Been following your work since you advertised on our forums! Fantastic work, keep it up! #amazing
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Hacking New PS3 Game - Fursan al-Aqsa - Knights of al-Aqsa Mosque
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Thanks my friend, and welcome to my thread here also. Whenever you work alone, you need to publish on as many sites as possible.
Cheers!
Are you mad
That ill nature scambag dumb
is insulting the Holy Prophet SAW
That is againist rules' no one is allow to insult religions.And Specially bark nonsense about Prophets.
He should be blaming his parents for making a terrible mistake like him
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Damn idoit
Authorities of this site i request you take action on ChibiMofo post for Insulting religions and promoting crimes rapes and other disgraces acceptable in his religion
And with no proof calling ISLAMIC followers terrorist And Insulting Religion
And Insulting GOD himself may this non-sense idiot be brought down to sewers
Salam Alaykum Brother. I know and already reported that user, however, I don't want to enter into religions discussions, because, I am here to promote my game. This site is very important for gaming, it is a very well known and respected gaming website. The fault is not with the site itself, as this is the only person that made offensive and insulting comments about our religion. All other users from other websites and forum where I published about this game, all of them are respectful, even though many people don't agree with the political content of my game.
This guy should not make part of a respected gaming community like GBATemp.
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this is impressive, dude! congratulations for being so fierce and determined to make your own game. I'll follow development and hope to get my hands on it as soon as its released 
You are very talented. If I was your friend, I would have advised against this project and recommended you went with something that was religion and idolatry neutral. I say this as a Palestinian background who immigrated into Jordan.
I am a product of the civil wars and know well the outcome of that mentality, so for me to promote it in any way is unhealthy.
I think any violent representation, to a nation or a otherwise does not justify the cause in any way. Perhaps one day you will understand.
I am a product of the civil wars and know well the outcome of that mentality, so for me to promote it in any way is unhealthy.
I think any violent representation, to a nation or a otherwise does not justify the cause in any way. Perhaps one day you will understand.
this is impressive, dude! congratulations for being so fierce and determined to make your own game. I'll follow development and hope to get my hands on it as soon as its released
Thanks my friend. What I love most of this awesome community, is that for each negative comment about my game, I get dozens of supportive and friendly comments.
Yes, I am on this game from since 2015, the time which I began my other project of proting by myself UDK Engine/Unreal Engine 3 for PS3 and Xbox360: https://gbatemp.net/threads/udk-ult...lay-and-share-on-any-ps3.547414/#post-8795002
I am committed untill march get something playable for all of you guys test and have a feel of what is my game.
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I understand you my friend, however, this is a long time dream for me, from since I was a kid, I always dreamed to play a game on which we Arabs, Muslims, Palestininans are Heroes instead of "Terrorists".
In this small video I show some cool and custom pickup items I created for the #Multiplayer mode, in the best style of #RetroFPS and Classic #FPSGames like @Quake and @doom. Also you can see the finished HUD for Multiplayer.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque/videos/19-multiplayer-pickups
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque/videos/19-multiplayer-pickups
Fursan al-Aqsa Dev Blog #9 - Making-Off Weapons and Projectile Physics
In this article I discuss the technical details of how I created the weapons of my game, and how I did the physics simulations for the projectiles using Unreal Script.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...g-9-making-off-weapons-and-projectile-physics
In this article I discuss the technical details of how I created the weapons of my game, and how I did the physics simulations for the projectiles using Unreal Script.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...g-9-making-off-weapons-and-projectile-physics
Hello guys.
I know there are almost two weeks without any updates, but be sure I am working, and VERY HARD to finish and release the first episode untill the end of this month.
However, because I have published about my game on almost 100 sites, which I need to keep updated, I only publish whenever I have some significant updates.
But here on twitter (https://twitter.com/UdkUltimate) and also on IndieDB (https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque) I always post at least a new screenshot of some feature I am developing/improving.
From since my last update about the Weapons, I have done basically two things.
I created a new custom AI Class especially for knife kills game mode. Now you can approach the enemy from behind without being spotted, however, if you touch the enemy, or stay a long time behind him, he will realize it and shoot at you. This was done mixing Kismet (the Blueprints of UE3) with UnrealScript. I even created a custom field of view to the enemy using a trigger volume.
Also, I am remaking the Knife Kills System, with updated character animations and a brand new camera animation, on the best Mortal Kombat X style. It even has the X-Ray effect!
