Ooh great ideas <3 Yeah Eit talked about a bigger tentacle monster, but I do like the potion idea a lot.
Sounds like a sound plan, art be pretty important for adult games. Though I have played some pretty saucy text only games too so not a must have. But improving art is such a slow process, at least for me. If you really have the burn to make a game, I’d take a part in a jam, they really helped me to push from just prototyping to actually finishing a project. Doesn’t have to be perfect or even good, but finishing something feels so good, and you get the motivation boost from the feedback and seeing someone actually try out something you’ve built. Practicing and building just for yourself works for a time, but motivation can really start running low at some point.