The tutorial is integrated with the Defold editor and easily accessible:
- Start Defold.
- Select New Project on the left.
- Select the From Tutorial tab.
- Select the “Side scroller tutorial”
- Select a location for the project on your local drive and click Create New Project.

The editor automatically opens the “README” file from the project root, containing the full tutorial text.
You can also read the full tutorial text on Github
If you get stuck, head over to the Defold Forum where you will get help from the Defold team and many friendly users.
Happy Defolding!