Cool concept! We liked the pixel art and the world building is quite intriguing. Some characters really have an attitude!
Because the game is dialogue heavy, it would be nice to have a few QoL changes to make it easier to absorb the content. Like making the dialogue (or the person's name) a different color for each character would make it easier to see who is speaking. Also being able to open the newspaper at any time would be good to get more familiar with the lore.
Oh and at some point the audio just stopped and never came back.
Overall cool prototype, keep it up!