I've learned the key to beautiful graphics is beautiful lighting

Here's my game scene with default lighting

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And Here's the same scene after just fiddling with every lighting setting i could find (plus a nice skybox)

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Any random model i drop into my scene now looks beautiful

my game link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/taoreta-mura