Step inside my office! We're in the home stretch, now. The Town Square module is almost ready to go, and now you can follow the Asylum developers as we approach the release. Exactly two weeks ago we launched the new Identity Task Tracker; check out that link, or click the big green button on the Identity website. The task tracker shows you our progress from the point of release a couple of weeks ago until now, and we update every weekday. This tracker displays the data right out of our own project management software that we use to drive and organize the developers inside the studio. All tasks on the tracker are those that remained as of two weeks ago up to the point we consider the Town Square module to be ready for release. These are not all of the tasks we've done (there've been thousands), but just the ones remaining. I'm pretty proud of the progress our guys are making each day. It's only been a couple of weeks but you'll see the majority of those tasks are marked completed! It's really amazing what a team of this size can do when it has such talent. Keep your eye on the tracker; when our important tasks there are done it's time for a Steam release! We're all extremely excited over here. Town Square barber shop interior, work in progress The World Wide Wait An all new Identity website is very, very close to release. In fact, it's so close that we're only waiting on a technology partner to finalize their end of things. Our new website enhances the style of our existing site but is focused far more on improved functionality. A very robust new account system is in place to help you get in the game, and our new shop has some other big requested features! Finally, you'll be able to pay with dozens of methods (PayPal, credit cards, PaySafe and more) and even gift purchases to your friends. With the release of the new website also comes the return of the Identity Insider. The Insider will be a monthly detailed addition to the website, containing all sorts of information you may not have heard before and diving deep into a specific Identity gameplay topic. Our current pledge packages will remain on the website for only one week after the new website launches. After that, many of those rewards will never be sold again and those which are will be a bit more expensive as we prepare for retail pricing. Now's the time to join in the support of Identity's development if you have been on the fence! A look inside the Asylum Everyone at Asylum has been working like crazy. The poor guys are in overdrive and won't be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, just this last week we hired four new programmers to join the team, more than doubling the programmer team size, to ensure that we can get content to you faster. I've myself continued to put a lot of development hours in when I'm not busy with business stuff. I've added some interesting things in the last weeks including substance use and effects. You won't need to spend your time in the Town Square digitally sober! Mark, our graphic designer, has been taking his excellent art into the game engine with the creation of wallpapers for homes as well as a bunch of clothing options. I hoped to have a couple dozen cool wall options available to start with the Town Square release. When I looked over his shoulder today it was somewhere around 300. Wow, I can't even imagine the options when crafting decorations is introduced on top of that. We're pretty much ready to go on the art side of things. Those who follow us on Twitch will have seen Jade/Lee has finished will all of the housing floorplans and the final touches are being done to integrate them into the game today. A lot of our floorplans are based on pop-culture; see if you can identify them. You'll have the chance to walk through them in the Town Square to help with your home-buying decisions. Keep an eye on our Twitch streams! We're going to be showing some cool stuff quite soon. It's been a long wait for the Town Square release, but the wait is almost over. 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

No, all jobs/ careers and things like that will come with the Beta after the 3 modules. You can RP however that is you but personally All RP will come in Beta also (the good RP anyways IMO) No money also in the modules and will come with Beta. Everything in the Modules will be free for people to test out.

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lol nah my b if it sounds dat way re reading it it kinda does. lol

Woot Woot knowledge is power =)

I love the datsun and the sentra is a classic. I also can't go without my classic muscle cars.

I personally think a Datsun B-11 or 1982 Nissan Sentra car would be great!

Nice list!

I don’t fully understand what you mean. You can start your own brand and upload images from the internet, so in theory you could upload Gucci’s logo. But the devs may not let it go through. I believe they will have a system that approves images to make sure they’re appropriate. They might decline your image if you use a real companies logo to avoid a copy right lawsuit.

Great work! That logo is nice!

Hey guys, I’d like to share my guess for the release date of the town square. So far, it has taken the devs 14 days to complete 32/64 of the remaining tasks. So, based off this, it should take another 14 days to complete the other half, giving us a release date of around May 17th. Yes, yes I know different tasks take a different amount of time, but I thought it’d be a fun thing to do while we’re waiting for the much anticipated release of the town square. Share your own guesses down below. Cheers!

