon} [You can also read the full tutorial text on Github](https://github.com/defold/tutorial-side-scroller)

If you get stuck, head over to the [Defold Forum](//forum.defold.com) where you will get help from the Defold team and many friendly users.

Happy Defolding!