Interesting entry. I had a tough time figuring out what to do or how to work the controls (or that you had to be in front of a person's face to speak to them). A map or text on the screen telling me where I am would be useful. Like other's have said, more instruction would have been nice.
The dungeon traversal was neat. A friend and I created a similar "3D in 2D" effect back in the early 90's using HyperCard on a old school Macintosh computers, however I quickly got lost when I accidentally started moving around and there was no minimap to help me know where I was.
I couldn't get far enough to figure out how the game related to the "connections" theme (if it did at all) but it'd be interesting to play a more polished version.