Nice work. The player sprite is pleasingly retro and the environments look good. The blue lines on the text box as if it's a page from a workbook is a nice touch. There are some places the game could be improved: having a unique frame for walking sideways would go a long way, and there were some glitches/errors (like dialogue seeming to be in the wrong order, or the doors visually glitching). It's also sometimes not obvious what's walkable and what's a wall.
Update: Might have encountered an impassable bug. I'm at the gardener's house, I've got the crowbar, and there's a bleeding person(?) outside who I can't interact with. The bloody door, garden entrance, and route blocked by a box are all impassable. It's possible that I'm supposed to break the box with the crowbar, but if so, a clear way to use inventory items would be helpful.
