So.. three quick points as my coffee is waiting..

First one is congratulations and well done for an adult resolution to a problem. I don’t wanna get political, but I’ll just say we could use to see a lot more of this in our daily lives. In many areas. Especially important ones.

Secondly, the game looks cool as hell. I’m not sure if it’s my genre or not, but I might check it out anyway it’s compelling and it really draws you in from a curiosity perspective.

Thirdly, and I’m sure it’s just an oversight, but the description still lists your game name on his page.

You need to have a bundle with both games in there called “The Milgram Obedience”

I’ll take a free bundle key for this contribution if it comes to fruition, thanks

Funnily enough, Steam doesn't have a rule about exact same names, here is their response:

"Hey there,

Valve respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that everyone using our internet sites and services do the same. Anyone who believes that their work has been reproduced in one of our internet sites or services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may notify Valve's copyright agent using the form below.

That said, you may want to talk to the other developer directly to work out a solution. We don't have any rules against games sharing the same name, so there wouldn't be any problems for us if you and the other developer decided to name your product similarly."

What a positive spin!

Im so used to hearing stories about some slop company stealing game ideas and being the first to market, especially after flappy bird and 2048.

To hear it was a coincidence makes me happy and that you two came to a middle ground. That's awesome and hoping the best of success for the two of you!

Congrats to both of you. It's nice of him to have changed the name of his game.

Quick question, dev, and congrats on getting closer to launch.

But given that you are selecting the name “The Milgram Experiment” for your game, I wonder if you have reached to the family of Stanley Milgram or the Yale’s University in order to use this name in your game.

I am unaware of how the copyright laws work here.

I feel like this was a coordinated marketing stunt. This developer is known to collect popular memes and release them in a bundle as a new post in imgur. After the posts get popular on the site, weblinks to his button game were added in for advertisement. Based on this history, I don't trust this story about the new game.

Edit: If you don't believe me, do a websearch with site:imgur.com https://store.steampowered.com/app/2336120/Do_Not_Press_The_Button_Or_Youll_Delete_The_Multiverse/

I'm vibe coding my new game "The Milgram Experiment" right now - need to profit from all this social media hype!

Congrats on the resolution. You should let the other developer know he needs to update his description text as it still has the old title.

Wonderful to see such a good resolution for this.

Faith in humanity +1

You dodged an expensive bullet. Now trademark your name, before a really bad outfit steals it for real.

You didn’t come up with the name and you’re mad someone else also didn’t come up with the same name?

Well done both!

Happy to hear you worked it out. Good luck with your game!

Glad to hear this worked out!

I am pleasantly surprised. Thst rarely happens nowadays. Thank you.

Aw man, stoked to hear it! What a lovely resolution. Looking forward to your game coming out, been seeing it for a little while now and it looks right up my alley

EWBTE