I got this for judging in round one, here are my thoughts:
Art style of this game is definitely different. Not sure what I think of the MC though. Wasn't expecting a battle system like what you have though. Unfortunately your battle system lacks a tutorial which is sorely needed. I had no idea what key was attack so I had to just select to skip the battle so I could see more of the game.
Then I got to the forest chasing the squirrel and was stuck by some bushes. I was stuck on that for like 10 minutes as I spammed every key on my keyboard until I found the one for attack. You really should be sure the player knows what it is. On my keyboard it ended up being K.
Unfortunately you got a lot of bugs once I get to the smiling kingdom. I was able to walk through some walls to get on the top wall. I was able to get stuck in a wall of a house (I did get back out after a little). But the worst bug was once I was told where to go, I encountered the lady then got kicked back, so I went back and that entire scene relooped. I wasn't able to get past it either, it was an endless loop.
I think overall you have a good start to the game, but the end feels like you started to run out of time. A little more time for bug testing, and a proper battle tutorial would go a long ways for this game. Hopefully you expand on this and add those in once the contest is over.