Scratch

This is a very common question.

Scrolling is in platformer games, like Mario. It is when the play field is larger than the screen, and the camera moves around in it.

There is a wiki article on scrolling. Read that for more info.

TechRy wrote:

i want to make it so when you move somewhere off screen it moves with the sprite

That's scrolling. Read the wiki article that I linked to for a tutorial.