Cheers and until next update!
I know there are almost two weeks without any updates, but be sure I am working, and VERY HARD to finish and release the first episode untill the end of this month.
However, because I have published about my game on almost 100 sites, which I need to keep updated, I only publish whenever I have some significant updates.
But here on twitter (https://twitter.com/UdkUltimate) and also on IndieDB (https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque) I always post at least a new screenshot of some feature I am developing/improving.
From since my last update about the Weapons, I have done basically two things.
I created a new custom AI Class especially for knife kills game mode. Now you can approach the enemy from behind without being spotted, however, if you touch the enemy, or stay a long time behind him, he will realize it and shoot at you. This was done mixing Kismet (the Blueprints of UE3) with UnrealScript. I even created a custom field of view to the enemy using a trigger volume.
Also, I am remaking the Knife Kills System, with updated character animations and a brand new camera animation, on the best Mortal Kombat X style. It even has the X-Ray effect!
Cheers and until next update!
I was thinking on releasing those test maps (with blue/white checkboard) from since last week, for people test the game, however, I think that these don't reflect the final game quality and may even harm this project.
As I said before, I will ask a very small value (something like U$ 2.00) for each episode, because I am in strong need to earn some profit (my financial conditions are very bad at the moment). So it's for that reason that I prefeer release each episode on it's complete state, with fully textured maps, animations, mission objectives, and so on, for making this game worth the price. I know that even for a small price like this, people want a complete product, a fully working game, not just a "developer" bugged version of the game.
I hope you all understand the reason why I delayed a while the release of this game.
Thanks guys for all this support and interest on my game.
Cheers and until next update!
As I said before, I will ask a very small value (something like U$ 2.00) for each episode, because I am in strong need to earn some profit (my financial conditions are very bad at the moment). So it's for that reason that I prefeer release each episode on it's complete state, with fully textured maps, animations, mission objectives, and so on, for making this game worth the price. I know that even for a small price like this, people want a complete product, a fully working game, not just a "developer" bugged version of the game.
I hope you all understand the reason why I delayed a while the release of this game.
Thanks guys for all this support and interest on my game.
Cheers and until next update!
#FursanAlaqsaGame - Updated Knife Kills System - WIP (Work in Progress)
Now it's more Bloddy, Gory, Cruel.
It's more @MortalKombat #Fatality #NoMercy #FinishHim
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...os/knife-kills-system-update-work-in-progress
Now it's more Bloddy, Gory, Cruel.
It's more @MortalKombat #Fatality #NoMercy #FinishHim
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...os/knife-kills-system-update-work-in-progress
Hello guys,
Some new updates here, I hope you all enjoy.
Fursan al-Aqsa Episode 1 Coming in May 10th 2020!
Fursan al-Aqsa - Blades of Revenge Trailer
You, Brave Hero!
Get your knife and seek your revenge... The blood of the oppressed is calling you...
Join the Resistance!
Watch the trailer:
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...s/21-fursan-al-aqsa-blades-of-revenge-trailer
Some new updates here, I hope you all enjoy.
Fursan al-Aqsa Episode 1 Coming in May 10th 2020!
Fursan al-Aqsa - Blades of Revenge Trailer
You, Brave Hero!
Get your knife and seek your revenge... The blood of the oppressed is calling you...
Join the Resistance!
Watch the trailer:
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...s/21-fursan-al-aqsa-blades-of-revenge-trailer
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Finaly accomplished another task of the roadmap towards the release of #FursanAlaqsaGame. I did remake the game's menu, and I am very proud of the results. This was done in Scaleform (Adobe Flash CS4) and 3dsmax, the code behind it is ActionScript (Flash) and Unreal Script (UE3). I hope you like it.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...-mosque/videos/23-fursan-al-aqsa-updated-menu
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...-mosque/videos/23-fursan-al-aqsa-updated-menu
Before going to the last step of my dev workflow (finishing the campaign maps), I just wanted to assure that everything which I have done until now, especially the latest game updates, work flawlessly on consoles (Xbox360 and PS3). Here you can see the Weapons Showcase Testmap running flawlessly and smoothly on my RGH Xbox360.
* Sorry for the video quality, as I am using an Easy Crap lol!
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...s/24-fursan-al-aqsa-weapons-showcase-xbox3601
* Sorry for the video quality, as I am using an Easy Crap lol!
