Creature-collecting RPG
Trail Duel
Turn-based battles, captures, evolutions and a rival.
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Loads the game in this page: about 3.5 MB. Keyboard required.
Made for a keyboard
This device does not seem to have a keyboard and mouse. The demos have no touch controls and have not been tested on phones or tablets.
This window is smaller than the demos were tested at.
Have a keyboard connected? (about 3.5 MB; this setup is not validated).
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The games need WebAssembly and WebGL, which this browser does not offer. They were verified in Chrome and Firefox on desktop.
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Not included in this build
This copy of the site was built without the web packages. Screenshots and controls are below.
Download for your platform
Trail Duel 1.0.0 · MicroEngine 0.2.0-alpha · release v0.2.0. Each package was played on its own system before it was published: how each platform was checked.
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, a GPU with Direct3D 11, OpenGL or Vulkan.
Install and run
- Extract the ZIP anywhere.
- Run TrailDuel.exe. Windows SmartScreen may say the publisher is unknown, because the program is not signed: choose More info, then Run anyway.
SHA-256
b3dea8e735c6e8e6bf399668d7509dc75a1e321f96ac702387c2e8a9ea195012A 64-bit x86 distribution with glibc 2.34 or later (for example Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 35 or newer), an X11 or Wayland desktop with OpenGL (Mesa or a GPU driver), and PulseAudio or PipeWire for sound. The alternative --platform raylib needs glibc 2.38 (Ubuntu 24.04 or newer).
Install and run
- Extract the archive: tar -xzf <file>.
- Run ./TrailDuel/TrailDuel from a terminal or your file manager.
SHA-256
00ce11562626d1a96d24278bec191a9732e3f85f15c4344ba1d782a5429a4dc3macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon (M1 or newer). Intel Macs are not packaged.
Install and run
- Extract the ZIP and move Trail Duel.app wherever you like.
- The app is not notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open it once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway; or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "Trail Duel.app" in Terminal.
SHA-256
bf92ccb38197c4d0b142dfab7d9c633ef04a4e6ef8f0e793818643040a942dc8Android 7.0 (API 24) or later on a 64-bit ARM or x86 device. On-screen touch controls; a keyboard or gamepad also works.
Install and run
- Download the APK on the device.
- Open it. Android asks once to allow installing apps from that source (your browser or file manager); allow it, then install.
- The APK is signed with MicroEngine's demo key, so later demo versions install as updates.
SHA-256
4a173bce8c8db3f27dd5a997039b38fee7e69a528f5a33ed1f8fd17eb6b313e1
- iOS: no download. Installing on an iPhone requires Apple signing, and the build checked in Apple’s simulator cannot run on a device (why).
- Direct downloads from GitHub Releases, not store listings: no Steam, Google Play or App Store account is needed. Downloads and installation
About the game
Leave Sprout Town with a partner creature, walk Route 1 and Hollow Wood, beat your rival twice and earn the title of Trail Champion by defeating Master Odessa in Brookhaven’s hall.
A hybrid: creatures and trainers come from hand-drawn CC0 sprites with crafted battle effects; the world, stages and music are painted in code to match.
Controls
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Walk, move cursors | Arrows / WASD |
| Confirm, talk, read signs, advance text | Z / Space / Enter |
| Back (hold while walking to run) | X / Backspace |
| Start menu | Esc / P |
| Show or hide the full move card in battle | C |
In the browser, Alt+Enter or the Fullscreen button toggles fullscreen. A gamepad was validated by hand in a Chromium-based browser with one controller; other controllers are untested.
Compatibility
- Verified In the browser: Chrome and Firefox on desktop, with a keyboard (automated tests and manual play)
- Manually tested One gamepad in a Chromium-based browser
- Not tested Safari, other browsers, and browsers on phones (the web build has no touch controls)
- Emulator only The Android app: generic on-screen controls (d-pad, A, B, X, shoulder, Start); no physical phone has run it
- Version
- Trail Duel 1.0.0, MicroEngine 0.2.0-alpha
- Browser download
- about 3.5 MB, only when you press Play
- Content
- Hybrid: CC0 creature sprites, procedural world and music.
- Licence
- Demo game: all rights reserved (notice). Read its code to learn MicroEngine; do not redistribute or sell it. The engine that runs it is MIT licensed, and its third-party art and audio keep their own licences. The package includes these notices and the third-party notices.
- Saves
- In the browser, in this site’s storage for each game (clearing site data or a private window removes them). Native builds save in your user data folder; Android in the app’s own storage.
- Build
- 1348d08fb4acbeaf · 6707fcb
Screenshots
Captured from scripted playthroughs of the desktop build, at 3× scale.