Creator of popular game dies after setting himself on fire during live stream

Manuel Otto, the creator of the game Stick Run, died at age 30 after setting himself on fire during a live stream on Twitch, according to reports. The fire broke out in his apartment in Germany, and police are investigating.

Manuel Otto, the creator of the popular game Stick Run, died at age 30 after setting himself on fire during a live stream on Twitch, according to reports published after his death. The fire broke out on Tuesday evening (October 20) in a rooftop apartment in the town of Breitbrunn am Chiemsee in Bavaria, Germany. A neighbor noticed the fire and extinguished it, but Otto was found dead. The game team confirmed his death in an official statement, and Twitch removed the channel and the stream recording. German police are investigating the incident but have not yet officially confirmed the circumstances of the death. Otto developed Stick Run at age 14 in 2010, and the game amassed about 43 million users worldwide. The article also includes a call to seek help for people in suicidal crisis.