Part of the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1
Surprised no one went for this low hanging fruit yet
Get from MAZE to DONE
When you're DONE with the MAZE, apply the following the changes: -- You can probably game this puzzle by working back and forth, but I would prefer if you do the maze first ignoring the changes. You'll probably have more fun. =D
+0 +2 +2 -14 -10 +5 +0 +7 -17 +6 +15 +5 -7 -5 -5 -1 -7 +7 -14 -9 -6 +1 +4 +15
This MAZE DONE at your final answer.