I am developing a game about Palestine Resistance

Assalamu Alaykum Brothers,My name is Nidal Nijm, I am a brazilian muslim from Palestine Ascendance. I am developing a 3D game about Jihad in Palestine to release on Steam, Playstation 3 and Xbox360, Insha Allah, and would like to know if I am allowed to show off this project here.I am asking permission because many forums and sites don't allow advertising.Jazakom Allah Khayr.

Aleykum salam. I dont think its a good idea. This will lead to insensitivity for the case among the people playing it

Salam Alaykum Brother,

Thanks for the answer.

In this game you play as a Palestine Fighter against Israel Army.

It a good idea..

I understand where you are coming from with this. But do be careful not to help those who look for way to present Islam as evil.
Even if it is simply a game, if it is not done in a tasteful manner, some people will use it as proof that Islam teaches violence and aggression. It is always sad when this happens as it gives those evil person a way to make the life of Muslims harder than it should be.

Thanks sister for the positive comments. Yeah I am aware of this, because of that I want to present my game like an interactive movie which tells the history of a young palestine student who was jailed unjustly, totured and then seeks his revenge. There will be no civilians, just soldiers in the game.

Soon I will showcase it here, Insha Allah.

UDKUltimate said:

Thanks sister for the positive comments. Yeah I am aware of this, because of that I want to present my game like an interactive movie which tells the history of a young palestine student who was jailed unjustly, totured and then seeks his revenge. There will be no civilians, just soldiers in the game.

Soon I will showcase it here, Insha Allah.

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A bit like rambo?, but a Muslim one

Ahmed. said:

A bit like rambo?, but a Muslim one

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Masha Allah Brother!

Yeah, that's exactly the description of my game, a Badass Muslim Rambo

Insha Allah you will love this game, it is a mix of Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Contra, an Old School Third Person Shooter. I am just finishing the video trailers to reveal my game also on my youtube channel.

By the way, I am developing this game using my own modified version of Unreal Engine 3 Technology (a software to create games):

https://sites.google.com/view/udkultimate/

Insha Allah soon I come back here showing off my game.

Jazak Allah Khayr.

UDKUltimate said:

Masha Allah Brother!

Yeah, that's exactly the description of my game, a Badass Muslim Rambo

Insha Allah you will love this game, it is a mix of Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Contra, an Old School Third Person Shooter. I am just finishing the video trailers to reveal my game also on my youtube channel.

By the way, I am developing this game using my own modified version of Unreal Engine 3 Technology (a software to create games):

https://sites.google.com/view/udkultimate/

Insha Allah soon I come back here showing off my game.

Jazak Allah Khayr.

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MaashAllah looking forward to it bro!

You have to be careful. There are muslims on both sides of this countries. This is more of a political issue than an issue of religion as both nonmuslims and muslims are being oppressed. And there are muslims in israel too. Just be careful not put derogatory terms or insults against israel or jews because there are some good ones that support the muslims too

Greetings UDKUltimate;

a young palestine student who was jailed unjustly, totured and then seeks his revenge.

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If he was a Muslim student, he should really be seeking justice rather than revenge. In other words, his action should be limited to only bringing those responsible for his torture to justice. If he seeks retribution against anyone in an enemy uniform, how will this be justice? If he kills other soldiers, it is well known that Israel strikes back ten fold, so other Palestinians will suffer.

I know there is injustice against Palestinians, I was in Jerusalem a few years ago, and saw bulldozed homes. If you want to make a video game, I sense it might be better to have soldiers in anonymous uniforms that can't identify their country of origin.

Just some thoughts.

Studentofdeed said:

You have to be careful. There are muslims on both sides of this countries. This is more of a political issue than an issue of religion as both nonmuslims and muslims are being oppressed. And there are muslims in israel too. Just be careful not put derogatory terms or insults against israel or jews because there are some good ones that support the muslims too

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Jazak Allah Khayr my brother.

I am aware of this, I did not put anything offensive against Israel or jews, I did not made insults to any religion, because I want to make this game comercial, maybe I can get some incoming, Insha Allah. I would love to make this game free, however, whenever you have a wife and daughter to take care, unfortunately, you need to think on money.

As I said, you just fight against israel army, irael police, not civilians. There are no civilians on this game, as I said, this is a kind of retro-game, not in graphics, as I dedicated all my efforts to make this game look good, however, the gameplay style is old school.

The missions will take place on the occupied lands of Palestine, like Old Jerusalem, Gazza Strip, Hebron, Jenin, and many others.

I have taken inspiration on Metal Gear Solid series, as there are many mission objectives to accomplish in each level, some gadgets to use like a driveable drone. There will be also vehicle battles, in example, on the second mission, Gazza Strip is being bombared by Israel Jetfighers, so you need to activate anti air missiles hidden on the map, then you need to kill the soldiers, and after this, you will fight the boss, a huge Boeing B-52 bomber, you need to take down this boss with a jeep equiped with a big rocket launcher.

Insha Allah untill next week I finish the trailers to show off here.

