Hi! Genuine question: if you don't have the skills to make art, nor the money to hire someone with those skills, why make a VN? there are plenty of ways to make an nsfw game without requiring visuals. you could even tell this same story in a text-only twine game and it would play to your strengths better without distracting players with AI art. choosing the AI route just makes everyone see it as low effort regardless of how much work you put into it.
Hello! It's true I don't have any skills to make art. I really tried to learn it this past year so I could make the characters for this VN and, well... it didn’t go well. I wanted to make a VN to reach a wider audience. With a VN (art & sounds), I believe I can make the project feel more "atmospheric." However, I'm not against making it a text-adventure, and if it's a better route to fund this project, I will certainly do it. I'm just afraid that with text-only, I will not get any traction for my project.
thats fair! it is true that text-only will probably reach a smaller audience than a VN, but it's also true that a VN with ai art will turn off enough people that it might mean the audience is smaller than if you went text-only anyway. just something to think about :) anyway i wish you luck whatever you decide