The time draws near! In the last dev blog I sent out, I mentioned that we were going to announce the release date for our first playable game module, the Town Square. Those of you who follow our Twitter and Twitch streams will have already learned this date. It's a very exciting and important time for Identity; we're fast approaching the time where you'll first step foot in Identity's grand world. We've crunched all the numbers and can now say with fair confidence that the Identity Town Square module will be released, to all backers with a $30 or higher pledge, on this coming March 21st. What will you find in the Town Square? The Town Square is a social game module. You'll be able to create your character, which may be transferable to the retail game after release, and meet hundreds of other Identity backers in the town square of the clean and quaint city of Ash Hill. You'll be able to talk to those around you, add them to your phone contacts and have full phone and IM support to stay in touch. You'll find a completely functional cinema playing full movies around the clock, a karaoke bar to show off your skills (or see me making a fool of myself), a working restaurant, art gallery, shops and more. The biggest single feature is the housing system. You're getting a taste of the full and complete player housing mechanics that you'll find in Identity. Everyone will have access to a tiny apartment, but those who pledged for higher rewards will be able to check out and decorate their larger spaces. It's a preview of what you'll have in the full game. Invite friends to your place and party it up! After the initial release of the module, we'll continue to add features to the Town Square as they are completed in development for Identity. Barbershops and tattoo parlors will let you customize your character further. A garage will let you sample your vehicles. You'll even get to test your ability with firearms in the police shooting range before the SWAT module is released. For me, one of the most exciting parts of Town Square is just to get inside the game and finally get a feel for Identity and how it plays. Check out a few of the Town Square work-in-progress shots we've released in the past. It's been a long road for the development team here at Asylum, but we're almost there! Flexing our new manpower Productivity has skyrocketed with our new office. We're working better and there are now many more of us knocking out code and assets each day. Our programming team has expanded with Charles and we're still hiring more. We've brought three new and incredibly talented 3D artists on board as well as a new technical artist. Brandon, our new Community Manager, has been hard at work keeping you in the loop. These guys are all proving their worth each day and I'm extremely excited about where Asylum is going. Looking to the future With some of our Town Square art wrapping up now, we're beginning to shift a bit of our focus to the second module: SWAT. The SWAT module will be a team vs team competitive shooter using the combat mechanics you'll find in the full Identity release. Expect combat to be slower and more realistic than most similar games. You'll learn much more about this module as work progresses. Above is an MP5 sub machinegun which will be used by the SWAT forces. This particular model was created from scratch in a matter of days by one of our new artists, Dan. The awesome talent of our art team is undeniable! -- John VanderZwet

IDENTITY POLITICAL ORGANIZATION DEBATE Hello from IPO, we are very happy to announce that the first ever Identity political debate now has a set date and time! The debate has been set for: November 11th, 2017 12pm EST We are still going through the whole thing and figuring out everything, but currently we are confident that we are able to present the debate at this date and time. If you are interested in participating in the debate as an audience member we will be doing the debate in the IPO discord where you will be able to ask questions and through the moderator be able to hear the answer in almost real time straight from their mouths. The link to the Discord can be found at the bottom of this post. If you are unable to join the discord or are more comfortable in the official identity discord or just want to watch, we will also be streaming the debate through twitch.tv. We will post the Twitch link about an hour before the debate on the fourms and the official identity discord. We will be talking about a multitude of topics that will be discovered when the debate beings, but the main debate will be set in the style of a primary debate, (meaning everyone is at the debate) The speaking order is as follows: Jack Lester Brian Hamilton Lucious Times Marie-Clare Bouchard Damien Malik We wish you all luck and can't wait to see you all at the debates! LINKS: Discord: https://discord.gg/3KWCQur

Ahhh, oh okay! Good!

Spanish here too. I almost forgot I was into this game, and I will probably forget again a couple of times before being actually playable. Now, don't take this as a free rant, just letting time pass until we can actually meet. So count me in!

Hey Volpe, I appreciate the help, however, they aren't mistakes. Some of these words are not meant to be in the proper Italian language, but rather in various southern italian dialects, which most older Italians in North America still speak quite frequently. Like amicu is sicilian for amico. I know that Amica is the femenine version, but i am only putting the masculine versions to make it more simple. Cidrul is the Italian American/ Napolitano way to spell/pronounce citrullo. The mafiosi in North America do not speak the standard Italian language that much, in case you are not aware. @HaydeVolpe

Again, I am not arguing whether it's possible, or if it should be done in the game. That has nothing to do with what I am saying. I am simply responding to a reply that was stating that universal = 0$ in costs. And I am from Quebec and it's the perfect example of this.

We have already sorted this.:P a bit late.

Hey guys, just wanted to let you all know that a debate is happening this Saturday for you all to interact with. Here are more details: Hope to see you guys there!

Crush up some ecstasy into their mashed potatoes, and they start taking their clothes off trying to rub on people lolololol. They throw on some rave music and bust out the glow sticks.

I agree! Mi sembra la migliore soluzione!

why not to open few sub-areas of the Forum targeted on different languages and countries? I am an italian living in a french language country and I see everyday not all the people can discuss or write in english language. Maybe it can be good to have specific discussion boards by language-country for "no-english speaking" users.