It's been a busy, eventful and productive month for the Identity team at Asylum! Only a few weeks ago we released our first video showing real in-game content, the player housing system, and Identity has gotten a good bit of much-needed exposure! If you haven't seen the video, visit Identity's YouTube channel. Our programmers, especially Henrik Sonesson, have upgraded our inventory mechanics and created two new important gameplay systems these last weeks. The library which you'll have access to in the Town Square module is now in place and functional. Players can both read public domain classic books in-game, or even write their own and submit them to the library for other players to read. In addition, the NPC shop systems are now in place. When you enter most shops you'll be able to find the items you need on racks or displays around the store. Grab what it is you're looking for and then make your way to the cash register to make the purchase. In some places you can preview the items you're holding even before buying; for example, in a clothing store you can go into a change room. This system even allows for shoplifting some items, although player-crafted or very expensive items cannot be shoplifted on official servers. On the art front, we've brought on new artists and are continuing to build the world you'll be exploring. We've also been focusing on the interiors of buildings and characters. We've gotten our first facial hair assets and are approaching a complete character customization system. An overhaul of character skin and hair has Identity's characters looking incredibly life-like in comparison to other MMORPGs. Next on that list for a re-work is the eyes.

This won't be in the game as we want players RPing with different and unique styles.

Love this idea, hopefully it goes in affect soon!

You will be able to buy the current pledges after the first module is released!

Lol,well I guess ill be looking for a gun and a cabin quick,but then I may just hire alpha military lol

So... what about marriage. Can we get married between users? Can we have a house together? If a person buys something the couple would also be the owner?

Recently I was on the website for the upcoming game 'Last Year' Which is pretty much the Friday the 13th game. Anyway, I noticed on that site that it had a 'Backer only area' which meant that the people who had backed the game on kickstarter had first hand access to prototypes, screenshots and sneak peeks etc. I think that would be a superb idea here because to be honest the people who helped get this thing off the ground in the first place haven't been put forward of anybody else whatsoever. What do you guys think? @HairyGrenade @Motown @Paratus

My goal as of right now for this game is to marry or basically be family with a mafia don or something so I can be part of the crime world possibly without doing much crime myself because honestly I bet I would be terrible at it. But yeah my best qualities are that I firmly believe in snitches get stitches and I'd be glad to be the face of a business for money laundering or distracting the police or anything like that. Hmu if you're interested

If i start à company could i buy à office or a big building as headquarter of my company. Where other people Also could get in

RIP

Hi, @JoelKeys, I'm Jaxen Coa (Honestii). I am the CEO/Founder of Unit 6. We are not in the same fashion business, but it's nice to see other fashion inspired people in Identity, welcome!

Happy Holidays everyone! Don't get too fat over Christmas and remember to enjoy yourself, this shit comes but once a year!

I would just like to wish the developers and community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for when it is here! Also I for one cannot wait till the new year as it will be only a few months from the 1st Module! I have been waiting so long with most of you, like those who are making it real and well I hope you enjoy the upcoming weeks! So, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! James!

I agree with the others that A. Your response was a bit salty and B. Although you joined in January I'm pretty sure you never showed your ass until recently, so don't even try and throw your non existent superiority around because you'll just come off a right ponce.

Once again, it's just from my experience as a gamer. Right now the two games most similar to Identity, Arma 3 altis life and Gta V, I have 400+ hours in altis life and I have only once ever encountered a female player, and that was in the police force, which is great. And in GTA V, with 200+, never ever have I ever encountered a female player. I really do hope that Identity does have a large female player base though, as it would really make the game way more realistic and immersive, as well as diversify the game community. I am glad your group has a large female player base, but I am just stating that from my experience, I doubt there will be many women playing this game.

I think what needs to be considered is, if you have a mic or not, to play Identity. Not consider TTS, so that players without a mic, can play Identity. The focus should be to talk over a mic. If you want to contact someone across the map, message or call x person on your phone or a payphone. I can imagine TTS being abused and be very absurd when trying to have a proper conversation. As well, as the time it takes for someone to text something out, compared to just talking over your mic. A microphone is absolutely necessary, to be playing Identity.

oh i would so love it if we were able to use antique guns that have to be restored or something to use. Snipeing some people with a Mosin or just hearing the reload of a Grand will make any experience.

