ok don't wanna seem like a jerk but the last game u made lacked on concepts like concept of cites and dungeons and i think the characters were even poorly made i think ur only focused on the story but alot of gamers like games where the characters connect with the story i think.
an example chrono trigger how there was 1 main character instead of some random guy, and the characters went perfectly with each other in chrono trigger
well basically what im saying is think everything out like cites and characters
maybe even draw a concept even if your not good at drawing so ur artist knows what to draw