Fursan al-Aqsa won the Best Hardcore Game Award!!!
I can't believe!
My indiegame Fursan al-Aqsa, proudly powered by Unreal Engine, received the Award of Best Hardcore Game on the Game Connection America Awards!
This is a realization of a long life dream of mine, and today I feel like "Mission Accomplished"!
It is an amazing feeling to have this recognition for a game, a dream of a whole life for me, a work which I spent sleepless nights working on it, a game which I have been working since 2009.
Despite all the political "controversy" around my game, but, on it's core, Fursan al-Aqsa stands on its own as a game that brings a brand new perspective in videogames, a perspective never portrayed before in shooter games. And this new and fresh perspective pleased too many gamers on Steam, who were bored with the traditional USA Super Hero killing Arabistan Terrorists.
My closing words are that video games are indeed a form of art which can be used to tell histories, and as so, art must never be censored, rather, everyone has rights to show their own perspectives...
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Hilarious that a developer who steals assets from other games somehow gets a award. Funny thing is I have used some of the assets you have used for private mods, but you releasing a paid game with these assets built in is not a good look on you.
dang i was just about to think that this "game" is cool
Lol nobody cares.
No my friend. I am not stealing assets. All the assets I used for Fursan al-Aqsa (both Remake and Classic) are paid assets, I legally purchased them from 3D Assets Marketplaces, like CG Trader, Turbo Squid, Unreal Engine Marketplace, Unity Assets Store and the like. If some of these models I purchased are stolen from other games (I doubt it), the blame is not on me, but on the platform who is selling these supposed "stolen" assets. Yes, some maps I "copied" the layout from other games (Insurgency, Unreal Tournament 3, Goldeneye 007 and so on). When I say copied is that I recreated some of these maps inside Unreal Engine, only with some very small differences. Copying some map layout from other games is not copyrights infringements, many games do this also.
Well, sorry to tell you but you were lied to by the seller/s. These 3D asset websites are known to host stolen assets (even the free ones). CG Trader and Turbo Squid specifically are well-known to have stolen assets. It is not map layouts but the actual models/textures being used.
Lastly, if you have such doubt, send me textures (or the UV/model, texture is easiest to prove) for the soldier in the black uniform in the above article via private message. I can easily prove it is taken from another game since I have actually used parts of that model before for a private project.
Hello my friend. Thanks for this advice. Yeah, I am aware of this, that there are some stolen assets being sold "legally". I had a friend of mine, who is an experienced counter strike modder who helped me to identify many stolen assets I used on the first version of my game, so I was able to replace them for other assets (from Unreal Marketplace mostly).
But as I said, in a legal point of view, I have the invoices which proof I legally purchased these assets, so it is not my fault indeed. I learned game development through modding Source Engine Games, and it is much easier and faster, as a solo game developer, to buy a game-ready model than go there ripping the assets (which is not my case). Anyway, I could yes replace these assets, however, I will need to give a break on Fursan al-Aqsa Development, for various reasons (mainly lack of funding). Now I am trying to get a job as a character animator (I am doing many freelance jobs here and there), since Animation is my strenght and what I love most. So, the next update I will release, will probably be the last one for this game.
My game sold very well on Steam, compared to other indie games, but not enough to earn my living out of it.
I see where you are coming from, but these are still stolen assets regardless of receipts/purchases. The people sold you assets that are straight ripped assets form other big title games. If I were you I would present the receipts and the proof I can provide you to the website so you could get a refund.
Congrats my friend! All the best! Cheers
Thanks bro!!!