Thanks to some of your brilliant artwork!

I think you meant 2018, we're in 2018 right now. The official date used to be the 21st of March, but is now the 23rd of April, which is just roughly a month later. Hang tight, as this will just be the first module. The second and third module should take less time than the first one.

I'm also addicted to white chocolate. Which is not a problem.

May we continue to make Identity great!

Yes, Happy Easter ???!

Announcement: Aegis Security Consulting officially supports The Royal Family Party and would like to thank Mr. Lucious Times for appointing me as Security Counsel Government Official. I look forward to working with @LuciousTimes@JoelKeys@NexusGamingand @Andrew811on improving the future of Identity.

Okay thanks because french are not very good at speaking english

Hey there, You do not / are not required to sleep in the game. Sleeping and not sleeping doesn't affect the character in anyway. If you Don't eat or drink, it won't affect you really other than give some de-buffs like fatigue meaning you can't for as long etc. Eating and drinking won't be needed all the time. You can't die from not doing it. (Not a survival game) You can cook / make / mix your ingredients, these foods are more rewarding that the pre-made food you can just buy straight up from shops. However all 3 won't really do much especially sleep. Hope this helps, regards, LuckyDuck.

As the Town Square Module release date draws closer, I would like to remind voters that most of the major candidates will be competing in the same server against each other when the election system is introduced. Kind regards, Marie-Clare Bouchard.

The final decisions have been made, all leadership positions have been filled! Govornor: @LuciousTimes Lieutenant Governor: @JoelKeys Business Counsel: @NexusGaming Criminology Counsel: @Andrew811 Security Counsel: @DrivenMuffin “In your world, I have another name...” - Aslan (Lucious Times)

I’ve stated it before, but if ever a time I see anything “negative” about marijuana it will be made illegal!

To start I must thank you, but I’m interested in hearing what views you oppose.

In my opinion, The Royal Family reflects the views of an Independent. One with views that fall left and views that fall right, however, I believe the party has more right views.

Crime Doesn't Pay, This Time Earlier this month we released a quick and raw gameplay video showing off an interaction in a rural area of the world. The art in the video is very much in development, but it's a great way to see some of the features and how they work. You'll get a glimpse of a drug production mini-game, the computer system used by police officers, and more. For this dev blog I wanted to toss in a couple clips that didn't make it into the video; all in glorious GIF form. The environment shown in the video is actually quite old. For example, those trees have been in use for a couple years of our development. The character animations (in fact, the entire way you control the character) will also be much different when you get into the Town Square. To give you an idea of how our art has progressed over time, see below one of the older placeholder trees, as is seen in the video, compared to a more recent tree which will be found in the Town Square. The Finishing Touches As you'd expect, our priority for the last month has been getting the Town Square ready for play! We've been working overtime getting everything into place, and it's shaping up very nicely. You'll see from the image above that our artists have been producing absolutely incredible assets. In my own opinion, it's the nicest looking environment I've ever seen in an MMORPG to date. With the original release date for the Town Square quickly approaching, it's become evident that we're unfortunately going to have to push the date back, although the delay will not be long. More work is required to ensure that the launch goes smoothly; we need time to reinforce our server structure and do more internal playtesting. The Town Square will be released to all Founders (and above) one month later on April 23. This is an unfortunate reality of game development, but we want to make sure you get a quality product which isn't rushed out the door too soon. To help ease the pain of waiting for a taste of Identity, we're going to start throwing more media out for you, including a Town Square trailer video overviewing the features you'll find inside. Making it Big! We recently hit the incredible milestone of $1,000,000 USD raised! In fact, right now as of this writing we're in at just under $1,025,000. The support from our community and pledgers has been absolutely incredible. I wanted to take this chance to say thank you; it's because of you that Identity is becoming a reality. The game we've all wanted for such a long time is coming. Around the Studio We're in overdrive over here, working hard to get the Town Square ready to go! As I sit here in my office typing this blog post, Andrew is finishing up the new character creation system. The user interface Artur made is beautiful. I couldn't be happier with the new UI systems he's produced following Scaleform's demise (our old middleware which is now dead). The biggest change here in the office this month is the addition of Mark (who the community has dubbed Marker), our resident graphic designer. He's pumping out amazing art for in-game brands at an incredible pace. This will translate into all sorts of clothing brands and patterns, wallpapers and much more. He'll be bringing you a whole lot of customization options throughout Identity. The real big news, though, is the birth of our lead programmer Henrik's (Sone) new baby boy! Be sure to congratulate him if you spot him on Discord. He's probably too tired to read, though. Liam has been getting a lot done on the new Identity website, too. You'll be seeing the launch of this new website quite soon, and it's going to bring a whole bunch of new options and features for you to enjoy. The Twitch Clips If you've been following Identity's development closely, you probably already know that developers stream their work live on the Identity Twitch channel every Tuesday and Thursday. We also use that time to answer almost every question that gets asked about Identity's development and gameplay. Now that we've been doing this a while, we've answered a lot of questions. Our awesome community manager, BeachBall, has taken the time to compile a massive list of questions linked to clips where they're answered by a developer. Get comfy and head over to the Twitch Clips Directory forum thread. If you haven't found this already, be prepared to spend a good bit of time listening to all sorts of awesome information. This is the best place to get to know the fine details Identity! -- John VanderZwet