Sandworm

Sandworm
Species	Sandworm
Role	Merchant
Appears in	Hat Kid's Spaceship Sand n' Sails (cut)
Voiced by	Chris Zambelis

The Sandworm was an NPC for A Hat in Time that was originally supposed to appear in Sand n' Sails.

Description

Appearance

Given what is shown in renders and the cameos found in the proper release of the game, Sandworm would be a typical large worm with a light tan body with several orange spikes across its segments, as well as four larger "pincers" at the top of its head surrounding its mouth.

All around Sandworm is various hats, clothing and items hung or pierced through with its external spikes, along with a sign on the top of its head reading "Sale Sale Sale".

Role

Given that it was never implemented in the game proper, assumptions around its role points to it serving the role of a merchant who would often appear throughout Sand n' Sails and bug Hat Kid to buy his merchandise. What he sold is unknown.

This could be a hold-over of the typical merchant character found throughout the various Chapters before the Badge Seller was conceptualized and created.

Cameos

Though being cut from the game, the Sandworm still makes a cameo appearance in the final release of A Hat in Time. He can be found as a toy in the toy box in Hat Kid's bedroom, flickering in and out of existence, which also houses a great many other cut character models.

Trivia

• On September 30, 2015, Chris Zambelis tweeted that he would appear in the game as a "radical sandworm salesman." Due to Sand n' Sails being scrapped Zambelis is never heard in the final game. His voice acting was in the files until Seal the Deal released. The original tweet can be found here.
• One of the hats on the Sandworm's model bears a striking resemblance to a hat worn by the character Robert E. O. Speedwagon.