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...s/24-fursan-al-aqsa-weapons-showcase-xbox3601
Here is the game running on PS3 HEN (3.0.1):
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...videos/25-fursan-al-aqsa-knife-kills-ps3-demo
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...videos/25-fursan-al-aqsa-knife-kills-ps3-demo
Fursan al-Aqsa Dev Blog #10 - Updated UI - Scaleform Showcase
Hello there! New update here.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...sa-mosque/videos/26-fursan-al-aqsa-updated-ui
On this video I show off the finished UI (User Interface) of Fursan al-Aqsa, including a basic options menu, pause menu, and a very beautifull "Game Over" screen.
The UI Design was created in 3dsmax + Photoshop + Scaleform (Flash CS4).
The programming was done in Action Script 2.0 + Unreal Script.
I always try to make things as simple as possible. I always like to begin over a working framework instead of doing from scratch.
In the case of my game's UI, I opted to use the default UDK Engine Scaleform (Flash) UI, which came and works outside the box, however, I did customize it a lot, to give my own artistic touch.
The Scaleform framework is a very advanced UI solution by Autodesk, and it was used on many blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto V and Borderlands 3
GTA V Options menu (done with Scaleform)
Bordelands 3 Complete HUD (done with Scaleform)
About the Options Menu, because my game runs smoothly even on the most modest of PC's (ignore the video lag, it's because bandicam capture software uses a lot of my PC's CPU and Memory), I decided to don't add options to reduce the game's graphical quality (model detail and texture size). I made it on the highest quality my PC can handle (also PS3/XBOX360). So the game run using the full quality of the assets (models and textures).
About Video Resolution, as I wanted a standard framework between PC and Consoles, I decided to add only 2 Resolutions Options, which are 720p (1280x720) and 1080p (1920x1080), as both resolutions are supported on PS3 and Xbox360. Anyway, is very easy to manually change the resolution to any value by just editing the ini files (I will include a README), however, the minimum resolution for the game is 720p and all my UI Assets are in 1080p, so that means, if you run the game in 4K, in example, the UI may look blury, and on a resolution lower than 720p, the UI will be stretched. Sorry for this, but UDK/UE3 don't support responsive UI Layout. I think UE4 supports because you can create UI in HTML5.
About Audio Options, I was not able to add a volume slider control (it was going to be VERY HARD and troublesome), however, I have done something more simple, which works and has a purpose. Many people who don't understand Arabic, want to have an option to turn off the game's nasheeds (arabic musics), letting only the sound effects (many claimed that this way the game would look more realistic). So I added this option, a simple button to turn off and on the game's music, letting only the SFX playing. I have done a lot of testing, and even with music on, you will be able to hear all Sound Effects arround you, as I setup the music volume on a very low level, enough for those who want enjoy listening the music, without making it overcome the Sound Effects volume.
About Control Configuration, as my game's campaign mode will have many scripted sequences with specific keys assigned, I decided to don't allow changing the control's scheme (anyway, you can also manually change it only on PC by editting the ini files).
Whenever you pause the game, you will see the control's scheme. Also, something very cool, is that my game is 100% compatible with Xbox360 Controller (I think even XboxOne because it uses the XInput protocol). Just plug and play. Also, you can use ANY Gamepad (I am using Nykko Airflo) through a Xbox360 Controller Emulator (I will include it with my game). And the pause menu detects what input you are using to show you the controller configuration scheme. If you are playing on PC with a Keyboard and Mouse, you will see PC Keyboard Controller Scheme. If you are playing on PC with a Xbox360 Controller, it will show you the Xbox360 Controller Scheme. And if you are playing on Consoles (PS3 or Xbox360), it will show the console's controller scheme (Playstation 3 Controller and Xbox360 Controller).
I hope you all enjoy it (as I am very happy with the results).
Cheers and until next update!
Hello there! New update here.
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa...sa-mosque/videos/26-fursan-al-aqsa-updated-ui
On this video I show off the finished UI (User Interface) of Fursan al-Aqsa, including a basic options menu, pause menu, and a very beautifull "Game Over" screen.
The UI Design was created in 3dsmax + Photoshop + Scaleform (Flash CS4).
The programming was done in Action Script 2.0 + Unreal Script.
I always try to make things as simple as possible. I always like to begin over a working framework instead of doing from scratch.
