# Question about side scrolling

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-side-scrolling/94979>\
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**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-side-scrolling/94979 "2003-11-19T02:10:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digigamer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digigamer/32/276_2.png) [@Digigamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digigamer)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-side-scrolling/94979/1 "2003-11-19T02:10:11Z")

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I’m thinking about making a side scrolling game however I was wondering how side scrolling is done. The most obvious is to make the environment in one large movie clip and just have the movieclip move however I believe this is a very processor intensive method of doing it and what wondering if anybody knows a more practicle way of doing it. Thanks