Thanks for playing and for your comments/feedback!
Sorry to hear about the controls being an issue, I'm not sure what it going on there. The code definitely applies the same velocity independent of direction. All I can think is at the very start of the day all movement is blocked (for about 1 second) to allow the animation to play and the audio to begin.
Regarding the maze, I get lost as well, so I left these reminders to follow. :) I should have had one of the characters tell the player about this.
Cheers.