Wow. I wasn't expecting anyone to look into the game so throughly. Thanks for the feedback. The idea behind the game was that you play as normal people with their own struggles. While we were writing it it started being less obvious. Also I forgot to put the random encounter system in. But that's not the point. Our team is really glad that you liked at least some of it. I think your comment is even more valuable considering it's our first project. Some of the ideas we couldn't really incorporate due to the time restraint.
P.S.
Hope that the Plato quote didn't mislead you that much.