A Hat in Time is an indie 3d platformer well-known for its humorous dialog, excellent gameplay, and peculiar modding community. The most well known piece of cut content in the game is easily Moonjumper, however other pieces of cut content don't get an eye batted towards them. For example, the Conductor used to be named Greg and had two brothers named Redd and Walter, although Greg uses Redd's name when speaking to Hat Kid. This is shown in an unused dialog box. Another example is that according to Shane Frost animatics, the Shapeshifter was actually Hat Kid's shadow, warped by the broken time piece. In an earlier build of the game, Shapeshifter was the murderer in the act now known as Murder on the Owl Express in the chapter formerly named Trainwreck of Science. One of her quotes would have her ask if Hat Kid wanted to hear a story, although did not wait for an answer. She claimed that when she was in kindergarten, she knew a girl who looked just like Hat Kid, but every time she'd try to speak with her, the girl would shout, "The murderer's in here!" In game, the Shapeshifter is shown to have a rather youthful and eccentric mindset, in which if Hat Kid catches her, she states, "OH. MY. GOD. I'm totally busted! How EMBARRASSING!" This likely stems from the role she has in the Shane Frost animatics, seeing as she is the shadow of Hat Kid, a young girl herself, or is simply to emphasize a sense of insanity or mania. Her personality in the Shane Frost animatics is far more vengeful and cold than her in-game appearance, attempting to strangle Hat Kid upon forming, stating that Hat Kid had "left [them] behind."
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