Hermit [Open-World Action RPG]

Krabworks · March 5, 2026, 5:21pm

Some new features this week

New home deployable decor (armor stands)

Rain masking on the new cobblestone material for much better road visuals

New trees (Plum trees) in the Demo city, Gravenstaad

New road masking logic which will keep procedural grass from spawning where it shouldn’t (i.e., on cobblestone, on dirt, etc.).

Krabworks · March 18, 2026, 8:37pm

This week, there’s a big update with new gameplay areas, new game mechanics, new enemies, and more

As well, there’s now an Official Combat Guide!

Krabworks · March 19, 2026, 5:58pm

There’s now an official Fast-Travel guide for the Game Demo as well!

Krabworks · March 28, 2026, 1:57pm

A new look for the main menu!

Krabworks · April 6, 2026, 10:13pm

A major gameplay update for the Hermit Demo is coming in the next week or two!

Permanent Spellcrafting is on its way, with the first spells already implemented.

Summary from this week’s patch notes on Steam:

The next major update will include significant changes to spellcrafting, and many spells will no longer be consumed each time they are used (i.e., craft once, use forever)

These permanent spells will be powerful, one-off craftables with special magic abilities that can be re-used indefinitely without losing the item (with varying length of cooldown periods and/or some magic attribute pool cost, depending on the spell). Crafting them will require special drops from rare enemies.
Added support for magic ability cooldowns for spells that are reusable (not consumed each use, but have a cooldown timer between uses)
Added new 2D UI elements to the HUD for the cooldown functionality; active cooldowns will be displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen
Added a new spell type “Hand of Fate” that can be used to grab enemies from afar
The ‘Grotesque Hand’, required to craft the new spell, now drops from Pucas
The new spell shoots a projectile that, when hitting an enemy, will instantly grab them and move them close to the player (does not affect bosses / giants / trolls)
Made significant improvements to magic projectile spell targeting; spells will now be able to more accurately target enemies uphill/downhill and across much larger distances
Made changes to the demo map showing other cities that will be available in the full game when released

Krabworks · April 14, 2026, 1:37pm

The April Development Newsletter is now out

Krabworks · April 20, 2026, 5:41pm

This week’s update brings new visual updates to the Cave Spider area of the demo and some new magic / items that will make it into the full release

Krabworks · May 4, 2026, 2:16pm

This week, some more QOL changes are coming as well as a new look and feel for the game (including a new Logo and Key Art!)

There’s also an updated Combat trailer out now showcasing some of the new gameplay:

Krabworks · June 17, 2026, 4:29pm

Some quick updates for June

A major re-work of the in-game houses is underway for the main game release:

The modular building components are all being made in blender and texture painted with layers of plaster, wood, and stone.

I’m working on the new June Newsletter, but for the moment some quick recent updates:

Added support for auto-detecting fullscreen resolution (in game settings)
The game now defaults to auto-detect resolution, which should resolve some issues for players that plug/unplug monitors between save games
The graphics settings menu is now restricted to showing only supported fullscreen resolutions, which should ensure that resolutions selected are always supported by players’ monitor
Take all now auto-closes inventories when the player successfully takes all items (inventory windows do not close if the backpack is too full for all items to be taken)
Added some new additional GPU optimizations