diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 81b4777..4c6b812 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
 glam = { version = "0.22", features = ["debug-glam-assert", "mint", "fast-math"] }
 hashbrown = "0.13"
 simdnoise = "3.1"
+
+[features]
+default = []
+polygon_rendering = []
diff --git a/src/game/options.rs b/src/game/options.rs
index d9fae77..962c5d8 100644
--- a/src/game/options.rs
+++ b/src/game/options.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub struct GameOptions {
 impl Default for GameOptions {
   fn default() -> Self {
     Self {
-      render_distance: 16,
+      render_distance: if cfg!(debug_assertions) { 8 } else { 16 },
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/game/shaders/chunk.rs b/src/game/shaders/chunk.rs
index 9172605..6519030 100644
--- a/src/game/shaders/chunk.rs
+++ b/src/game/shaders/chunk.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ pub const FRAGMENT_SHADER: &str = r#"
   uniform sampler2D tex;
 
   void main() {
+    // base color from texture
     color = texture(tex, v_uv);
+
+    //basic lighting
     color *= vec4(vec3(abs(v_normal.x) + .8 * abs(v_normal.y) + .6 * abs(v_normal.z)), 1.);
   }
 "#;
diff --git a/src/game/world.rs b/src/game/world.rs
index 3e7b657..c4e6612 100644
--- a/src/game/world.rs
+++ b/src/game/world.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const NEGATIVE_X_NEIGHBOR: usize = 1;
 const POSITIVE_Z_NEIGHBOR: usize = 2;
 const NEGATIVE_Z_NEIGHBOR: usize = 3;
 
-const MAX_TASKS: usize = 4;
+const MAX_TASKS: usize = 6;
 
 pub struct World {
   pub chunks: HashMap<IVec2, Chunk>,
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ impl World {
     view: [[f32; 4]; 4]
   ) {
     let sampler = SamplerBehavior {
-      minify_filter: MinifySamplerFilter::Nearest,
+      minify_filter: MinifySamplerFilter::Linear,
       magnify_filter: MagnifySamplerFilter::Nearest,
+      max_anisotropy: 8,
       ..Default::default()
     };
     let draw_parameters = DrawParameters {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ impl World {
         write: true,
         ..Default::default()
       },
+      #[cfg(feature = "polygon_rendering")] polygon_mode: glium::PolygonMode::Line,
       backface_culling: glium::draw_parameters::BackfaceCullingMode::CullCounterClockwise,
       ..Default::default()
     };
diff --git a/src/game/world/thread/mesh_gen.rs b/src/game/world/thread/mesh_gen.rs
index 617ef77..4584bd4 100644
--- a/src/game/world/thread/mesh_gen.rs
+++ b/src/game/world/thread/mesh_gen.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ pub fn generate_mesh(position: IVec2, chunk_data: ChunkData, neighbors: [ChunkDa
             //TODO replace with a proper texture resolver (or calculate uvs in a shader!)
             //this is temporary!
             //also this can only resolve textures on the first row.
+
             const TEX_WIDTH: f32 = 16. / 640.;
             const TEX_HEIGHT: f32 = 16. / 404.;
             let x1 = TEX_WIDTH * texture_id as f32;
diff --git a/src/game/world/thread/world_gen.rs b/src/game/world/thread/world_gen.rs
index 8abf905..40d81ad 100644
--- a/src/game/world/thread/world_gen.rs
+++ b/src/game/world/thread/world_gen.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn generate_chunk(position: IVec2, seed: u32) -> ChunkData {
   let mut chunk = Box::new([[[Block::Air; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_HEIGHT]; CHUNK_SIZE]);
 
   //generate noises
-  let height_noise = NoiseBuilder::ridge_2d_offset(world_xz.x, CHUNK_SIZE, world_xz.y, CHUNK_SIZE)
+  let height_noise = NoiseBuilder::fbm_2d_offset(world_xz.x, CHUNK_SIZE, world_xz.y, CHUNK_SIZE)
     .with_freq(0.01)
     .with_octaves(4)
     .with_seed(seed as i32)