Super cool concept! I think this was a very creative idea, but I do think the gameplay does end up feeling very very slow. I think if there were some other possible ways smiley could affect the "player" and then speedup the clicking in some way or another, it would definitely bring it up a level.
Especially when it takes 2.5 minutes to just play a beginner map, I can't imagine how long it would take to play a higher difficulty haha
Overall, I think the concept and execution are super cool and this is definitely a great demo!