No, this game isn't powered by oranges and lemons; it's built using the Citrus Engine, a scalable Flash game engine that takes a lot of the tedious work out of coding a game. In this Premium tutorial, aimed at keen beginners, you'll learn how to use it to build a simple platformer.


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Ever wanted to make a platformer, but not too keen on writing all the code from scratch? The Citrus Engine doesn't eliminate code entirely, but it makes it much simpler, with plenty of useful 2D game features built right in. In this tutorial, we'll use it to build a simple platform game.

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