What a crazy several weeks since the last dev blog post! The increased exposure and attention from the apartment video has resulted in a surge of additional funding for Identity, which has translated into an expanded team with two new full-time developers coming on board and more to join soon. Work has been going very well. Motown, your community manager, has started transitioning into the role of producer to help manage our expanding team. This has helped to reduce some of the work-load on myself so it's been a very welcome change and he's proving to be great for the role. Our lead character artist, Miroslav, has been hard at work on numerous enhancements including building our makeup and blemish systems. This will give us the freedom to add all kinds of makeup options, especially for females but also for men. Your options at character creation will be a bit limited, but a vanity table will let you customize your makeup much further. Blemishes allow us to modify the skin in a whole lot of ways, from just a little blush on the cheeks to full-body freckles and more. Miroslav has also done an excellent job expanding eye customization for your characters which won't just tint the color of the iris but change its entire pattern to properly match the styles seen in those eyes in reality. He's also expanded our options for hair and facial hair. Feature development has also been going quickly and smoothly. Among others, we've built the contacts and friends systems which will be available in the Town Square module. When you meet people in the world you'll be able to exchange contact information, adding their number and name to your phone. This then acts like a friends list in other games, but you can even text or phone them with real working voice systems. It's also integrated with your Steam friends to make finding them easier. Environment art is also moving along, with several artists working full-time to give you beautiful environments. We've hired on some more artists and are even reworking some of the earlier assets we produced to bring the up to our now higher standards. Identity YouTube channel PowerGaming7 had the chance to speak with myself and Motown for a while after asking his viewers for a bunch of questions to ask. The result was an almost one hour long video where we shared all sorts of information you may not have heard before. You can find the link to this video right here. Once again, I want to thank every one of you for your continued support! Every pledge that comes in goes straight into the development of new features and helps us get the game to you a little bit faster. The attention we've seen over the last couple of months has been staggering, and we are excited to show you more of the gameplay soon!

nope. your account gets banned and will be deleted. then you'll need to buy a new license to play the game.

I got to see some carrots in the new devblog. I'm not even mad, I'd eat the fuck outta those carrots. New models are looking good too

