I like this game, the OtherWorld portion reminded me of that online 90s game Worlds.Com especially with the whole cult-like implications and that Worlds had a 'cult' that was huge in the deep parts of the game.
I also saw the update about the removal of the AI art, and I'm proud of you for creating the artwork yourself, it looks lovely and honestly looks alot better than the art before (I found a video of my fav Youtuber playing this that's how I knew the changes)
personal projects like this can only feel fully personal when it's made by real people and not AI.
Rambling aside, this game was cool, the puzzles I admit were hard (but I am not a puzzle person lol) but I had fun with this, been playing these 90s-2000s computer mystery games tonight.
EDIT: Have you tried the art form of photobashing? It's good for making realistic and even uncanny art using stock photo pieces, like frankendolling with stock photos! I think it'd fit this game alot :)