Weekly Hard Maze #22

Each Saturday I post a new hard maze with all of them sitting in the Hard Maze Archive. I will try to post a variety of maze types to keep things interesting.

Weekly Hard Maze #22 - Directional Maze

In a directional maze you can only move the way the directions give - in this case moving left. Solution will be in the archive. Download is below.

Weekly Hard Maze #22 - Directional Maze
download the directional maze

If you solved that maze quickly and want to try some of my archival hard mazes, these posts should do the trick:

One Maze - Many designs - experiment #21

This is a continuation of my maze design experiments. Read about it in post #1, One Maze - Many designs, and so on with a new post every Friday.

The original maze:

Simple Maze

While I usually have a theme for the week, this week is a bit of a grab bag of Inkscape creations.

  • The first maze shows the maze rotated 90 degrees to the right, basically on it’s side.

  • The second maze I drew the walls as if it was a hedge maze.

  • The third maze is just very made from very thin lines - so thin it can be hard to see.

  • The fourth maze uses grey blocks for the walls.

  • The fifth maze changes the color to white from #4, giving it a new, more confusing look for your eyes. I think this version is harder to solve.

The fifth maze is interesting because the lack of color gives it a busier look than the use of color in #4. I also like the idea of drawing hedge maze in #2.

Maze and Labyrinth News - June 2026

It is that time again. Time for maze and labyrinth news from the past month.

  • How do you feel about an underground maze swimming pool?

I love when these videos come across my feed, and when the builders dug a maze I knew this was a video I had to share here. Now my main question is how did this video from 5 years ago with 5 million views just come to my attention ? I do not know, but it found me eventually.

  • Nice Joe Wos feature from TribLive

If you like mazes, then you know Mazetoons by artist Joe Wos. The Pittsburgh Tribune just added the syndicated comic to it’s paper, (his local paper), and did a nice write-up on him and his work. Check out his work on Comics Kingdom.

  • Glen Ray’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch

I normally write a lot about corn mazes in September and October, but I just found out about this place and wanted to write about it early…The location features a corn maze, a kids play area, multiple large slides, a straw bale pyramid, a pumpkin patch, corn pit, races and a store. So, I am looking forward to the 2026 version. Check out the website and plan your trip. Here is a newscast segment about the history I enjoyed.

 

  • The Trinity Turtle Healing Labyrinth Park is now open

Check out this article announcing the opening and with outstanding photos ! It did make my list of 9 Labyrinths to visit in New Mexico which I need to update with new photos and video. Excellent labyrinth ! Here is some new drone footage:

 

If you ever visit South Korea, I found this very cool hedge maze. You will need to visit the island of Jeju. You can find the location on Google Maps and plan a trip at the link in the title.

 

  • Ravensburger celebrates Labyrinth game anniversary

I used to have a full review of the Ravensburger Labyrinth game on the site. Now it is part of my maze and labyrinth blog post: Some perfect gifts for maze and labyrinth lovers. I was excited to see the announcement that for the 40th Anniversary they will be releasing Labyrinth Chronicles. It looks premium and a nice update on the classic game. The board game geek page has a nice set of pictures also.

  • Labyrinth (2025) horror movie poster

This horror movie does not seem to have gotten much traction. It was released on Halloween 2025 and cannot be found anywhere but as a listing on IMDB. But, it does have a pretty cool maze inspired poster:

Labyrinth 2025 horror movie poster

  • A maze table !

I saw this come across my algorithm on YouTube, the perfect combination of craftsmen making something and a maze. Easy to see how it got to me (and now to you)

Some news is evergreen and can be found in past monthly news posts:

June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025, January 2026, February 2026, March 2026, April 2026 and May 2026.