Ali Hasan
What can be the best way to approach Elon Musk? I guess humbly approaching him on his phone or via e-mail. If that doesn’t work, then maybe you can fix an appointment with him in advance. But this was not the case when a game developer wanted Elon Musk’s permission to develop a game.
An independent game developer named Lyubomir Vladimirov sent the same message to Elon Musk for 22 weeks straight to grab his attention. That’s 154 days if you didn’t knew how much is 22 weeks.
The game developer wanted to develop a game inspired by SpaceX – using Tesla cars, and the aesthetic of their satellites. However, he wanted the requisite permissions from none other than Tesla boss Elon Musk himself.
However, getting such permissions require time and paperwork. He skipped through that step by reaching out to Musk on the social networking site Twitter. Vladimirov had promised to publish the same tweet every day for 365 days, till he got Musk’s attention.
Elon Musk finally responded
This is what the developer’s tweet said – “Dear Elon. I am a game developer and I am making a game about the colonization of Mars with you and SpaceX. If you think it’s cool, all I need is a ‘go-ahead’ to use your name and logos. I will post this every day for a year or until I get a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. 154/365 ”.
Hence, he messaged him straight for 154 days without a break in between. He did not only receive a response from Elon Musk, but also a green light for the video game he’s working on. To everyone’s surprise, Musk responded to the developer, and gave him the affirmation he needed, saying that “we probably won’t sue you”.
Soon after finding out that he received the permission, the developer promised to give a major part of the game’s profits to SpaceX. “I want to give 80% of the profits from the game to SpaceX. In that 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 achieve this”, his tweet said.
Some of the photos of the game being developed are as follows:-
I hope that this might be a interesting game when it’s launched. But it it’s developed by an independent game developer then the chances being to slim that it would be as good at GTA or Far Cry. I am a bit skeptical and I have my fingers crossed for this game.
Spamming people is definitely not good but in this case, we can see that the game developer’s dedication proved fruitful in the end. But please don’t use this spamming technique to gain someone’s attention until and unless you can use professional means to approach them.
