The storytelling was much more interesting than I would have expected, it kinda had me hooked to the game. These long distances to run are not really my type of fun gameplay elements and the visuals are really simple but as you said you didn't have much time so I totally get it. You still managed to create a pretty interesting story so congrats for that!
While playing I kinda thought "how could this game be more interesting" and it kinda led me to the idea of a point&click adventure game like monkey island and stuff, with dreams being some type of main gameplay elements. Then you would have something to do while running those long distances, interacting with the environment and trying new combinations to get new information or new paths and stuff like that. Just food for thought :D