A developer asked the businessman for permission to make a video game about SpaceX and eventually received a response from Elon Musk.
January 18, 2021
3 min read
There is no doubt that persistence pays off. A video games maker tried to attract the attention of Elon Musk And he achieves it! After 154 attempts to contact it CEO of SpaceX through Twitter, the enthusiastic programmer received an answer.
The independent developer Lyubomir Vladimirov, promised to publish the same message for the everyday businessman for a year. His intention was to request permission from Musk to develop a game inspired by SpaceX, your space exploration company.
Dear Elon. I am a game developer and I am making a game about the colonization of Mars with your participation and that of SpaceX. If you think it’s cool all I have to do is use your name and logos. I will be posting this every day for a year or until I get a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. 154/365 “says the creator of the video game.
After 22 weeks of insistence, the CEO the Tesla finally paid attention to and answered the request Vladimirov.
“You can steal our name / logos and we probably won’t sue you”, the CEO of Space replied from his Twitter account.
You can steal our name / logos and we probably won’t sue you
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 13, 2021
After receiving the long-awaited response from Elon Musk, the tweeter promised that much of the video game’s profits would go SpaceX.
“I want to give 80% of the game’s profit to SpaceX. In that way, the game will not only serve the important purpose of entertaining people and sparking their interest in Mars, but it will also help Elon Musk and SpaceX do so. “wrote the programmer, who promised to show more trailers soon.
Vladimirov has shown that he wasted no time waiting for Musk’s permission. In his profile you will find several videos that show the interface of the game.
Besides, it doesn’t always go as planned: D
I recorded in full screen for better quality of the failure.
More failures coming soon: D pic.twitter.com/0H4UdkC96e– Lyubomir Vladimirov (@lvladimirovBG) January 17, 2021