Maze of the Week 79 Redux - Severance Hall (MOTW#176)

I would like to say this is the first time I updated this maze, but it is not ! Case Study #5 has become another Maze of the Week Redux. Here is the original case study if you want to read it:

Case Study#5 - How to Improve a Bad Maze - Severance Hall

Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:

1. Changed the size from 8.5 x 11 to 8.5 x 7 to eliminate the large lawn at the bottom and some of the sky/clouds at the top. This eliminated some empty space that wasn’t improving the look of the maze. This gives the maze a feeling of being zoomed in on (you will see below) as the building takes up more of the page.

2. Changed the font size on the title/location to be smaller. The previous version it was too large and floating in the large lawn

3. Added new textures in the grass with a color change, new bushes, a new sidewalk, and new tree trunks. Everything was too flat before

4. Added leaves to the 2 trees with a new color. I found out how to make leaves and this make the trees much more realistic.

So, the actual maze portion didn’t change at all, but I still prefer the new version - do you ? Click below to see each version ! I did run into one issue during rendering…can you spot it ?

Some data: The new file is 1028MB from 65MB.

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 !