side scroller
Left-to-right game
A side scroller is a video game where the action unfolds from a side view, with characters moving left or right across a two-dimensional plane as the screen scrolls to follow them.
The genre dominated early gaming—*Super Mario Bros.*, *Sonic the Hedgehog*, *Metroid*—and remains popular in indie games: I've been playing this gorgeous hand-drawn side scroller.
Italian masculine name
- SonicBlue gaming icon
- ContraNicaraguan anti-government fighter
- Mega ManBlue android protagonist
- CastlevaniaGothic action game series
Metroid · Double Dragon · Rayman · Hollow Knight · Cuphead
Position change from different vantages
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- runMove swiftly on foot
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- platformRaised flat structure
obstacle · levels · enemies · bosses · power-ups · collectibles · checkpoint · lives
Parallel to the horizon
- left-to-rightProceeding toward the right
- cameraImage capturing device
- foregroundNearest visual plane
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
layers · tileset · level design · spawn point · boundary · viewport · pixel art · retro
Leap-based video game
- run-and-gunMobile aggressive attack style
- MetroidvaniaPlatformer requiring backtracking with upgrades
- actionProcess of doing
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
Mario
Italian masculine name
Castlevania · Metroid · Double Dragon · Rayman · Hollow Knight · Cuphead
parallax
Position change from different vantages
platform · obstacle · levels · enemies · bosses · power-ups · collectibles · checkpoint · lives · score
horizontal
Parallel to the horizon
- left-to-rightProceeding toward the right
- cameraImage capturing device
- foregroundNearest visual plane
background · layers · tileset · level design · spawn point · boundary · viewport · pixel art · retro
platformer
Leap-based video game
- run-and-gunMobile aggressive attack style
- MetroidvaniaPlatformer requiring backtracking with upgrades
- actionProcess of doing
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- arcadesarcade, arcade games, video games, joystick, joysticks
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- 16-bit gamingSega Genesis, SNES, 16-bit, Mega Drive, Sonic the Hedgehog
- X-MenX-Men, Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Storm
- Shoot-'Em-Upsbullet hell, barrage, hitbox, grazing, power-up