Solid opening cutscene -- it establishes your characters from the start. I don't love autoscrolled text because reading speeds are different for everyone, and if I happen to look away for a moment, it's too easy to miss important dialogue.
Cute baby sprite -- but when you zoom in on it, it is VERY pixelated, like it was a much larger image that was just scaled down to be tiny. You'll definitely want to go in and clean that up a little bit so it's crisp and clean.
Unfortunately, when I was heading north to look for my brother, I stopped at a little town along the path and it told me I didn't have time to go there... And then I got stuck and couldn't progress / move / do anything. :(
Seems like you have a good idea of what you want this game to be, and it just needs a little more time and testing to get to that place. I hope you'll keep working on it post-IGMC! :)