In the case of my game's UI, I opted to use the default UDK Engine Scaleform (Flash) UI, which came and works outside the box, however, I did customize it a lot, to give my own artistic touch.
The Scaleform framework is a very advanced UI solution by Autodesk, and it was used on many blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto V and Borderlands 3
GTA V Options menu (done with Scaleform)
Bordelands 3 Complete HUD (done with Scaleform)
About the Options Menu, because my game runs smoothly even on the most modest of PC's (ignore the video lag, it's because bandicam capture software uses a lot of my PC's CPU and Memory), I decided to don't add options to reduce the game's graphical quality (model detail and texture size). I made it on the highest quality my PC can handle (also PS3/XBOX360). So the game run using the full quality of the assets (models and textures).
About Video Resolution, as I wanted a standard framework between PC and Consoles, I decided to add only 2 Resolutions Options, which are 720p (1280x720) and 1080p (1920x1080), as both resolutions are supported on PS3 and Xbox360. Anyway, is very easy to manually change the resolution to any value by just editing the ini files (I will include a README), however, the minimum resolution for the game is 720p and all my UI Assets are in 1080p, so that means, if you run the game in 4K, in example, the UI may look blury, and on a resolution lower than 720p, the UI will be stretched. Sorry for this, but UDK/UE3 don't support responsive UI Layout. I think UE4 supports because you can create UI in HTML5.
About Audio Options, I was not able to add a volume slider control (it was going to be VERY HARD and troublesome), however, I have done something more simple, which works and has a purpose. Many people who don't understand Arabic, want to have an option to turn off the game's nasheeds (arabic musics), letting only the sound effects (many claimed that this way the game would look more realistic). So I added this option, a simple button to turn off and on the game's music, letting only the SFX playing. I have done a lot of testing, and even with music on, you will be able to hear all Sound Effects arround you, as I setup the music volume on a very low level, enough for those who want enjoy listening the music, without making it overcome the Sound Effects volume.
About Control Configuration, as my game's campaign mode will have many scripted sequences with specific keys assigned, I decided to don't allow changing the control's scheme (anyway, you can also manually change it only on PC by editting the ini files).
Whenever you pause the game, you will see the control's scheme. Also, something very cool, is that my game is 100% compatible with Xbox360 Controller (I think even XboxOne because it uses the XInput protocol). Just plug and play. Also, you can use ANY Gamepad (I am using Nykko Airflo) through a Xbox360 Controller Emulator (I will include it with my game). And the pause menu detects what input you are using to show you the controller configuration scheme. If you are playing on PC with a Keyboard and Mouse, you will see PC Keyboard Controller Scheme. If you are playing on PC with a Xbox360 Controller, it will show you the Xbox360 Controller Scheme. And if you are playing on Consoles (PS3 or Xbox360), it will show the console's controller scheme (Playstation 3 Controller and Xbox360 Controller).
I hope you all enjoy it (as I am very happy with the results).
Cheers and until next update!
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Now I am working on a new map for my game, based on Camp Filon, an Israeli Military Base located on the Golan Heights on the Syrian Border. This is not a replication of the real place, because I am using many Marketplaces Assets (models and textures purchased from sites like Turbosquid, Unity Assets Store, Unreal Engine Marketplace, and so on) to build this map. However, I am trying my best to make these maps have at least a similarity with the real locations.
This mission will be on the best Metal Gear style, you need to invade the enemy base at night, eliminate them without being spotted. I am also doing uniform (cloth) variations for the game's protagonist, Ahmad al-Ghazzawi, just to fit the mission. For this mission, the player will be wearing a black uniform to be like a shadow on the darkness, to be a trully nightmare for his enemies. It's just a comestic thing, but I think it adds that extra degree of polishment to my game (soon I will showcase).
This mission will be on the best Metal Gear style, you need to invade the enemy base at night, eliminate them without being spotted. I am also doing uniform (cloth) variations for the game's protagonist, Ahmad al-Ghazzawi, just to fit the mission. For this mission, the player will be wearing a black uniform to be like a shadow on the darkness, to be a trully nightmare for his enemies. It's just a comestic thing, but I think it adds that extra degree of polishment to my game (soon I will showcase).
Fursan al-Aqsa Dev Blog #11 - Maps Showcase - Camp Filon
Click here to see more Screenshots:
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque/images
Click here to see the Video Showcase of this environment, without gameplay (to avoid spoilers):
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa.../videos/27-fursan-al-aqsa-camp-filon-showcase
Hello my friends!
