Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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An endless scrolling background is the bread and butter of 2D game development. With this technique, we can make space shooters, side scrollers (like most 2D platformers), infinite runners, etc...

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In this video, we'll see how we can implement a Parallax Background that scrolls infinitely.
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00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Patronage
01:35 - ParallaxBackground Node
04:33 - ParallaxLayer
05:07 - Mirroring(duplicating ParallaxLayer content)
08:35 - Auto scrolling script
09:49 - Outro
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