render what's goes outside of the screen in 2d

Question

how can I render whats right outside of the screen on the left side? Like in Super Mario Bros for example? I want to move clouds endless over the screen. Here's an example of what I mean: http://image-upload.de/file/nSzNhe/612a71bf0d.png

Answer 1

You simply create the entity with coordinates that are offscreen, and have a draw function that draws the entities, and when they move onscreen, they will be drawn. Might also want to make sure they get deleted once the go offscreen again though.