It worked (as you could probably guess)! I knew I had something on my hands, so I decided to do another test. This test was to see if I could add more 'VSZones' entities into the level select, and yes I could! With this new-found knowledge, it was time to strike and make something out of it. I then remembered an opinion that I had shared with my cousin one day while playing Sonic Mania with him. I mentioned to him that I wish Competition Mode had more stages to choose from.

And that's the history behind Sonic Mania Competition Plus.įunny enough, I was in such a rush to push the first version out there and show off my wonderful discovery to the world that I never actually made the stages competition safe. But not to worry as I quickly went to work on version 2 which would fix this and make the stages actually competition friendly. Back then, I honestly thought version 2 would be the end of Sonic Mania Competition Plus, but after Sonic Mania Plus dropped, I knew I wasn't ready to let it go yet. With version 3, I had successfully ported it to Plus, for the most part, added a few more stages, and introduced Encore Mode to the mix, which was just a palette swap at the time due to me just porting the levels straight-up from Pre-Plus Sonic Mania. However, in version 4, Encore Stages were now the actual Encore Stages and not just color swaps. Version 4 would also finally manage to get every stage into Competition Mode for the most part. So again, honestly, I thought version 4 would be the final version, but then I got a DM from CarJem Generations asking about Competition Plus and that he really enjoys the mod and would love to help with it. With that, CarJem joined the team and started coding up a storm for version 5. I can definitely say that it's been a journey updating Sonic Mania Competition Plus throughout the years and working on version 5 with CarJem is a journey all on its own. I would love to thank you all for showing your support for Sonic Mania Competition Plus throughout the years, and especially CarJem for helping with version 5. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be a version 5! Version 5 is the biggest update ever to hit Sonic Mania Competition Plus, changing the mod as everyone knows it and will definitely be the definitive way to play it from here on out. Out of all of my mods currently for Sonic Mania, I would have to say that Sonic Mania Competition Plus is my most favorite one of them all.

I am so happy that Sonic Mania Competition Plus will be able to shine at SAGE this year!! This is my first time participating in SAGE and I am so excited!! Feel free to check out my other Sonic Mania mods here.

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