Salam Alaykum!!!

Inshallah may allah make your project a success

UDKUltimate said:

Assalamu Alaykum Brothers,My name is Nidal Nijm, I am a brazilian muslim from Palestine Ascendance. I am developing a 3D game about Jihad in Palestine to release on Steam, Playstation 3 and Xbox360, Insha Allah, and would like to know if I am allowed to show off this project here.I am asking permission because many forums and sites don't allow advertising.Jazakom Allah Khayr.

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May be invest your skills in making animated YouTube videos for Muslim kids which include stories of Prophet Muhammad PBUH's life, stories of companions of Prophet Muhammad PBUH and Islamic history in general. I know there are few on YouTube already but those are not of good quality. This will be a good sadqa jariya.

UDKUltimate said:

Jazak Allah Khayr my brother.

I am aware of this, I did not put anything offensive against Israel or jews, I did not made insults to any religion, because I want to make this game comercial, maybe I can get some incoming, Insha Allah. I would love to make this game free, however, whenever you have a wife and daughter to take care, unfortunately, you need to think on money.

As I said, you just fight against israel army, irael police, not civilians. There are no civilians on this game, as I said, this is a kind of retro-game, not in graphics, as I dedicated all my efforts to make this game look good, however, the gameplay style is old school.

The missions will take place on the occupied lands of Palestine, like Old Jerusalem, Gazza Strip, Hebron, Jenin, and many others.

I have taken inspiration on Metal Gear Solid series, as there are many mission objectives to accomplish in each level, some gadgets to use like a driveable drone. There will be also vehicle battles, in example, on the second mission, Gazza Strip is being bombared by Israel Jetfighers, so you need to activate anti air missiles hidden on the map, then you need to kill the soldiers, and after this, you will fight the boss, a huge Boeing B-52 bomber, you need to take down this boss with a jeep equiped with a big rocket launcher.

Insha Allah untill next week I finish the trailers to show off here.

Salam Alaykum!!!

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Not sure if animation is halal brother. Doesn't that fall under drawing of animate beings?

UDKUltimate said:

Salam Alaykum Brother,

Thanks for the answer.

In this game you play as a Palestine Fighter against Israel Army.

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I see and thats what I meant anyway. People play games to enjoy and when you mix the enjoyement with this serious case the players will get insensitive towards the issue. People live in an artificial world when they play video games and when they exegerate it they even start to confuse it with the reality

When it comes to animation, there are various opinions from the scholars.

Our mother Aishah (RA) narrates a hadith that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited the drawing of living creatures.

Aishah (RA) herself also narrates that she used to play with dolls in the presence of the Prophet (peace be upon him). One of these dolls was a horse with wings, and the Prophet Muḥammad (peace be upon him) did not see anything wrong with her playing with these dolls.

So the scholars have differed on this issue. Some scholars looking only at the first ḥadith have said that the drawing of living creatures is completely prohibited.
Other scholars, trying to reconcile between both ḥadiths, have come to various opinions.
The two most common opinions are that either drawings are permissible unless they lead to glorification or shirk or the more common, and the stronger opinion, is that drawings are prohibited unless they are for entertainment and education of children. Any form of drawing or depiction of living creatures which is for the entertainment of children or for the educational purposes, many of the scholars have ruled that these are permissible. So children’s toys, animated movies, and these sorts of things based on this will be permissible.

Obviously then the issue comes about content. When it comes to animation, even these days many of the animated movies produced by non-Muslims have content which is questionable for Muslims to watch, so parents need to screen the type of animation they allow their children to watch, something they themselves have gone through first to make sure that there is nothing in it which will take the children away from Islam and that the content is clean and then allow them to watch it.

While this is going on, it is very important for Muslims who have access to making media and producing videos, such Muslims should focus on making animated movies for Muslim children, which have Islamic content. Alḥamdulillah this is something which is happening nowadays and it is something where there is a lot of room for growth and expansion. This will become an alternative for the children so that they do not get involved in the types of movies and entertainment which are prohibited.

And Allah know the best!

Greetings and peace be with you UDKUltimate;

The missions will take place on the occupied lands of Palestine, like Old Jerusalem, Gazza Strip, Hebron, Jenin, and many others.

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The problems in Israel are secular, If the Jews followed their faith, there would be peace.

Leviticus 19
33 " 'When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. 34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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Ezekiel 47
21 “You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,” declares the Sovereign LORD.

Leviticus 24
You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.


Exodus 22:21
"Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.

Leviticus 19:10
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.

Just a thought.

[MENTION=44855]UDKUltimate[/MENTION] your game should be OK as the goody and baddy is clearly defined, but I doubt whether animation of living beings will be allowed as its just a game for commercial reasons.
Maybe you should put this question to an Islamic Scholar.

Hey I know basics in Unreal not quite the expert yet. If you want to develop a Total War style game on Rashidun conquests/ Ghaznavid conquests/ Seljuq conquests/ Ottoman conquests in the future, send me a message. I'd be interested.