Sorry for the looooong delay without posting updates. Even though I did not post here on the forums, however, I am very active on twitter, and most important, I have been working VERY HARD on this game, and will show you now some important updates and informations.
First of all, I want to apologize about the release date for Episode 1 of my game. I was planning to release on may 10th because I want to send my game to Brazil Independent Games Festival (BIG), and it had a deadline for sending the game until may 11th, so I was decided to release the game one day before it, on its current state.
As everyone knows, because Coronavirus, all the major gaming events were cancelled, and the same with BIG Festival. Now the deadline was extended until November.
So I continued to develop my game, and build the maps (the last step on my game dev workflow). I spent the last year of 2019 working on the programming and characters animations, and from since 2018 I did not build a new map for my game (I was only building small testmaps for testing the programming and animations). So I began to build this map, Camp Filon, and I have done an upgrade on my maps building workflow, and I was able to build this map under 10 days. Because this I realized that in one month I can complete, finish designing 3 maps, which means, 3 missions (for the campaign mode), and also some extra missions using these same maps with some time of day variations.
Then I came to the conclusion that would be a lot unfair from my part to release this game with only 1 map when I can add more content to make this game more playable and enjoyable by the community.
For all these reasons, I decided to delay the release of this game a bit more, maybe one month, or two (no more than this), for the sake of polishing this game, adding more content, and raising the overal quality, so Fursan al-Aqsa will live up to all this hype and the community expectations, maybe this can be one of the Best Indie Games of 2020
I think I am not harming anyone with this delay, because I did not make any kind of pre-order (or the like).
I am very happy with the results, and this new map which shows the final game quality, is by far the best map I ever created in Unreal Engine 3, and the next maps will be even better.
Also another update, I did a complete revamp of the game`s website, made it very professional, with complete informations about the game, specs, features, and so on:
https://www.fursanaqsa.com/
About the release itself, after thinking a lot, searching and re-searching, analysing various factors, I decided to go on my own even on the releasing and distribution of my game.
I will be skipping marketplaces like Steam, Itch.io, and other sites and will release it on my own website, a small ecommerce system I developed with PHP Cake Framework, integrated with Paypal IPN Payments (I am a web developers with +10 years of experience creating sites and e-commerces arround the web).
This is the virtual store for my game (you can`t purchase yet):
https://store.fursanaqsa.com/
The reason is simple: Reduce my costs!
Steam is very expensive, 30% of revenue share, added to this, is the USA Government Withdrawal whenever Steam sends money from USA to my Bank Account in Brazil, that can reach more 30% (there is no Agreement between Brazil and USA regarding this fee). Last, but not least, is the Brazillian government`s fee for receiving money from outside brazil, which can reach from 5% to 10%. And adding to this problem, is the currency conversion, which today, 1 USD is almost 6 BRL!!!
So as you can see, Steam is no way for me. The only difference from Itch.io, is that their revenue share can be as low as 0%. Even then, there is still the 30% of Withdrawal and the Brazillian Fee (also the currency conversion).
For all these reasons, I decided to sell my own game on my own website. This site is 100% safe, as it uses SSL Encryption by Let's Encrypt and the payments are processed by Paypal. The purchase process is very simple, there is no need to even register on this website. Just click on the buy now button and you will be redirected to Paypal Checkout Page. You login to your paypal account and make the payment. After the payment is completed, you will receive on your email (registered at Paypal) a download link for the game you purchased. This link is temporary, and expires after 3 download attempts, or after 24 hours.
I know you can`t avoid piracy, and whoever wants to pirate my game will do it, regardless where I release it. It`s very easy to buy a game on steam, then just change some files and configurations, make this game a non steam game and distribute it free arround the web. I mean, steam does not avoid piracy. I personally don`t worry about piracy, because I know here on this community are awesome people who are going to support me by purchasing my game (it will be VERY CHEAP).
So, there is no reason for me paying all these fees to steam, whenever I can pay only 5% for paypal for selling my game, and nothing more.
Sorry for this long post, however, I hope you all understand me and stay HYPED with my game
Cheers and until next update (Jenin, the Camp of Resistance).
