I gave it three go-throughs. The first time I got stuck, thought I froze, because I didn't realize the buttons were z, x, and c and the arrow keys. So with that knowledge in hand I gave it another shot.
I petted the cut kitties, but nothing seemed to happen - then it started following me. Then I started taking damage when it caught up to me. I figured the cat was evil and probably wrote the message to pet it - tricksy little kitty. But I made it to a room where the main character decided to wait for help to arrive.
Third playthrough I walked through a wall and kind of 'fell off the map' and got myself confused. But I didn't pet the cat, again, so I'm learning.
All in all it definitely has something here. With a little more effort I can see where a horror influence could be gleaned - some UI and a little more direction, maybe make it a bit easier to tell what you're supposed to be doing and/or what you can interact with.