Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque News

Fursan al-Aqsa Steam Summer Sales and Unreal Engine 5 WIP

New Trailer - Iran for Palestine!

https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque/videos/fursan-al-aqsa-remake-iran-for-palestine

Hello friends!!!

This is the first post here in a long time. I think you may have been following what happened with my game Fursan al-Aqsa, it's removal from Steam in the UK and all EU, and other stuff. This block even though it helped a with the sales as soon as it was banned, hamdulillah (it gave me free marketing and visibility), but on the other side, for a long term, yes, it harmed my game because I had many players from European Union who wishlisted my game and now can not buy my game.

So for this reason, I have been busy with my freelance job of Unreal Engine Developer and Character Animator, which helps me to earn some extra cash to pay my bills and to invest on Fursan al-Aqsa Development and most important, I gain more tech skills to use in Fursan al-Aqsa development.

You can see some of these works I have done on the past months here:

https://youtu.be/ErozuQpDZnE?list=PLPVV9qqG9PMA3UMMTzDFd1SVt09dK-7Uy

Anyway, even then, since this project Fursan al-Aqsa is a long life dream for me, my commitment to this game will stay for many years to come, in sha Allah!

First of all, my game is discounted at 66% OFF on Steam Summer Sales, so it is a great opportunity to get the most BASED and QASSAMPILLED indiegame of all time by just 5 bucks!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714420/Fursan_alAqsa_The_Knights_of_the_AlAqsa_Mosque/

I have been working "behind" the scenes on a brand new update, a new mission, the Lion of Gaza, but not just this. This new update is a complete overhaul of the game (Remake Version), because I am migrating this project to Unreal Engine 5.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3496417901

I decided to upgrade Fursan al-Aqsa Remake to Unreal Engine 5 for the sake of making things easier for me to update the game itself, since UE5 has many new tools and improvements and it is way easier than Unreal Engine 4.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3496418774

Alongside this update on the engine, I will update the textures to 4K resolution, improve the overall lighting, reflections, and make Fursan al-Aqsa Remake SteamDeck verified.

My "roadmap" is as follows:

* Port Fursan al-Aqsa Remake to Unreal Engine 5
* Improvements on lighting ambience
* Real time shadows (not baked lightmaps)
* Increase environment textures resolution to 4K
* Add photo mode
* New Mission the Lion of Gaza
* New Skin Yahya Sinwar
* New Weapon Yasin Rocket Launcher
* New Achievements
* New Enemies (Merkava Tanks, Tiger)
* Fully compatibility with Steam Deck (Medium Settings)

Here you can see some screenshots of the new map, already running in UE5:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505521148

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505521284

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505522087

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3505522538

So thank you and until the next update.

Fursan al-Aqsa - Steam Autumn Sale 2024 + GOTY Awards

The most BASED and QASSAMPILLED indie game of all times received its biggest discount ever!

By U$ 5.00 you get both Fursan al-Aqsa Classic + Remake and join the BASED gamers department 😎

You can also vote for Fursan al-Aqsa Remake in the Steam Awards 2024 in the GOTY (Game of the Year)



If you are still in doubt about to play or don't play Fursan al-Aqsa, please read what BASED @Steam gamers are saying about it:

10/10⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(Overwhelmingly Positive)

CORRECTION: I JUST HAVE SEEN NOW (AFTER I MADE THE TRAILER AND ALL PROMOTIONAL ARTS) THAT MY GAME IS ONLY ELIGIBLE TO THE LABOR OF LOVE CATEGORY. SO PLEASE, VOTE ON FURSAN AL-AQSA!

Trailer in MP4 HD 4K Quality (Youtube deleted Fursan al-Aqsa Channel):

https://mega.nz/file/wkdnxC7C#WA8NeZYp-E0JZdYAdwjToyNFNMW7CjsXOGEPvdTEPwk

Hello dear friends and supporters. Fursan al-Aqsa, the most BASED indie game of all times is at RISK of being banned, and I am sure that after this last update, Operation al-Aqsa Flood, this risk is even greater!!!

Recently I received an email from Valve Staff informing that my game was blocked in UK due a request from official authorities. What it means is that Steam needs to obey the laws of each country, and whenever there is an official request from any country, Valve will block access to my game there on Steam.

Until now my game is blocked in Germany, Australia and UK. But the reason of this ban of my game in the UK is different from Germany and Australia (which was just because the lack of an Official Age Rating Request, and me not willing to pay them for getting this Age Rating and having a great risk of my game not getting approval at all and just wasting this money). The ban in UK is indeed because of my game's political statement on the Palestine x Israel conflict. The request to block my game in UK came from the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). So this is clear that UK authorities consider my game as "terrorist" propaganda.

Here follows the emails valve sent to me:

https://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/73/72158/email-1.png

https://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/73/72158/email-2.png

What that means? It means that at any time, any other authority from any country may consider Fursan al-Aqsa as "terrorist" propaganda and request from Steam do apply a region block. So, could USA be the next country to ban Fursan al-Aqsa? Yes, it can happen! And if such thing happens, there will be nothing to do about it, unfortunately.

And what to do now? My sincere counseilling for those who have my game on their whishlist, is to buy Fursan al-Aqsa as soon as possible, because, even if my game gets banned from Steam, it will be still available on your Steam library.

Last, but not least, about the update itself, Operation al-Aqsa Flood, allows you to relive the iconic day on which the brave Palestinian Resistance humiliated Israeli Military Forces.

I will not reveal too much about this mission, I prefer to let you discover by yourself.

Enjoy!

Fursan al-Aqsa Remake - Operation Toofan al-Aqsa Update

Summary:

Operation al-Aqsa Flood, allows you to relive the iconic day on which the brave Palestinian Resistance humiliated Israeli Military Forces.

I will not reveal too much about this mission, I prefer to let you discover by yourself.

Here follows a list of changes for this new update:

* The Super Headshots reset timer now is reduced to just 10 seconds (instead of 20);
* Added new weapon LMG M249;
* Added new mission: Operation al-Aqsa Flood;
* Added 5 new Steam Achievements;

Thanks and until next time!

Hello friends!

It has been a long time since my last article here, because I have been too much busy with personal life stuff, my job, but even then, I have been working, slowly, "behind the scenes", in Fursan al-Aqsa Remake, and I plan to release very soon, a new update, a brand new mission, as you can see in the images sections here.

This new mission will introduce a new gameplay mechanic alongside a new weapon, new objectives, new steam achievements, new enemy classes and much more!

Solo game development takes time, and I would love to be able to dedicate more of my time to this project, but unfortunately, this is not possible, so I can only work in my free time (whenever I get some).

Anyway, I am very happy and thankful to Allah (God) and to you, players of my game, because Fursan al-Aqsa is still alive and "kicking ass" on Steam, even after almost 3 years of release, unlike many big AAA games which simply flop after some months of release.

Yes, Fursan al-Aqsa never had a big peak of concurrent players on Steam, but I am happy because every month, thousands of new players by and play my game, there is always a new Youtube Gameplay Video of Fursan al-Aqsa by some player, there is always a new positive review on Steam (by the way this game is now 10 out of 10 on Steam, something big AAA games dream to reach).

And as another great achievement for my game, it is now competing in the DevGAMM Awards 2024, and I am very hopeful it can be among the winners, like it won recently the Best Hardcore Game Award in the Game Connection America Event. But for this, I need your help!

1️⃣ Head to https://form.fillout.com/t/hZWP7Kgy7Aus and log in with your email.

2️⃣ Type Fursan al-Aqsa in the list, select my game and submit your vote!

Feel free to share the link with your friends to spread the word!

May Allah bless you for your support 🤲