Last time updated: July 1st, 2025
InformationA local-multiplayer episode that you can play with your friends. It features 2 minigames - Battle Blitz and Race Rivals
Battle Blitz - A modern version of the SMBX 1.3 Battle Mode, where this time you are able to customize your user experience however you like. That includes custom lives count for each player, start-up power-up selections, all vehicles options, support for duplicate characters and an ability to change your players costume.
Race Rivals - Somewhat similar to Mario Kart, this is a minigame where you must stay ahead of your opponent in time or reach the finish line first. This acts more like speedrunning levels where your goal is to be as fast as possible. Similarly to Battle Blitz, this minigame is also highly configurable, featuring some basic power-up options for good balance, timer settings that let you set the amount of time you have to finish any level (disabling the timer is also an option) and duplicate characters are also supported as well as an option to change your players costume.
Development periods
This is my first episode that I've ever made and also my first time using LunaLua. Since 2018, I wanted to create a similar project like this, but mainly focused on reviving the old battle mode, which is now called Battle Blitz as a finished minigame. Race Rivals on the other hand, wasn't even planned until late 2024. This minigame was my side-project while I worked on Battle Blitz, so I started making 2 minigames at the same time. Lastly, I decided to merge those two minigames in an episode together, making Dueling Trials exist in the first place.
Older versions
If you want to install the latest release, the download button above is the correct link (you can still download the latest version here, it will be placed on top of the list). This list will change every time Dueling Trials receives an update. Newer versions will be placed on top and older versions will be placed on the bottom of the list. Here are all the versions placed in order:
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Changelog
Below is a list of what has changed over the past few versions. This will also receive changes every time the episode updates. Here are the changes:
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Preview
Some screenshots:
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Credits
-Graphics made by h2643, PROX, DARKMECHA and Sednaiur
-Music and sound effects not by Zenetal (some credits can be found in specific level folders)
-Bouncy pits created by Rixitic and KBM-Quine
-Boost Block made by AndrewPixel/Akromaly
-Modern Reserve Box created by KBM-Quine
-Pause menu template made by Rednaxela
-Warp Transition by MrDoubleA
More credits can be found in the episode folder and some specific levels
Stuff by me:
-The entire episode and almost all the scripts are by Zenetal
-Small graphics patches/extensions done by Zenetal
-Every battle and race level made by Zenetal
Special thanks:
Big thank you to all the people in the Codehaus discord server who helped me a little with some parts of the code (MrNameless, Marioman2007, MrDoubleA, KBM-Quine, and Supermario1313)
Additional information
Guides on how the episode works can be found in the post below. There's everything you need to know about the episode and how to make proper levels without any bugs, as well as some warnings that you need to keep in mind.
Link to the post: viewtopic.php?p=403939#p403939
