The Sky May Be

The Sky May Be is a semi-serious joke WAD for Doom.

It was created by Doug the Eagle and Kansam. Kansam is also known for Kansam's Trial. Doug the Eagle has recently been mostly known for his highly humourous "anti-walkthroughs" and strange findings from Ultima game series, and other games as well.

The WAD consists of a giant level, with extremely ugly graphics, Strange music (Bach's Brandenburg concerto no. 3!), strange sound clips (from Monty Python), strange textures (some based on Windows 3.1 screenshots), strange new sprites, and a very strange DeHacked patch.

For a long time, the WAD has divided opinions; it's often seen as either worst WAD ever made, or work of a genius. On the aims, Doug the Eagle writes, "my chief aim in 'The Sky May Be' was to create something totally new and utterly unlike anything that had ever been seen in Doom before. I believe, that for good or ill, I succeeded in that goal."

The review by Cranky Steve's Haunted Whorehouse, a feature hosted at Something Awful that focuses on inept custom level design on various FPSes, gave the WAD the score of -48, lowest of the three Doom/Doom II WADs reviewed on the site. It is also enshrined in the DoomWorld's Top 10 Infamous WADs list.