Maze Research Phase

These are all my reference images for my maze. The top image is the underground tunnels in Assassin's Creed 3. I thought that I'd try to replicate this and try to make my maze similar to this. I have two types of textures for my wall. I like the marble but I think the brick would add a better effect so I'd really know what people thin would be best. The wood I have is the ceiling. I think that this will give it a nice overall feeling to the maze. The last image I have is the dirt for the floor. I think this really helps me resemble the tunnels from assassins creed and completes my tunnel well.

Story: After the founding of America, many immigrants, including yourself, decided to move to America in hope of starting a new life and creating a better life for yourself. However, the British presence in North America makes it hard to do your daily affairs in the Black Market, where people buy illegal trading goods. One day while working, a strange man comes up to you asking to buy some of your interesting products. After selling it to him he reveals himself as a spy for the British and calls the guards. Without thinking twice you start running and decide to take the complicated underground tunnel system that your goods are carried through to avoid incidents like these. You hope to lose the guards and find the exit before getting lost in the tunnels or caught by the British. 

Example Mazes: these are the three mazes that I am thinking of creating. The first is relatively easy and has a simple structure to it. The medium is slightly harder and more complex. The hard one is the most complex consisting of two floors that a person must navigate through just to find the ending. This hard one also has passage ways that lead back to the beginning of previous trails to add extra confusion to the maze. Due to the fact that we will have to create

these mazes in Maya, this hard maze would be possible but take way too much of my time. I think I am going to create maze similar to the medium leveled maze. Even though I have 1 and a half years of experience in Maya already, I don't have the time it would take to complete a maze much more complicated than the medium leveled maze. Since I have mostly done the animating part of Maya though, this is also a new step and knowing how frustrating but fun Maya can be, I think the Medium is where I am heading and the easy is a great backup in-case things go wrong.