Thanks guys! If it makes you feel any better, no one in the IRC channel could beat it without cheating, either. I have a difficult time recognizing difficult mazes are when I make them. "I know the route, must be easy-peasy!"
@Fubaka: The music is from (among other things) 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was a fair use freeware download from
The Internet Audio Archive, a great resource, but sometimes has mixed quality.
@Vegetal Gibber: I love Poe! You might like Danielewski if you like creepy/gloomy/puzzly. I swear reading his books is like trying to piece together what happened at a murder scene at a Conspiracy Theorist Convention. In a good way. Somehow.