I like this a lot. Fun to read and to see you with knowledge. Can't wait to see you in the Town Square!

Nice to see you my friend! Can't wait to be in the Town Square with you man.

I am not sure but I thought that the dev's said the higher pledges will get some bonus content and that there will be some changes. This is what @LuckyDuck posted just a while ago

If, as you say, money's no problem and you're interested in the game and seeing it release I would because it improves the liklihood of that. I like supporting studios and Devs that are producing games I'd like to play. Havimg said that hou've supported them more than most already so there's no pressure ??

@KIRBYDUDE Nobody will ever let you know When you ask the reasons why They just tell you that you're on your own Fill your head all full of lies -Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

No problem my freind. Not to many places where people can talk about what they have on their mind these days.

Utility: 1. Ford Transit 2. Ford Connect 3. Volkswagon Transporter 4. Volkswagon Crafter 5. Mercedes Sprinter 6. Mercedes Vito 7. Mercedes Actros 8. MAN TGX 9. Vauxhall Vivaro 10. Fiat Ducato Cars: 1. BMW M-Series (1,3,4,5,6) 2. Volkswagon Golf GTi 3. Volkswagon Scirocco 4. Mercedes Class Series(A,E,C) 5. Nissan 350z/370z 6. Mitsubishi Evo 7. Subaru Impreza WRX 8. Rolls Royce Phantom 9. Bentley Continental GT 10. Lamborghini Hurracan, Aventador, Reventon 11. Ferrari La Ferrari, Enzo, F12, 448, Californa, Portofino, GTC4 12. Mclaren 570s, 720s, Senna, 12c 13. Tesla Models (all) There's a few more but these are some of my favourites.

I just need my Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Well most people want the Town Square to be Finished to the devs standards so that well there are less bugs and they can focus on the actual things they will update Town Square with and not these thing which are for before it releases. Also people want them to release early (Mainly the ones who complain; not all are complainers though.) but then they will just have more things to complain about. The Module is best released when ready and not before then.

Good luck with your capital.

Remember its called E Beer you will be up and partying all night!

Running type of track?

I’ve never seen a dancing shark before! ?

The Official Times Campaign song!

Everyone does at first!

damn, not many of us VIP's out there

The past months here at the studio have been hectic, but our labors are paying off. It is with regret that I must make the decision to push back the public release of the Town Square module from April 23; however, the delay will be quite minor. Because this is now the second delay to an official firm release date, and because we expect this delay to be short-lived, we are as of this announcement releasing the Asylum Task Tracker. The new task tracker, visible on the Town Square section of the official website (here's a link for you), offers the Identity community and fans absolute transparency in our development progress. You can now see the tasks we have to complete before we're ready for the module to be publicly available. It will be updated each and every day. The list is not long, and displays all tasks since the tracker was created only a day ago. When all of the tasks are completed, of which none are major, Town Square will be released on Steam and available for play. Furthermore, the new Identity website is on schedule for a release just next week! The new website will come with all sorts of cool new features and we'll be building on it constantly as we move forward, too. With the release of the new website, I'm also going to begin regular Identity Insider releases. These Insider publications will add a ton of very detailed information on key systems within Identity. Delays are unfortunately a reality of all game development, whether a game is being produced by a large studio with hundreds of developers or a small team, such as ours, with only dozens. We faced unforeseeable technical issues recently; however, all of the issues we had have been fully resolved and, as you can see with the new tracker, release is extremely close. As soon as we get some final bits of art in place, we're going to compile a Town Square trailer video and begin showing off the game and environments on our development streams. So to sum it all up, keep an eye on the new tracker (see that link above) and follow our progress. The tracker will be updated once per day as it has to be done manually. Once we get our production software updated so that it can be automated, it'll be a live display. I also want to say that you to our loyal community and fan-base. Delays are never a fun thing to experience with any game, so everyone here in the studio is working overtime like crazy to get you into our world. You'll be in the Town Square very soon and this is going to make the game a much better experience. I'm really excited for our first module release as it's shaping up to be a really fun and beautiful experience. In fact, the Town Square is much more than I even though it would have been early on; I'm extremely happy with what we've put together. I hope you enjoy the peak behind the scenes with the new task tracker and we'll be seeing you in the square soon!