The band analogy actually hit different — I get it now. Thanks for sticking around and explaining instead of just moving on. Hope you give it a shot someday.

I understand you, and the cover question is fair I’ll fix it. But I want to be honest about one thing. I understand why AI is a deal breaker for some people. What’s harder to accept is when it becomes a reason to completely abandon everything else the code, the mechanics, the dialogue, the story. I’ve put over a hundred hours into this project. The writing is mine. The systems are mine. The design decisions are mine. I’m not asking you to ignore the AI ​​issue. I’m just asking that one aspect of the project not erase everything else that went into it. You may decide not to play it that’s perfectly fair. But “I won’t even give it a chance” based solely on the cover is like judging a book by its literal cover. In any case, I’ll fix the image. Thanks for your honesty.

I did notice it — hard to miss. I figured it works as a built-in disclaimer: if the AI artifact in the title bothers you, you’ll know right away this game might not be for you. The cover stays as is until I move away from AI visuals entirely.

I want to thank everyone in this thread for the honest feedback. I hear you on the AI art — I understand it’s not just an aesthetic preference but a matter of principle for many of you. This conversation genuinely helped me realize the issue runs deeper than I expected. I acknowledge the problem with AI-generated images — that’s fair criticism. But I’ll also be honest about something else: my native language is Ukrainian. If I had replied to you in Ukrainian, or posted this thread in Ukrainian, none of you would have understood a word — and I suspect most of you wouldn’t have gone out of your way to translate it either. AI is what makes this conversation possible at all. I’ll be more transparent going forward. Appreciate the patience.

The game text is entirely written by me. For descriptions and conversations, AI helped with structuring and translating my thoughts into English — but the ideas and words behind them are mine. You’re right that I should mention that more clearly. Thanks for being understanding.

Fair point. My English isn’t great so I used AI to help phrase things properly — but the thoughts and decisions were mine. Guess I should have mentioned that too.

You’re right on all points. To be transparent about the plan: the AI art is placeholder. The goal is to replace it once the game gets enough traction to work with a real artist. I’ll add a visible note about it in the description. On translations — that’s actually a great idea. A community-driven translation approach would be much better than what I did. I’ll look into setting something up for that. Thanks for the honest feedback, it’s genuinely helpful.

Totally fair, I respect that. Hope you’ll give it another look someday if the art situation changes

That’s genuinely good advice, and I appreciate you taking the time to write it out. You’re right that placeholder art + real funding → real artist is the more honest path, and I’ll seriously consider it. And thank you for the offer — I might actually take you up on that one day. For now I just want to see if the game itself resonates with people before investing more into it. Really glad the concept seems neat to you. That means a lot.