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Manuel Otto, German video game creator, dies after apparently livestreaming his suicide

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German video game designer and influencer Manuel Otto apparently took his own life while doing a livestream on Twitch, according to the streaming platform and his colleagues. He was 30.

Otto was a 14-year-old high school student when he created his most famous game, Stick Run. The free Facebook game, later an app for Android and Apple, was played by tens of millions of people.

His body was found Tuesday after authorities responded to reports of a blaze in an attic room on a property in the Bavarian village of Breitbrunn am Chiemsee, German outlet Bild reported .

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