Islam Asked by Anas Peerzada on March 6, 2021
It has always been my passion to develop video games with stories that have the power to inspire people to do good and be peaceful and creative in their approaches in life. I believe that the right video game can inspire you to develop emotions and become creative in that. Your mind now has experienced something great and has thus lead to the expansion of your mindset.
Here are my personal experiences with good video games:
Now I do admit that these benefits are not exclusive to video games but let us not ignore the fact that video games are the next generation of storytelling immersion which increases the chances and effectiveness of the message that you’re trying to spread. This is because video games allow player immersion through absolute control of the character that you experience the story with. The video gaming audience is growing amazingly by the passing minute and thus video games are potential platforms to spread the basic goodwill of the human ideology.
Now think about this: we have seen so many narrow-minded people that believe anything they hear and fail to open their minds to the bigger picture. It is a popular European belief that Islam is an extremist religion and all that bogus while it is our narrow-minded belief that every European and American wants Islam and Muslims to perish. I have experienced so many amazing stories in the forms of video games and movies and books that my mindset has significantly improved and I will not take anything without reason. I used to be like this. A person who just believed in Islam because his family wanted him to believe. Ever since I have started reading about science and human science and playing related games and seeing related movies, I have quite an appetite for research. This lead me to research my religion and thus I came closer to my religion.
I admit, I still am being far from perfect, quite far actually, but that does not mean I should not inspire other people.
It is my utmost passion in life to give people a vivid sense of morality and to try my hand in improving our society. If bad people exist to spread mischief in this world, then I am glad to be able to make sure I represent the people striving for complete peace and serenity and defeating Shaytaan. My passion and general interest in games, has lead me to decide that I want to become a game designer.
So here is my question: in the long process of game development, there comes a stage where we have to write the amazing story we’re supposed to write and design characters to tell this story. This involves drawing and 3d modeling. Please bear in mind that I want to design games, which does not necessarily involve drawing and modeling but it involves writing the story and designing the game mechanics. So do you think this career choice is haram even if my intentions are of goodwill and I won’t be directly physically involved in the arts aspect of the game?
I apologize for my long query, but this has bothered me for quite a long time and I have to find my answer. I have done extensive research but I want a definitive answer to convince myself. I thank you very much for your answer in advance.
May Allah guide us, and help us better ourselves. May Allah save us from the hellfire and grant us the Paradise. Aameen
And Allah knows best, and all praises belong to him.
It all depends on what kind of video game you are planning to make. What contents it will include and what message it will deliver. Also, not that if the video game is socially unacceptable to some remote part of the world, it is going to possibly have some negative elements in some way.
If you are making texture or models that are unethical and not socially acceptable, then you can understand what you are dealing with.
If you record sentences containing insults such as involving the "f" word and so on, then that too is unethical and not permissible in Islam as it crosses the bounds of good manners.
Simulating murderous and inhumane concepts can be as bad as Islam says about it. The nature of it depends on what kind of subject is there.
Black magic concepts are also prominent in many MMORPGs, RPGs, and single player games. Take Skyrim, Witcher and Diablo for instance in which you have to craft game items using magic, enchantments, and animal body parts.
1. Lets take Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Series. GTA series. The following are very controversial aspects of the game.
These things are not only socially unacceptable, but also Haram in Islam.
2. Lets take a rather less controversial game, The Sims Series.
These are points are not permissible. It is a pretty good game/simulator otherwise.
3. Speaking of simulators, lets take a very good game called "Surgery Simulator"
The game is very light hearted, the player learns come interesting concepts and mostly, it is just fun. The concept is to help a dying patient after all. I don't think there is any problem with this game other than wasting precious time, but it can also be a learning experience for many people.
Other than some, unacceptable clothing choices and materialism concepts in the latter versions, the game is brilliant. It can actually be used to learn driving. It is something that once should play to learn.
I am sure this will give you some ideas on what to do.
Correct answer by codeonion on March 6, 2021
I want to remind you of surah al muminun 3rd verse:
"and who turn away from all that is vain"
Isn't wasting precious time with games vain? For me the answer is "yes"
Let's compare times about learning great stories:
If you decide in option 2, you can use for example (100 - 1) - (500 - 25) = 99 - 475 hours for learning other stories or learning some skills.
How about making a great story?
Answered by alpalp1977 on March 6, 2021
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