I'll remove the no-AI tags for now and add them back once I get the new illustrations. I don't fully agree, to be honest, but I understand your point, and I can see how this could be a concern for many players. So I guess I'm probably too close to the project and too subjective to rely solely on my own judgment here.
The reason I used those tags in the first place is that I created all the artistic and creative aspects of the project myself, without AI: I spent months writing the novel (over 60k words), weeks working on the game design, and months developing the art direction. I specifically asked my brother to draw the illustrations because I'm not good at drawing myself, and I didn't want to use AI-generated pseudo-art, especially for a project that means this much to me.