Hello Everyone, Aurum Mining Corporation was created in September of 2016 on Identity's Business forum, There is no gimmicks with our company we do not pretend be in business for over 30 years, when the game of Identity has yet to be released. Here at Aurum Mining we want our track record to speak for ourselves, therefore we do not wish to lie or over exaggerate anything to our consumer or potential business affiliates. Our mission here at Aurum Mining is to efficiently secure,extract,refine,trade, and transport the raw materials which we acquire in the Identity servers. We are also looking to become the biggest resource corporation on Identity. However, we can no do that without your help. Aurum Mining is currently hiring for multiple positions and if you feel that are interested in a position in our growing company please reach out to me and let me know. Aurum Mining does not intend to limit itself so any mineable resource in game will be mined by Aurum mining including but not limited to Diamonds, Gold, Iron, Copper, Silver, Oil, Wood, Lithium, Shipwreck excavations(Pending). If you are are a Employee with Aurum mining be assured you will get paid well. Companies if you are wishing to create a business affiliation with us please let me know as I am always open to offers. Aurum Mining is also partnered with The Neighborhood Conglomerate which is a combination of business who band together to help each other out. Therefore, our company will have substantial allies to get off the ground running when the game begins. In life there is no guarantee however with the help of everyone we can help make this company a huge success. Sincerely, Baron Von Aurum & Staff Things we will mine Gold Diamonds Oil Silver Platinum Wood Copper Iron Lithium Shipwreck Excavations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AURUM MINING CORP HIERARCHY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEO-Baron Von Aurum- Duties will be to ensure the constant production, extraction, and safe secure logistical transportation of Gold, Diamonds, Oil, Silver, and shipwreck excavations. Vice-Executive-JoseARaujo- Duties will be to ensure the hiring of workers to maintain productivity at our outpost across the identity map.Fulfilling the CEO's duties during the absence of the CEO. Disciplining individuals within the organization who fail to follow protocol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treasury-FILLED- Duties will be to keep track of the amount of income and expenses our business is producing as well as keeping and maintaining our liquid assets constantly away from thieves.. Duties will also be to make sure to pay employees during each pay period. Sub-Ranks: General of Treasury(Filled)- Nighmare_Night ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geographical Surveyor-UNFILLED- Duties will be to constantly pan out and be mapping the identity map for allocation of new resources ready for extraction and to radio back to the vice-executing for action. Sub-Ranks: General Manager of Geographical Survey(1)- @Santaclus Director of Radio Communications(1)-Available Geographical Field Surveyors (5) - Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Security Team-UNFILLED- Duties will be to secure the perimeter of the location from any criminals before our team moves in to excavate the minerals, we can not risk individuals of our company being murdered and you will be of utmost importance to the efficiency of our company. Sub-Ranks: General Manager of Security(1) - Available Director of Communication(1) - Available Defense Team(4) - Team 1 Available/Team 2 Available/ Team 3 Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transport Drivers-UNFILLED- Duties will be to load and ship resources and raw materials to businesses in demand of our products. Extracting raw resources and materials from the ground for packaging and delivery. Driver Licences may be required Sub-Ranks: General Manager of Transport(1) - @LaFesta1749 Director of Operations & Logistics(1) - Available Director of Maintenance & Upkeep(1) - Available Transport Drivers (5) - Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deep Sea Divers-UNFILLED- Duties will be to put on diving gear and ascend to ocean floor to salvage or obtained any valuables at the shipwreck floor without damage. Boat licenses may be required. Sub-Ranks: General of the Fleet (1)- Available Manager of equipment maintenance &Logistics(1) - Available Captain of Diving(1) - Available Shripwreck Sea Divers (5) - Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Advertising Manager-UNFILLED- Duties will be to advertise our raw mineral services to local business for the placing of orders for raw materials such as low, mid, and high end jewelry shops and clothing stores. Sub-Ranks: General Manager of Advertisement (1)- Available Head of Accounts & Affiliations(1) - Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resource Extractors-UNFILLED- You are the backbone of the company your sole purpose is to get dirty and find resources partaking in intensive work and be sent to various locations around the large map for extraction. You are the the definition of a peon and you need to work your way up to handle much bigger duties Sub-Ranks: General Manager of Extraction(1) - Scottv10 Foreman of Equipment and Extraction(1) - Available Head Geographical Extractor - QuannTann Mineral Extractors & Refinement specialist(5) - Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ranks are subject to change as I learn more about how the game will work. Prices of raw materials for purchase will come at a later date. Companies wishing to affiliate with me or are affiliated with the Gentleman's Club will receive a 15% discount on purchased shipments. Message me if you are interested in employment --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How our company will function: Location From day one our location team will focus on the geographical mapping of identity's geography and finding the key locations that are rich in industrial resources. The map is said to be over 200 km so there should be a vast amount of locations which house valuable minerals. Once located they will relay the found minerals over to the security team How our company will function:Security Team Once the resources are located we will use our security team to set up a perimeter for the quick safe and efficient extraction of the resources at hand. We will have small precise security team of about 4 people who are great at using firearms and defense tactics. A firearms permit may be required to apply for this job. How our company will function: Transport After Extraction of the resources, the next process will be to load them up on to trucks and have the materials driven to safe and secure Aurum Reserve warehouses where they will be placed in a vault for secure holding. How our company will function:Advertising Once placed in our warehouses and we have extracted a good enough stockpile we will begin using our advertising manager to implement the sales and trade of our commodities around Identity but always maintaining a 10 to 15% reserve of materials in our vault. How our company will function :Treasury It will then be the treasurer's job to place any income made by our company into a city bank for safe keeping. Our treasurer will always be escorted by a large amount of security to ensure our company and our affiliates financial future. How to apply: Private message to Baron Von Aurum Requirements : Name, How many post you have, your interest in the company, How you will go about achieving the specific career you choose within our company, do you have discord,teamspeak,microphone If you have any questions please reply on this thread or shoot me a private message, with your help we can succeed to make the best mining company in all of Identity. This is my first draft of our company outline it will be constantly updated. -Sincerely -Baron Von Aurum

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thank you very much

That's what 60 GB patches are for, homie! I just fail to see this game taking off without embracing the one thing that will make it *ALMOST fully immersive Just a thought/suggestion/hope

Obviously there is no method of 100% blocking communication between two people on the internet. It's as easy as being in the same Discord and alerting the Criminals to, for just one example, an incoming Police presence. I do however imagine that the punishment for proof of corruption is severe.

I jammed on every single one of these for ages back in my childhood

Just got the email about the new customization options!! I am so excited

I guess. Sorta like buying a code off of G2A and then just redeeming it.

I'm pretty sure how it'll work is Asylum will email you a specific code with your pledge contents in it.

