More things others might have said:

I would like to know which village I'm in without having to go back to the Main screen.

If laundry was needed for a purpose, I could see having it happen so much. Maybe what the villagers do could be according to what really matters, and less often have bits of fun like that happen. I would love to see a purpose that contributes to the game that doesn't have to do with tech points, puzzles or abilities. (Then again, I'm very happy with having no "FedX" type of things, where a character goes from one place to another to another, infinity, just to accomplish something.)

I also think it should be more obvious that when you change a speed in one village, it just changes that village. Maybe that is obvious to everyone, or you are supposed to learn it the hard way? Lucky for me, I have a really good outcome, so why am I typing? :-)