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+[Ll]ibrary/
+[Tt]emp/
+[Oo]bj/
+
+# Autogenerated VS/MD solution and project files
+*.csproj
+*.unityproj
+*.sln
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+SideScroller
+============
+
+This is a demo project to teach Unity3D game development.