How to render a 2d side-scroller game

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Published on 2010-04-13T03:54:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 13:03 UTC
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I do not really understand the way I'm suppose to render a side-scroller? How do I know what to render when my character move? What kind of positionning should I use for the characters? I hope my question is clear

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