Click here to see more Screenshots:
https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursan-al-aqsa-knights-of-al-aqsa-mosque/images
Click here to see the Video Showcase of this environment, without gameplay (to avoid spoilers
):https://www.indiedb.com/games/fursa.../videos/27-fursan-al-aqsa-camp-filon-showcase
Hello my friends!
Sorry for the looooong delay without posting updates. Even though I did not post here on the forums, however, I am very active on twitter, and most important, I have been working VERY HARD on this game, and will show you now some important updates and informations.
First of all, I want to apologize about the release date for Episode 1 of my game. I was planning to release on may 10th because I want to send my game to Brazil Independent Games Festival (BIG), and it had a deadline for sending the game until may 11th, so I was decided to release the game one day before it, on its current state.
As everyone knows, because Coronavirus, all the major gaming events were cancelled, and the same with BIG Festival. Now the deadline was extended until November.
So I continued to develop my game, and build the maps (the last step on my game dev workflow). I spent the last year of 2019 working on the programming and characters animations, and from since 2018 I did not build a new map for my game (I was only building small testmaps for testing the programming and animations). So I began to build this map, Camp Filon, and I have done an upgrade on my maps building workflow, and I was able to build this map under 10 days. Because this I realized that in one month I can complete, finish designing 3 maps, which means, 3 missions (for the campaign mode), and also some extra missions using these same maps with some time of day variations.
Then I came to the conclusion that would be a lot unfair from my part to release this game with only 1 map when I can add more content to make this game more playable and enjoyable by the community.
For all these reasons, I decided to delay the release of this game a bit more, maybe one month, or two (no more than this), for the sake of polishing this game, adding more content, and raising the overal quality, so Fursan al-Aqsa will live up to all this hype and the community expectations, maybe this can be one of the Best Indie Games of 2020
I think I am not harming anyone with this delay, because I did not make any kind of pre-order (or the like).
I am very happy with the results, and this new map which shows the final game quality, is by far the best map I ever created in Unreal Engine 3, and the next maps will be even better.
Also another update, I did a complete revamp of the game`s website, made it very professional, with complete informations about the game, specs, features, and so on:
https://www.fursanaqsa.com/
About the release itself, after thinking a lot, searching and re-searching, analysing various factors, I decided to go on my own even on the releasing and distribution of my game.
I will be skipping marketplaces like Steam, Itch.io, and other sites and will release it on my own website, a small ecommerce system I developed with PHP Cake Framework, integrated with Paypal IPN Payments (I am a web developers with +10 years of experience creating sites and e-commerces arround the web).
This is the virtual store for my game (you can`t purchase yet):
https://store.fursanaqsa.com/
The reason is simple: Reduce my costs!
Steam is very expensive, 30% of revenue share, added to this, is the USA Government Withdrawal whenever Steam sends money from USA to my Bank Account in Brazil, that can reach more 30% (there is no Agreement between Brazil and USA regarding this fee). Last, but not least, is the Brazillian government`s fee for receiving money from outside brazil, which can reach from 5% to 10%. And adding to this problem, is the currency conversion, which today, 1 USD is almost 6 BRL!!!
So as you can see, Steam is no way for me. The only difference from Itch.io, is that their revenue share can be as low as 0%. Even then, there is still the 30% of Withdrawal and the Brazillian Fee (also the currency conversion).
For all these reasons, I decided to sell my own game on my own website. This site is 100% safe, as it uses SSL Encryption by Let's Encrypt and the payments are processed by Paypal. The purchase process is very simple, there is no need to even register on this website. Just click on the buy now button and you will be redirected to Paypal Checkout Page. You login to your paypal account and make the payment. After the payment is completed, you will receive on your email (registered at Paypal) a download link for the game you purchased. This link is temporary, and expires after 3 download attempts, or after 24 hours.
I know you can`t avoid piracy, and whoever wants to pirate my game will do it, regardless where I release it. It`s very easy to buy a game on steam, then just change some files and configurations, make this game a non steam game and distribute it free arround the web. I mean, steam does not avoid piracy. I personally don`t worry about piracy, because I know here on this community are awesome people who are going to support me by purchasing my game (it will be VERY CHEAP
).So, there is no reason for me paying all these fees to steam, whenever I can pay only 5% for paypal for selling my game, and nothing more.
Sorry for this long post, however, I hope you all understand me and stay HYPED with my game
Cheers and until next update (Jenin, the Camp of Resistance).
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