Sorry, I'll have to post everything tomorrow. My computer's getting a bit wonky, so I'll need to fix it first. Oh, and I've replied to the Escape the Caves post.
Okay, you see, the maze has a number of traps set up inside it. This trap was where the walls start to close in, and you must get to a spot where the walls stop closing before you get crushed. Someone had darted into the maze, and had gotten crushed.
Oh, and there's no specific deadline, but that does sound like a good idea. So, let's say that you have two days to complete the maze before the doors at the other end of the maze close.
If the characters go right in the maze, they will have to go through the wall trap. If they go left, they will encounter a flooding trap that has a timed device set to electrocute the water.
Both traps can be solved. Here's a little map I created:
The traps on Level 2 aren't specified because I haven't created them yet. I was thinking that you could make a few. And yeah, I know it says that there's only three traps on level 2, but I decided to put four. You've probably noticed that there's a shortcut through the maze where you can dodge most of the traps if you go right instead of left, but to the right is the crushing wall trap, where the body is, so most people will avoid that spot.