That’s Arthur from the “Ghouls ‘n Ghosts” series. Although the armored knight at the end of Braid resembles Arthur, they are different characters.

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q
10:14

Image: http://oi46.tinypic.com/wod21.jpg

Or puzzle piece >_>
*cough*

I’m going to laugh when whoever is responsible for those – and watch them being the thing people remember most about the game – writes a blog post about how trivial they were to implement and were considered “placeholder graphics” for the “more advanced cloud generates via a new algorithm”.

And seriously those clouds are bananas – please have an artist feature on them! ;)

Sounds like “Free play” from Ender’s Game. I’d be interested in playing that too.

I bet you have to sit on the ship and leave the game running for 48 hours, at which time the ship will have traveled to another small island containing the last puzzle! :p

But seriously, I know Jon has said there won’t be those hidden bonus puzzles that were in braid, but I don’t know if he’s just saying that to make finding them even more satisfying?

I will trust you, Jeff. As you would know more than most of us the relative importance of the Windmill in the game. I would be very sad to lose it, even if only for its quaint aesthetic value. After all, I am of Dutch ancestry.

I’m probably spending too much time thinking about the game, huh? ;)

Must all the puzzles be solved to finish the game?

The windmill is even the icon for the game’s .exe! I’m sure it will be there maybe they are working on it or took it out for spoilers

Very strange. That windmill was one of the first and most iconic things I saw for The Witness. It would seem very odd at this point for it to disappear completely. Perhaps Jon could elaborate on its apparent disappearance. Is it just moved somewhere we can’t see?

I absolutely agree! I’ve been waiting semi-patiently to hear more about the clouds since I first saw them. They almost look as if they’ve all been hand-painted onto the screenshots. Love it!

I hope that in the cave is the 3rd hardest puzzle.

I hope that somewhere else in the cave also is the 3rd hardest puzzle in the game.

Just a few more places like that would be nice.

Yes yes! A time lapse video would be awesome. I’m pretty sure many people would second that idea. Give that project to someone who isn’t developing the game so that all you have to do was make a phone call to the right person.

Maybe the windmill is on holiday.

Kidding! But almost 500 discrete puzzles seems CRAZY big.

I was with her through her Norse phase all the way through her slick holier-than-thou new age minimalist phase. Now it’s over with no explanation. Probably ran off with some guy with a ’97 Suzuki Katana and a mustache. Forget her – I can do better.

Thanks