I think the idea is very cool. Having little minigames to charm the characters that will help you, I havent seen anything like that so far. Of course the minigames are a little repetative after some time, but in that short time, well done.
I was getting blocked quite a bit by the people, when they started following me after the mini game. An idea would be to have them only collide once the position is chosen with E.
Anyways, very cool idea. GJ!
Happy new year!