I would also recommend checking out Ren'py - https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/# - it's designed for making visual novels with only a tiny bit of coding (seems like a good choice for the kind of game you're describing), but its integration with python makes it super flexible
Also I'm a developer that might be interested - email me at rfblue2(at)gmail(dot)com. Haven't really made many games, but you can view some of the projects I've worked on at github.com (rfblue2)