Maze of the Week 10 Redux - The Alamo Mission (MOTW #158)

I have made multiple versions of the Alamo Mission Maze. An initial kids version and then my original maze of the week in both black and white and later color. Today we get a full improvement redux - I hope you like it! So Maze of the week #10 also becomes MOTW #158. You can read the original blog post here:

Maze of the Week #10 - The Alamo Mission Maze

And now the redux. I have been using the same program (Inkscape) to make my mazes for many years and I am still learning how to use it. It is free software and I use an old version so everything new I learn is self-taught and by experimenting. I recently found better ways to do things and I decided to go back and revise some mazes.

Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:

1. Changed the maze size from 34 x 22 to 34 x 19.5. Originally I made the size 2x a tabloid size sheet of paper for easy printing. Now I adjusted the size to reflect the actual maze with printing a secondary concern.

2. Added background details. The maze was floating on the page and I wanted to fix that…

• The first thing I added was the state flag/pole on left side

• I added the ground on each side and extended it off the page.

• I added a small building to the right side and a wall on the left

• Each of the above got textures to reflect the stone they are made of.

3. Added a textured lawn.

4. Changed the font size. The title increased while the location was reduced and moved to the 2nd line.

5. Changed Start & Goal colors. Previously the black lettering was difficult to see so I changed it to blue.

6. Newly Colored Stones. I added some color to a variety of stones on the front of the building to better reflect how it actually looks, including adding some water stains. Previously the building was one consistent color.

7. Added Shadows. I added some shadows to the windows.

8. Added a Sky.

And here are the old and new versions:

I really like the new version !

Some data: The new file is 6224MB from 1480MB.

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 !

My 2025 Website Outlook

It is time to evaluate the website, the YouTube channel, and the brand to see what I want to do for 2025. Most importantly, what will be the maze theme for 2025 ?

What type of mazes will I see on the site ?

• Every Monday you will get a maze of the week with a corresponding blog post about it.

• I have enjoyed doing case studies as I have learned new drawing techniques, allowing me to improve some of my mazes. Here is a blog post that brings those posts together: A Collection of Maze Design Case Studies to improve your Mazes

• For the first half of the year I am going to revise some of my most popular mazes and see if I can improve them. So, Maze of the Week Re-dux’s.

• The second half of the year will be new mazes on a wide variety of subjects, using what I have learned.

Will there be videos on YouTube again ?

• No. There did not seem to me much interest in the making of mazes that I made, so the YouTube videos will stop.

Any new books planned ?

• Many. I will be launching new books during the year on the website. Themed. Typical subjects. I hope to make a lot more Kids maze content.

• I am also working on Books to launch on Amazon in the Fall. Arrow Mazes Vol 2, Weaving Mazes Vol 2 and a few others I will announce in the future.

• I have also pulled together my Comic Book Cover Mazes into a free book for anyone who signs up for my book alerts.

How do I sign-up for new Book alerts ?

• Right here. Any time I launch a new book I will send you an email.

Comic Books; I thought this was a maze site ?

• I really like the comic book style and made a new comic book style maze each week in 2024. Each Tuesday I made the weekly maze into a comic book cover. I will be continuing making Tuesday a day where you get a new Comic Book Cover Maze. The numbering continues.

• However it will not be of the Monday MOTW like in 2024, instead it will be a stand alone maze. So each week will feature 2 new mazes !

• If you want to receive the full comic book from 2024, sign up above and I will send it to you !

Pinterest ?

• I started this in 2024 and didn’t do much with it. I get some traffic to the site from there. You can check out my page/pins. Fell free to share my mazes there ! Honestly I’m not sure which I am worse at, YouTube or Pinterest ?

• I will post there more when I have time.

Blogging ?

• Well I did a new labyrinth blog post each Saturday in 2024, suggesting free labyrinths to visit in each US state. Well, I am out of states, so Saturday blog posts will most likely be gone, leaving me with a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday posting schedule.

• Want to guest blog about maze and labyrinth design ? Drop me an email !

So, in summary:

• Monday - Maze of the Week - Re-dux’s to start

• Tuesday - Comic Book Cover mazes continue

• Thursday - General interest blog posts on mazes and labyrinths

I hope you enjoy the site !

2024 Maze of the Week Review

I wanted to give everyone an overview of all the mazes of the week that were featured on the site this year (#’s 105-157). If you want to see all of the mazes of the week, here are my previous compilations of them:

Mazes of the Week 1 - 52 - A Review of 2022's mazes

Mazes of the Week 53 - 104 - A Review of 2023's mazes

Other related year end content (links added as they are posted):

My top 5 YouTube Videos from 2024

My 10 biggest blog posts of the year

My 2024 Year in Review

My favorite mazes from 2024 - VOTE

My 2025 Website Outlook

Some statistics about the 52 mazes I featured this year:

• All mazes were done in comic book style, the theme for the year.

• It includes 39 animal mazes, 11 character mazes, and 3 insect mazes. Of those animals it includes 6 birds, 4 aquatic animals and 3 dogs.

• Each maze except the dragon maze included a color or design variation for a total of 104 total mazes. The dragon maze instead had 2 color variations without a maze, but the Bulldog maze had 3 colors so we still get 104 mazes !

• All mazes are stored in the comic style section of the site, which includes some of the early comic book mazes from 2023. Downloads of each maze are available there.

• Each maze was made into a themed comic book cover that can be seen in the comic book cover section.

The Maze List (no links since they can all be found in one place !):

#105 Snowman

#106 Eagle

#107 Penguin

#108 Squirrel

#109 Groundhog

#110 Dinosaur

#111 Dragon

#112 Dog - Labrador

#113 Polar Bear

#114 Vampire

#115 Leprechaun

#116 Panther

#117 Bunny

#118 Spider

#119 Dolphin

#120 Dog- Bulldog

#121 Horse

#122 Frog

#123 Leopard

#124 Monarch Butterfly

#125 Turtle

#126 Therizinosaurus

#127 Bear

#128 Cow

#129 Crocodile

#130 Catfish

#131 Scarecrow

#132 Minotaur

#133 Shark

#134 Tiger

#135 Clown

#136 Owl

#137 Lion

#138 Honey Bee

#139 Dog - Yorkie Poo

#140 Samurai

#141 Warrior

#142 Rhino

#143 Koala

#144 Chicken

#145 Badger

#146 Wolf

#147 Mule

#148 La Catrina

#149 Bison

#150 Peacock

#151 Pirate

#152 Turkey

#153 Elk

#154 Llama

#155 Monkey

#156 Gingerbread Man

#157 Quokka

Comic Book Annual and Free Comic Book Maze Book !

To conclude the year I wanted to pull together all 53 of my maze book covers and I am happy to announce the free downloadable book, Mazequerade. It is every maze comic cover from the year plus a new annual issue, The Festive 4. The Festive 4 features 6 of my holiday mazes pulled together, a typical holiday team-up. We have 4 heroes/heroines taking on our 2 baddies. I did not design the cover so the mazes could be solved (check out the individual mazes for that). Here is the cover (also the last page in the book!):

The background was done using starryai.

To receive a free copy of the full book Mazequerade, fill out the form below and send me your name, email and sign-up for at least one type of book launch alert, then I will email you a copy of the book ! I also want to mention that I changed 8 comic book covers to be more kid friendly.

To see all of the comic book cover mazes check out that section of the website !