This is a fun game! The tutorial is grand but a couple things threw me off. I wasn't certain I was supposed to return to the entrance after cheering everyone up, and it took me a moment to realize I could not be pet holding an item, in the top left corner at the start of my play.
This is a good combination of a cute idea and a perfect execution. The gameplay is really fair and intuitive. I could see someone getting really addicted to this. I think the addition of hidden secrets like a 2d zelda game would make this next level fun too.
For critique, I think that some of the UI feels a bit out of place next to the pixel art graphics and pixel art UI for being much more high res. Maybe you disagree, but I felt like it made the game a bit less cohesive. Some of the resident's hitboxes were a bit odd.
You definitely earned the spot of most popular game of the jam! Super!