Iikka Keränen (Fingers)

Iikka Keränen (aka Fingers or fingers_) was one of the most well-known level designers in the Doom community after having introduced visual special effects undocumented for the Doom engine. He was a member of The Alpha Dog Alliance team on the production of STRAIN. In 1998, he was voted the best level maker in Doomworld's 5 Years of Doom celebration [1], edging out his frequent collaborator Anthony "Adelusion" Czerwonka. He currently works as a game designer for Valve Software. [2]

Body of work

1996

• SFALLS: The Slime Falls (Doomworld/idgames)
• CASTLE3 (Doomworld/idgames)
• MINES (Doomworld/idgames) (re-released in Dystopia 3)
• DMATCHES (Doomworld/idgames)
• POSSIBLE (Doomworld/idgames)
• Dystopia 3: Re-Birth of Anarchy (Doomworld/idgames) (with Anthony Czerwonka (Adelusion))
• POVDOOM (Doomworld/idgames)
• Addictive Deathmatch Series (Doomworld/idgames)

1997

• Requiem (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: Poison Processing
  • MAP08: The Reactor
  • MAP13: Town of the Dead
  • MAP16: Escape from Chaos
  • MAP22: Arachnophobia
  • MAP27: Cursed Kingdom
  • MAP31: Doorway to Quake
• GothicDM (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP06: Untitled
  • MAP27: Untitled
• STRAIN (Original: Doomworld/idgames; 2015 repackage: Doomworld/idgames)
• STRAIN DeathMatch Levels (Doomworld/idgames)
• Hacx
  • MAP05: Cyber Circus (with John Herndon)

1998

• IKSPCIAL (Doomworld/idgames)

1999

• SlaughterDM (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP04: The Smelter (with Anthony Czerwonka (Adelusion))

2000

• IK Texture Pack (Doomworld/idgames) (conversion by Afterglow of Iikka's textures set originally intended for Quake)

2003

• Yesterday's Brownies (Doomworld/idgames) (conversion of his Quake II release, "IKDM9 (Farewell to Fudge Brownies)")

External links

• Homepage
• 5 Years of Doom Interview
• Wikipedia entry
• Demos list (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive
• Demos list at the Doom Speed Demo Archive