Hey! This sounds like a cool project :)
If you are still looking for a pixel artist, have a look at my protfolio and if you see stuff that you like, feel free to text me on discord _scr_
https://bsky.app/profile/scostasr.bsky.social
I offer microcommissions for these kinda projects, with limited budgets!
Little cozy slime that I have been working on recently but it is still not yet in my portfolio, funnily enough, for a exponential game as well but on a slime farm xD
