STTP3 was a late night, fever induced creation

So during QuakeCon 2023, I had a little chat with Pat Duffy, the lead UI designer of Doom 3, Rage, Doom 2016/Eternal and also now on Starfield. 

I've had a few chats with him online prior, he's a awesome dude who's always been super helpful.

We got into the topic of Super Turbo Turkey Puncher and how that came into existence. Alone and behold... it was all just a fever dream. Said they were looking to implement some sort of minigame in that rec hall, it was late in the evening, he had a terrible flu running a high fever and had this delusional idea to punch turkeys. He made it, everyone loved it and history was made.

He mentioned he has no idea what the highest score possible is (if there even is one). 

Aside from STTP3, all the super cool interactive menus, terminals, projections, Martian Buddy lockers and consoles were all Pats doing. Same goes for all the new Dooms interactive and heads-up info panels and menus.

The original Doom 3 Mars landing countdown teaser site with the hidden "All Your Base" was also Pat (he had done freelance web and UI development prior to joining id fulltime).

There you have it and now you know!