Yes, true but to a certain point they gave the backers a added bonus and also kept the "Money" low in the packages. This clearly is so that people don't have too much of a start + why give people the opportunities to get even similar items as us when they had 2 years with the chance. I don't think people just buying the game should get anything else other than the game because people buying the citizen package don't get that, yeah it is a heavily cheaper option right now and well the money being thing to early backers are supposed to be unique extras, giving people that chance after release removes the good unique money part from early backers. I just really don't think giving that option after full release is right because we put our money and trust early and so why should they get extra rewards when they did not give early trust. I guess but I stand to the point that they should not get that opportunity because they didn't give extra trust in the game when it was in development and so should not get an extra thank you from the developers with extra in-game rewards.

Honestly, while i think it is nice, this must be at the same rank of priority with seasons, weather and other graphical things, it is nice for immersion but i'dd rather have the game first

Yo so I was wondering since we have computers and such can you guys add like consoles into the game to play game in the game identity? that would make it more fun because you get to play games in the game with your friend too lol (SO MANY "GAME" WORDS)

Well the other part is that you have not seen that VR will only be in places like the cinema where it is instanced, I can't remember the reason they gave for this. @HairyGrenade might be able to.

You will be able to rent servers from hand picked hosting companies by asylum themselves. You won't be able to get a dedicated box I believe and must rent with player slots. The chosen hosting companies have not been disclosed as of yet because they are still finalising those deals.

Hey man, Thats some awesome work! Really great stuff! Ever try the car the sky blue and the Rezix white? Colours would also be really great!

Well yes, you can make a second character, but only can use 1 at a given time but are able to switch between them.

The Citizen Package ($15) only gives you access to the full game. If you want access to the 3 modules and the beta, you have to buy the Founder Package, which is the 30$ one.

A walking exploration simulator... How is that any different from what Identity tells us it will be? But then again, SecondLife is the same way as well. You want to compete with this game? More power to you. But I'd like to hear what the developers words on this would be. That probably won't happen though. Sounds like opening a Burger King next to Sonic if you ask me lol.

The developers have already stated that they do not wish to fill the world with NPCs. It will be up to us as players to make the world functional. Probably a few NPCs here and there, but seriously, why would you want all these NPCs around all over the place? NPCs say the same thing and do the same thing over and over and over again. It ruins the online world experience. People play online games because they are tired of repetition. NPCs are better suited for single player games. As I said, the developers won't rely on NPCs like robots ready to do every single task for us. They will trust us to be independent and do things for ourselves. But we have suggested that NPCs be used for prison guards.

That would be an interesting concept to see unfold. I would love playing Xbox 1 games streamed on Identity. All depends on what our bandwidth is. If they would implement Twitch streams into the game it would be possible. What about playing an online game on Identity? Genius, but a big strain on your internet connection.

Ty Fuqface. I try.

I can agree like if your waiting for someone or waiting for furniture or some delivery it would be nice to waste some time on a game on your phone or pc even though you could just use your phone irl it is still a neat idea lmao

It does have wheel support. Thrustmaster, and since many people have logitech G27, G25, G29's.. I guess those will be supported as well. I own a Saitek R220, one of those cheap plastic 90'degree wheels with two pedals, and a Logitech MOMO. I hope the game doesn't stutter to the point of being SantosRP and APB where you hold the gas down and you're teleported somewhere infront of you.

It would be a simplified version of Car Mechanic simulator I imagine. I personally found that game boring as hell and not educational in the slightest, which I believe should have been the point of it... You mean in real life or in Identity? If you're talking about Identity then use the search bar, send the devs a message on their Twitter or by tagging them/messaging them here or just wait for further information. I should warn you that the driving module is the third and final module to come, meaning any information could be far off.

Hotel jobs in a rpg game was something I wanted since before this kind of game was announced. I'm not sure how extensive the hotels are going to be in the game: if you'll just be in a room with basic amenities or be able to go to a pool, spa or even an on site restaurant. I'm thinking the former, but perhaps there will be those kinds of things around town somewhere.

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Honestly one of the best uses for NPC's would be prison guards. The developer's said they would not include a prison job career for players because they knew it would get boring watching players all day. So yeah, I would like to see prison guard NPCs implemented into the prison, just so it would provide a more realistic feel.

The next video will be on "gun customisation" which is due to come out before the 1st module releases. The first module is due to release by the end of march at the latest with no delays!

When it comes out. You can't tell me not to be vague when this question is asked every other week. And it always is given the same answer. If they take the time to search it up they wouldn't have to get replies like that now would they.

When it comes out

Would love to see more frequent screenshot posting, no matter how undeveloped the feature. It's all interesting and re-ignites the hype, thanks! ♥

Was a little hesitant to buy my pledge package and then i saw this today and i was just like "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"