Basic's of Side Scrolling

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Jun 7 2015, 1:14 pm
(See the best response by Braekyn.)
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Problem description:
I was considering writing my own side scrolling engine. I was curious what I might need to study up on or know in order to make something great.

Ideally I'd like to make 2 engines- the side scrolling "beat em up" engine in which players traverse a stage on their way to a boss, and a true side scroller such as Mario or Metroid or even Castlevania.

I have some vague ideas, but what would be most helpful is a list of things that need to happen or be tackled, in order to provide the best experience for other people who might want to use a lib that is easier to grasp than some of the current options.
Jun 8 2015, 6:09 am
Best response
Jun 8 2015, 11:30 am
In response to Braekyn
It's helpful,but not what I'm looking for persay. I'm not interested in looking at someone else's work or how they handle it, but rather the steps I need to take to create my own-if that makes any sense.

I'm not really looking for a "how to" but more of a "this needs to be addressed before you have what you need" type point in the right direction.

I'm aware F.A. has a staggering amount of great libs out there, the main issue is that they also require other libs to work properly(some of them do).

That isn't what I want, in theory I'd like for anything I write or contribute to the community to function without the need for other pre-existing code.

I'd prefer to make something that is completely "plug -and-play", that's the motivation behind this post-thanks though.
Jun 8 2015, 2:10 pm
Jun 8 2015, 2:16 pm
In response to Kaiochao
Basically what I was looking for, thanks.