Thank you for your honest feedback! I completely agree with your assessment of the current visuals- I ran out of time and had to crunch. I threw some things together, like the BGs, that I purchased as placeholder art more or less. I fully intend on going back and replacing all of it, as well as updating the GUI and adding more routes, characters, etc.
Once again, thank you for the comment! It means a lot to me since this is my first time putting myself and a game out there publicly. <3