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So I was googling and supposively its called "parellex scrolling" for a side scrolling. I was debating on whether I should custom code a side scrolling engine or use some pre-made engine.

Parallax scrolling is not simply side scrolling.

In parallax scrolling, you have multiple backdrops and the ones further back scroll slower than the ones up close. For instance, you might have a layer that has sky/clouds, then a layer with mountains, and another with trees. Since the trees are the closest to the camera, they would scroll the fastest, the sky would be the slowest.

This gives the illusion of 3D movement as objects further away seem to move more slowly.

Thanks OldRod for the information. I believe I will be using parallax scrolling for this.

So my question is should I use some already made graphics rendering engine or just build my own? I have built a 2d rpg world rendering engine before so rendering engines but that was around 10years ago in vb6.

Sim wrote:Thanks OldRod for the information. I believe I will be using parallax scrolling for this.

So my question is should I use some already made graphics rendering engine or just build my own? I have built a 2d rpg world rendering engine before so rendering engines but that was around 10years ago in vb6.

It depends on your application and requirements. We can't really answer that.

Maybe this will help get you started:

http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tut ... -cms-21510