A developer asked the businessman for permission to create a video game about SpaceX and eventually received a response from Elon Musk.
January 18, 2021
3 min read
There is no doubt that perseverance pays off. A video game creator he set out to attract attention Elon Musk And he touches her! After 154 attempts to contact CEO at SpaceX through Twitter, the enthusiastic programmer received an answer.
The independent developer Lyubomir Vladimirov, promised to publish the same message for the businessman every day for a year. His intention was to ask her permission Musk to develop a game inspired by SpaceX, your space exploration company.
Dear Elon. I’m a game developer and I’m playing a game about colonizing Mars with you and SpaceX. If you think it’s cool, all I need to do is “go on” to use your name and logo. I will post this every day for a year or until I receive a “yes” or a “no”. 154/365 “says the video game creator’s post.
After 22 weeks of insistence, CEO of Tesla finally paid attention to him and responded to the request for Vladimirov.
“You can steal our names / logos and we probably won’t sue you”, replied the CEO of Space from his Twitter account.
You can steal our name (s) and we probably won’t sue you
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 13, 2021
After receiving the long-awaited answer from Elon Musk, the tweeter promised that much of the profits from the video game will go SpaceX.
“I want to give 80% of the profits from the game to SpaceX. In this way, the game will not only serve the important purpose of entertaining people and arousing their interest in Mars, but will also help Elon Musk and SpaceX to reach it.wrote the programmer, who promised to show more trailers soon.
Vladimirov said he wasted no time waiting for Musk’s permission. In his profile you can find several videos that show the interface of the game.
Btw does not always go according to plan: D
I recorded in full screen for better quality of failure.
Several failures will appear soon: D pic.twitter.com/0H4UdkC96e– Lyubomir Vladimirov (@lvladimirovBG) January 17, 2021