Abraham Lincoln was a great President and I have made him into a maze 4 times ! One of those times became my maze of the week #8 that featured the statue of him that sits in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Today I attempt to improve upon that maze. It was a challenge, so let’s see what I did and see if I was successful. Here is the original post:
Maze of the Week #8 - Abraham Lincoln Maze
Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:
1. Changed the Pathway Width. Increased the size of the pathways by 50% to make solving easier. This is more apparent when printed to solve.
2. Re-colored the Maze. I changed the background color and statue color. Lighter brown tone for the wall and a brighter grey for the marble.
3. Start/Goal changes. I deleted the arrows and changed them to be the written out words START and GOAL.
4. Reoriented the Maze. I moved the maze to align with the bottom of the page. This also distanced the quote on the wall behind him above his head.
5. Shadows Added. I spent a lot of time working on shadows for this statue. This took up the majority of my time and it was tedious work. I also added some shadows to the back wall.
6. Branding Changes. I reduced the branding tag by 75% and pushed it into the shadows of the corner.
Let’s see the before and after:
After the changes I see a maze similar but different. Did it improve ? I’m not sure. Either seems ok to me.
Some data: The new file is 2910MB from 499MB.
I will be adding the new version of the maze as an option going forward.
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A Collection of Maze Design Case Studies to Improve your Mazes
Happy maze-ing !
