Navid Khonsari, who moved to Canada with his family in 1979, presented aKickstarterof the game called 1979 Revolution in 2013.
I wanted people to feel the passion and the elation of being in the revolution of feeling that you could possibly make a change, Khonsari told The Guardian.
I didnt have that realistic view of what was taking place. To me as a 10-year-old boy, it was all pretty exciting seeing military vehicles roll down the street, seeing massive amount of people being able to take over an entire an area these mass demonstrations were so impressive, he said.
The new video game, which was reportedly slammed as Western propaganda by a pro-Iranian government newspaper, is due to be released in spring 2015.
It is based on a protagonist called Reza who stayed in Iran following the Revolution and works as a photo journalist.
In the game, players have the possibility to listen to speeches from Ayatollah Khomeini, take pictures of the on-screen revolution as well as listen to characters voiced by Iranian-American actors.
The entrepreneur has worked on several video games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and Manhunt.
By Al Arabiya
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