This is a really amazing meta virtual pet game! I love the discussion about Virtual Pet game. Those twists are strong. The overall art style and sound design work really well with the story line! I do wish there are more story happens with the nurse (I somehow get a villain vibe from her at the very beginning), but I get that Max is the main focus of the plot. It will be nice if there are more than one branch of the story, like you only trigger the meta part if you make certain choice. But for a one week project you already have a really strong narrative.
In term of critiques, I really want to see some kind of eastern eggs at the end! Another minor critique is that personally I think the control may feel more consistence if player could click through the dialogue use their mouse, so that players don't need to switch controls between the dialogue phase and the feeding phase.
Overall this is an Amazing work! I really enjoy it!