@gamingonlinux hard to pick one, but it could be one of these:
Save Room - relatively short, but it somehow managed to make inventory management fun

Return to Monkey Island - while not perfect, does have have some Ron Gilbert feel on it

Stray - I don't remember playing game where so much attention has been given on being able to do cat things. If you stick with to the end, there's blend of several different game genres in there