I'm so sorry for my super slow reply! For some reason, I didn't get any kind of notification for your comment >.< so I only just saw it after getting notifications for a couple of other comments recently.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game :3 You're correct that it wasn't funded. The only money that went into it was what little I could afford from my own pocket, haha. Which for me (being perma poor) was actually quite a lot of money T_T The sprite creation software alone cost me over £100, as did the purchasing of background art and stuff, but it was still much cheaper than hiring artists, which I definitely couldn't afford >.<
I'm glad you decided to give it a chance too :3 As I've said in previous comments, I'm not particularly happy with the sprite art myself either, haha, sadly, it was pretty much my only option since I'm not a very good artist myself and lack the money to hire one. If I ever do happen to have the funds at some point, I'd love to remake the game with better sprites!
Thanks so much for playing + stay safe :3