okay so I love the Apple Tree puzzle in The Witness. if you need a refresher, it's a puzzle that consts of a "trunk and branches" diagram, and near the diagram is a tree with one apple on it.

you solve the puzzle by tracing the branch on the diagram that corresponds to the branch with the apple. simple, satisfying, sort of acts as a precursor to more complicated "environment" puzzles.

except that the last tree doesn't have an apple on it.

and I've seen people get lost here for quite a while. "was I wrong about the apples? is the apple hidden behind a leaf or something? is this the wrong tree?"

the puzzle has broken its own rules. your new goal is to understand *what* rule has been broken, and why.

the solution: eventually you may notice that the trunk-and-branches diagram has the wrong number of branches! there is a branch on the diagram that does not exist on the real tree! and if you trace that branch, it unlocks a door...

...revealing a sawed-off branch with an apple on it.

I would like to dub this type of trolling as a "Sarcasm Puzzle", since, like verbal sarcasm, you're meant to pick up on a contradiction and infer meaning from it.

#troll #puzzle #thewitness

Croquis de jeux vidéo joués en 2025 :
Aujourd'hui THE WITNESS
En vrai j'y joue depuis 10 ans : tous les 2 ou 3 ans je le relance pour me replonger dans l'atmosphère fascinante de l'île ou pour le faire découvrir à des gens, je me rends compte que j'ai tout oublié depuis la dernière fois, alors je recommence à zéro, je finis par bloquer sur une énigme qui me prend la tête et je le remets en dormance jusqu'à la prochaine fois

#croquis #jeuvideo #thewitness

Meshing issue, literally unplayable :p

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