I haven't figured out how to interact with objects, that's probably my issue. How do I interact with them? They aren't showing up as highlighted in the way the characters are
Yeah, it might not be quite clear now, we are working on the updated version to make the experience better.
Right now there are options to interact with some objects once you've talked to a person. You need to click on their window again and there may be some objects the character can interact with (you'll be able to click on them and get a reaction). The certain objects are interactable at certain days :)