Let me preface it with this. This game is mostly a labor of love and my first attempt at anything beyond a low effort meme game to share amongst my friends. I am handling all aspects of development except for music (which I already have assistance with) and visual design/art. The biggest issue with making an rpg maker project appealing is making it not look like something made with rpg maker and that is where I am currently stuck. Aside from stuff like promotional art, I need someone to make art for the various environment, characters, and equipment.
Important things to note:
The game is pretty short (10 hours at most) and the assets for equipment are just going to be small icons.
My budget is miniscule and I only intend to charge 12 USD at most for this project.
I understand that RPG Maker is far from the most optimal choice for game development but my programming/scripting skill is near absolute zero. This project is mostly story and character driven anyway.
