Vote for Fursan al-Aqsa IOTY 2023!

Another year is ending and another time (since 2019), Fursan al-Aqsa, i.e, the most BASED indie game on Steam, is competing on the IndieDB Indie of the Year Competition!

So please, vote for Fursan al-Aqsa and make its voice be heard in the games industry. Despite the sensitive and controversial topic of my game, especially in the light of the current events, but Fursan al-Aqsa carries a very important message: Telling a well known history through a brand new perspective never portrayed before in games.

Some of you may consider my game as "Terrorist Propaganda", and I am not here to judge your personal opinions or political points of views, neither the Israeli x Palestinian conflict, this is not the point. The point here is that games are a form of art, and we, game developers, are artists who should never be censored. We have our rights to tell our stories from our perspective, this is our rights to freedom of speech and freedom of creativity.

Everyone who follows my game on social media, game forums and here on IndieDB, knows very well that I suffered a lot of restrictions while promoting my game, and that even though platforms like IndieDB, Steam, itch.io, gamejolt and others allowed me to promote my game (and I will be forever thankful for all of them), many other platforms, sites, forums, festivals, even blocked me and did not allow my game to participate.

So regardless your point of view on politics, religion, and so on, but if you, as a gamer, support freedom of creativity, support that games are a form of art and that game developers have the rights to tell a message through games, if you are against censorship and, most important, if you do like Fursan al-Aqsa as game (a very fun shooter with over the top action moments), even though you may not agree with my game's political message, please, vote for Fursan al-Aqsa on the Indie of the Year 2023 Competition!

From Palestine to Palestine, Palestine Will Be Free

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