Well, that's good then, haha. Yeah, Nani is definitely worth looking into!
Ahh, in that case, I said that Nani would probably be right up your alley :3 I'm the same really. I sorta learned bits of code here and there, but ultimately, it gives me a headache >.< I just want to be able to write and build the stories/games. I have to say, Nani does do an excellent job of helping you do that relatively easily and quickly. I still have a lot to learn, but it's certainly easy to get started with.
While I haven't tried anything outside of traditional VN gameplay with Nani yet, I have seen on the guides that it's supposed to be pretty easy to integrate with other Unity assets in order to make hybrid games such as RPGs with heavy dialogue systems :3 From what I understand, you're supposed to be able to switch between Nani and other stuff pretty seamlessly. Since I've not looked into it in detail though, I couldn't tell you how easy it is to do. But it does sound like Nani would be ideal for what you're looking to do :D
Also, that sounds like a very fun idea for a game! I would absolutely play that :3
No worries! Actually, I would love to ask you some questions regarding Kickstarter if you have a spare moment to talk about that because while I have looked into it before, from what I've read, it's super hard to make a successful campaign >.< so it would be great to hear how you guys went about it to get some tips :D No worries if you're too busy or you don't feel like talking about it though! I guess if you want to, you can just drop me an email here: melancholicmarionette@gmail.com
And gosh, yeah, I can imagine merch being quite the nightmare x3 haha.