Yes sir,having hired guns watch your back will make life easier!

See bud, you understand the importance of private military. Good man.

Yeah what James said. I wouldn't want the eating and drinking system to be a hardcore as DayZ or a survival game along those lines. Instead I'd rather it be structured around the food and water being "aid" to your character. Food gives energy, water gives hydration. Supporting stamina, skill progression etc. I'd also like the drugs and alcohol to be an "aid" as well. NARC on play station 2 had an excellent system. Pot mellowed you out, turning the environment in to a kaleidoscope of of colors and textures. Speed such as cocaine and well, speed increased stamina and your running speed. I'm not saying drugs should be implemented as a "power up" but certainly having some sort of character effect and not totally useless. Duration is key too, drug use in GTA is to short and a joke.

You won't need food or drink desperately but if they are low, you may be affected by stuff like not running as fast, idk about needing a toilet/ restroom. Food and drink will not kill you quickly like a survival game/ this means you will not need to rely on buying food and water all the time.

The modules, are small standalone parts of the full game and where as the beta will be the closest thing to the full version of the game which is mainly for testing/ stress testing servers and such! The first module being due "Early 2017" which is up till April as the first quarter of the year.

Yes you will.

If you pledged for beta you will have access to the modules. It's till being determined if the character progress from beta will carry over to release.

The first module is expected in early 2017, no official dates on anything yet though!

Welcome to the Identity forums @HaZard! What are you most excited about in the game? If you have any questions or concerns don't hesitate to PM me.

Here's the real difference: In life, professional criminals accept that prison time is a part of what they do, they know the risks. In games, more often than not, players are not professional criminals, they're just players that cause trouble, & most of the time they're not even breaking any rules. Identity is going to change that perspective, put simply, 'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime'. I would expect to see some serious prison time on most private servers,but at the moment we're still not sure about what exactly Asylum intend to do here, and there are certain things we need to know: First, and most important, will game mechanics actually enable you to be a professional criminal? I'm talking about crimes other than those involving causing damage to other people here, i.e making money. Secondly, is the amount of time someone spends in jail/prison something that we'll be about to decide upon on private servers? Third, we've all heard that prison is going to be a 'mini world', an awful lot is going to depend on the exact definition of that, so what is it? One thing is clear, time behind bars IS going to play a major role in Identity, players need to be aware of, and accept it, before they embark on a life in crime.

They might be saving things like that for later on I'm sure they are very busy with a lot of other details ATM but it does sound like a cool idea.

We'd love to do this! We still need to integrate pledge tiers into forum user accounts. After that is sorted, we'll see about making this happen!

That's fucked because I was legit thinking of a food delivery service where we pick the food up at the store and deliver it to you....so if my guys go missing while delivering to a log cabin out in the woods....You're the first cat I'm calling

You cant stop trolling if I was you once the game starts get a pistol, get a little cabin in the woods, and live off the land like a hermit . Anyone suspicious men come up to your front door selling girl scout cookies, you put two in the chest one in the head.

They aren't just gonna hire you because you say you have experience, that's not how the employment world works buddy. It's like going into a store and asking the store manager if you can start working there and then because you can 'stack shelves' Asylum are going to reach out to professional freelancers as well not just any guy with probably no proof of experience.

The hell is your problem?

Happy Holidays man! Can't wait to chat with you guys in-game in the next few months. Cheers to a new year and a new sense of motivation for the devs with the recent 1.3k extra players coming into the community.

I have seen something somewhere but cannot remember where. @HairyGrenade can help us if i re-call correctly.

AAAYYEEE Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too James! I appreciate the shout out, and Devs, I'm sure we wont mind if you guys take a couple days off to enjoy time with your families So please, do. *****THIS IS PURELY SPECULATION GENTLEMAN DON'T QUOTE US***** Side note: So James you've been watching longer than I have. What do you estimate? At the latest February for the module to be released?

