This was an experimental maze for me. I had never made a maze of a scene before and I like how it came out. It made the finalist for maze of the year on this site and got some #1 votes. The reason is not so much the maze but the nice colors of the buildings - thanks to the wonderful people of Mexico ! I also used a photo I had taken to make the maze (shown below for comparison). I wanted to give it an update using some new techniques. Here is the original blog post:
Maze of the Week #59 - Walking street in Queretaro, Mexico
Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:
1. Added textures. I added texture to all the bushes and the trees. They looked too flat before. Then I added textures to the walls of buildings - first 2 on the left, the first, and third buildings on the right, and the back building. I wanted the walls to look more like stucco. This did change some building colors. Oh, and also the dirt under the plants now includes some texture also.
2. Building Fix. I had to make a minor line fix on the 3rd building on the right to fix design mistake (seen only if zoomed in).
3. Sign Changed. I changed the colors of the the Q sign to be more accurate.
4. Pathways Size. I changed the pathways by increasing their size by 25% to make solving easier.
5. Sign fixed. There was an error in how the La Bar Condesa sign was previously colored - I corrected it.
6. Quality Improved. The quality of the picture improved by using a new saving technique - best seen when zoomed in - i.e. the number on the door on the building on the right is most apparent.
Here is my photo with the before and after mazes:
Some data: The new file is 1,280MB from 444MB.
I will be replacing the homepage with the new maze going forward. You can find the maze download there !
If you like this type of content check out all of my case studies:
A Collection of Maze Design Case Studies to Improve your Mazes
Happy maze-ing !