Lovely visuals and I also want to highlight the excellent writing! You have a real talent for it! I totally got into the world and characters. I was also very impressed with the central "hub world" screen which tied things together nicely.
I would have preferred things to spatially fit together because I did keep getting lost. 😅
The controls are certainly unique. In the end it somehow helped to imagine that my character was like a car, since you have to press "the gas" to go forward. 🚗 The minigame was really creative and fun, truly! It was very challengingand since I kinda felt like I was losing the whole time it would have boosted my spirit to see a "health bar" to know that I was gonna make it or not,.
Again I want to give props to the writing and overall concept, nice work!