I tried a couple runs of the game, and I really liked the style! The character designs were charming - they reminded me a lot of muppet characters or something of the like.
I did have to manually exit and relaunch the game whenever I got caught, because the menu buttons didn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure if that's a problem on my end or not, but it did slow down the process of playing the game. I think it could also help to have visual indicators of where the villagers are looking. As it stands, it is a bit jarring to lose the game, since it's not always evident where the characters are looking.
Great work!