Trailer Parks would be needed since they are cheep, Maybe they can attract some intresting redneck charachters aswell #Trevor Well this might not be my dream house but we all will be poor in the beggining and some forever.

An offshore prison thats on a small for repeat offenders.

Alright Erjon you can have a shot at being our CFO.

Yeah, I think I'll get on daily just to chat since that's what we'll be doing for the most part.

normal house far away from any city. good thing about it? if you get on my lawn i'll shoot you down with a shotgun!

I think just having a large medical fee depending on what they did to you and some sort of recovery period from your injuries. That way you could simply just have a lot of close encounters with death rather than actually dieing.

I'd support this party regardless of my financial circumstances.

Yes, this is what I image. The only way to rob someone should be if the player is online and outside of his apartment.

Your Name: BioHaze Which Job Are You Interested In?: CFO Why?: I like to manage the financial side of businesses and make sure that a company is financially sound in the short and long term. Why Should I Hire You Over Someone Else?: I have the drive to outperform my competitors and have the work ethic to do it. I dress nicely in rl so I appreciate the more artistic side as well. I work at Johnston and Murphy and know a thing or two about shoe design and whatnot. I study finance and economics so I know a few things in that regard as well. Any Experience In The Fashion Industry?: I have my own fashion consulting business in rl and I wear good clothing. That is the extent of my involvement in the fashion industry

*Rich person that wants higher tax brackets*

The court system does sort of work that way. Only, in Identity you go to jail first and then request a jury trial to either be found guilty and serve out the remainder of your sentence, or be set free. Players around the map are notified that they are being summoned for jury duty and must rush to the court house to sign in for duty. They'll receive compensation for their time, or possibly become wanted for skipping out. And the accused can even choose to represent themselves or have an attorney speak for them (in case they aren't very social or don't have a microphone). We certainly agree. If our maximum jail time remains at 45 minutes, it wouldn't make much sense to allow time to pass while the player is offline, but if for some reason we decide a player can spend several hours in prison, it might make sense to let them spend that time how they wish. It is a game after all! Also keep in mind that the player doesn't have to leave prison when their time has expired. They can stay and hang out if they want too!

Well I agree and I would like it to be a few hours of jail time depending on what crime it is but also having longer times increases the joyment of trying to escape police chases a such.

I haven't read many other comments so forgive me for repeating what someone says. I think 45 minutes is way too short and here are my reasons. 1.Prison sims are fun 2. 45mins is not enough time to form gangs and territories and make the prison experience worthwhile 3. 45mins isn't enough time to get together a prison break plan 4. friends won't be motivated to break you out if they can just wait. 5. It's not enough time to be institutionalized Also I think being able to have your friends secretly mail in weapons and phones inside cakes would be cool

If time is 45 minutes max: Jailbreaks would almost never be possible with such a short amount of time. It often takes 30+ minutes just to prepare a strategy, gear up, and gather the appropriate intel assuming there are no delays and you're not rushing into things (this is from experience on ArmA 3 Life). This gives us very little time to enjoy the full prison experience, some people want to take it all in not blow through it all and chow down faster than a speeding bullet.. Enjoy your experience. If time is above 45 minutes (3 hour max jail sentence): This makes not getting caught much more thrilling in my opinion, sure a lot of people are like "but then if I do a crime I have to sit in jail and do nothing for hours!" but you do realize that's only if you get caught? Also I imagine you have to do a hell of a lot of crimes to receive a maximum jail sentence. I, personally someone who's more interested in hardcore role-play rather than an arcady GTA experience would prefer a longer jail sentence just for the sake of role-play. I want to be part of the whole role-playing experience, I don't want to run around the streets and just commit constant crime after crime not carring about that 45 minute maximum jail sentence. If you're a real criminal and know what you're doing, you shouldn't get caught. Honestly.. I imagine the official servers want something for everyone so I imagine there will be versions of official servers that are more arcady while there are versions that are much more hardcore with longer jail sentences and such; Regardless of that, I imagine there will be plenty more private servers and something for everyone. It won't all be the same, so if you want that chance at a longer jail sentence then trust me there will be servers out there for you just with that in mind focusing on the hardcore aspects of role-play.