Welcome to Part 3 of 3 where I compare mazes I made a few years ago to mazes of the same subject today. The full introduction is written in Part 1.

Making Mazes - 5 years later - a comparison - Part 1

Making Mazes - 5 years later - a comparison - Part 2

Let’s compare 5 more mazes and see how much better the newest mazes are.

Part 3 Holiday Mazes then and now.

Reindeer Maze

The initial maze is from December 2018 and was one of the first mazes on the site. The new maze is from 2023 and is comic book style with free drawn pathways. The 2018 version was for kids, but looking back the maze portion seems a bit too involved for most kids.

Groundhog Maze

The initial maze was made in 2019 and has the same problem as my first example. The illustration is for kids, but the maze is hard enough for adults.

2024 is comic book style and a much better illustration !

Krampus Maze

2019 vs December 2023. I liked the original Krampus maze when I made it even though I remember rushing to make it. Now it looks terrible. It was a standard construction kids maze vs the new free drawn. While it is not for kids it is not a difficult maze to solve.

Pumpkin Maze

I don’t mind the 2019 pumpkin maze for all ages. It still has an audience every October for Halloween. The 2023 version has more character !

Santa Maze

2019 vs 2023. The first is easy for kids. The second is much harder and gives Santa a bit more personality !

So as I continue going through my maze archive…expect to see more of this type of content - comparing the old to the new. Hopefully, I can replace some old mazes that were poorly done with new and improved versions ! Happy Mazing !

If you want to see all case studies this post pulls them together:

A Collection of Maze Design Case Studies to improve your Mazes