doc/docs/en/tutorials/side-scroller.md

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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

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.

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

{.icon} You can also read the full tutorial text on Github

If you get stuck, head over to the Defold Forum where you will get help from the Defold team and many friendly users.

Happy Defolding!