Fursan al-Aqsa Remake - Lions of Gaza Update
Summary:
This is the last update for my game Fursan al-Aqsa. I thank you all for your amazing support during all these years since the release of my game Fursan al-Aqsa (Classic) here on Steam in April 2022. I am thankfull to Allah and for all of you, the amazing players that kept Fursan al-Aqsa live and pissing off some people :D
The reason why this is the last update it is because, as I commented with you all, Fursan al-Aqsa is more a protest message in form of game. I tried to flip the narrative of Modern Shooter Games like Call of Duty series and others. And I am happy with the results. Yes, my game reached its objective. Mission Accomplished.
Fursan al-Aqsa was not meant to be a profitable game to be honest, and I knew it would only appeal to a very specific niche of gamers. So I don't have anything to complain, hamdulillah (praise be to Allah) for everything.
However, game development costs money and time, and even though nowadays the technology we have allows anyone to make a game, it removes the initial barrier of game development, but, even then, it is not anyone that can make game development a profitable business. Even major AAA studios struggle to do this.
So for these reasons, I need to do a break on Fursan al-Aqsa development. And if you check the history of my game's updates here on Steam, you will see that the last update was 2 years ago, in November 2024. So it took me all this time to do a new update. And since I knew this was going to be the last update for my game Fursan al-Aqsa, I decided to do something worth, so you can experience again Fursan al-Aqsa on its best shape and form.
I fixed practically all bugs you reported to me, and I did many of the improvements and quality of life changes you asked me to do. I even updated the game engine from UE4 to UE5, but don't worry, it is not UE Slop :) The game still manages to run at 60fps on my old GTX 1650 (with some hiccups when there are physics simulation on the scene). But on my RTX 4050 it runs perfectly at 60fps. I dont think someone still uses a GTX Series. However, in any case, you can adjust the graphics quality on the options menu to gain a better performance.
With that being said, I am working (job), to provide for my family, so I don't have more time to dedicate for Fursan al-Aqsa, which trully breaks my heart, but this is the reality of many indie developers.
The only realistic possibility for me to dedicate one more year for working full time on Fursan al-Aqsa, is that those 20k Wishlists convert to sales in one go. Yes, this way would be possible for me to keep working on Fursan al-Aqsa, in sha Allah (God's willing).
So it is up to you.
Anyway, here follows the list of updates for this new and last build. I hope you enjoy it and revisit this game a new time to check these improvements and upgrades.
Assalam Alaykum (may the peace of Allah be with you all).
By the way, I dropped a new controversial trailer ːsteamhappyː on twitter:
https://x.com/UdkUltimate/status/2108981522812301462
And I also published the trailer on Steam Store:
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714420/Fursan_alAqsa_The_Knights_of_the_AlAqsa_Mosque/"]
* Game ported to Unreal Engine 5.3 ✅
* No Stuttering ✅
* No Lags ✅
* No FPS Drops (stable 60 fps on my old GTX1650) ✅
* Fixed camera bug forcing to first person on Super Headshots ✅
* Reduced Super Headshot Cool Down to 5s ✅
* Improved Damage Indicator ✅
* Added Bullet Time Bar for a more polished UI ✅
* More aggressive AI ✅
* Increased bullets speed for more realism ✅
* Added more ammo for starting weapons (Dual Pistol, Dual UZI) ✅
* Increased weapons textures resolution to 4K and 2K ✅
* Increased character textures resolution to 2K ✅
* New weapon Yasin Rocket Launcher ✅
* New weapon Ghoul Sniper Rifle ✅
* FIxed bug of dual guns (pistol and UZI) overlapping over other weapons ✅
* Now drones on Nablus Mission only need 1 missile shot to be destroyed ✅
* Improvement on lighting and VFX across all maps ✅
* Real time shadows (not baked lightmaps) on all maps ✅
* Increased environment textures resolution to 4K for all maps ✅
* Fixed bug of lost keybinds for new players ✅
* Auto loading default keybinds (gamepad or keyboard) on first launch ✅
* Load saved keybinds (gamepad or keyboard) after the first launch ✅
* Now the options menu show the correct keybinding for each action ✅
* Added force feedback support for PS4, PS5, Xbox Controllers (any gamepad) ✅
* Force feedback activated by default (can be deactivated on the options menu) ✅
* Mission 1 fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 ✅
* Mission 2 fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 ✅
* Mission 3 fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 ✅
* Mission 4 fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 ✅
* Mission 5 "The Lions of Gaza" (Final Mission) ✅
* New Enemy Class Merkava Tanks ✅
* New Skin Yahya Sinwar ✅
* New Achievements ✅
* Physics simulation for a more immersive gameplay experience ✅
* Updated Game Soundtrack with new Nasheeds for the Remake ✅
* Fully compatibility with Steam Deck (Fursan al-Aqsa Remake) ✅
⚠️EXTREMELY IMPORTANT⚠️
I REPLACED ALL THE OLD NASHEEDS (SONGS) FROM FURSAN AL-AQSA REMAKE BY OFFICIAL NASHEEDS FROM QASSAM BRIGADES, SO IF YOU WANT TO UPLOAD ANY VIDEO TO YOUTUBE, PLEASE, TURN OFF THE MUSIC VOLUME (ON THE OPTIONS MENU) BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AN INSTANT STRIKE FOR YOUR CHANNEL. BUT WITHOUT THE MUSIC, IT WILL BE FINE, SINCE YOUTUBE DETECTS "TERRORIST" SONGS, AND MANY STREAMERS UPLOADED GAMEPLAY VIDEOS OF FURSAN AL-AQSA WITH NO MUSIC (OR REPLACED BY "NORMAL" MUSICS) AND THE VIDEOS ARE STILL THERE ON YOUTUBE.
