1. It is not a cash grab. This is my first name, I am a new developer. I just started making games to post them online. I said so in my itch.io profile description. I would like some little money to help me with my finances as a stem student, but that is not why I do this. I like developing games and had developed lots of them, this is just the first one I posted once I got a spurt of motivation.
2. I use all tools I can get my hands on. I do use AI to edit my images. AI is in everything today, and I do not have time to manually create every image with no tools, so I use all tools I can get my hands on. I have a very tight schedule, lots of obligations and very little free time; and that free time I spend on developing games. Still, I spend hours on each image to manually touch up the "important" bits, if you know what I mean. So, still, I spend the majority of time on making the images relative to the tools I use.
3. Yes, this is my first game. I am excited for any feedback and suggestions I can receive. So thank you so much for being critical and honest. If you have any suggestions for this game or future ones, please share them.
EDIT: And only one of those comments is my friend, other two I do not know. I just made all my socials when I made my itch.io profile and sent them to my online friends, only one of them has reached out to tell me he posted a comment. I suspect more of them did, but do not know.