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ARK: Survival Evolved's Poop Button Has a Dark Origin Story

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ARK: Survival Evolved has gained notoriety for, among other things, the ability to make your character defecate on command - but it's been revealed that this seeming joke started as the logical design endpoint for how a player could kill themselves if they got stuck.

Speaking to Kotaku at GDC, Studio Wildcard co-founder, Susan Stieglitz explained that the game allowing players to become trapped or imprisoned necessitated a way for players to be able to respawn, but the developer didn't want to add a simple suicide button:

“If you’re trapped in a room,

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