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Is that a young Emilio Estevez?

Ok, this is getting interesting
Rainbow Land?
Rainbow Valley?

Rainbow Boy?

I'm guessing "rainbow" is the keyword here. Rainbow Bros?

Haha blocks everywhere! I live in them, I draw them, and now I get a trophy shaped like them Thanks lorenzo and everyone else who voted for me.

Hi Gretchen,
Thanks for your post I've sent you a PM.

I think this goes without saying - your game is absolutely beautiful.
I really enjoyed your other game, Don't Ice Your Cool, so I'm really looking forward to playing this one when I've got a moment.

What I find strange is that some games receive rave
reviews, when they first appear in the Completed Games
Announcements, but these very quickly fizzle out.

Nobody writes any follow ups, after playing the game,
reporting on likes, dislikes, what could be improved etc.

I often play AGS games long after they were released when they already are on the second (or further) page of the forum. So when that happens I don't really want to bump the topic back to the top. But that's me.

I'm just going to copy and paste what milkanannan posted (with a minor alteration) :
Concept: Jack
Playability: mouth for war
Artistic execution: Creamy

Also, thanks for your vote milkanannan

Hi all,
I thought I could give Background Blitz a go for once
Not sure if it fits the topic but here's my entry:

I guess that I'm not the only one who spent most of the lockdown playing or making small adventure games. My last produce can be seen here: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58366.0. If you like what you saw, read on.

The game is far from being finished, but a short demo is practically ready to be released. What's missing, though, is audio of any kind. As much as I enjoy writing, coding, and (even) drawing, I don't think I've got what it takes (i.e. time) to create a nice audio ambient. That's why, if anyone of you out there enjoys making sounds and music and has got a little bit of free time and will to join me in my endeavours, feel free to PM me.

The other thing that would be good for the project is proofreading all the text that appears in the game. I think that all the text is comprehensible but because I'm not a native English speaker I assume there might be bits that are clunky or odd. So again, if you think this is something you could help me out with, I will be more than grateful.

This is a hobby project, so I can't offer you any money in return.

[Demo:]

Demo: https://lazy-squirrel.itch.io/absurdistan-demo

Dear Comrade,
The Party needs you! You must come to Absurdistan immediately and join Leszek on his little quest to save his father's name's day! A trifle you say? Oh, Comrade, how wrong of you! Don't you forget that Absurdistan is a place where logic is nowhere to be found and that Absurdanis are reluctant to help each other out. Where keeping your profile low and showing your devotion to the Party is your bread and butter. Hope now you understand that in this place even a simple task becomes an adventure in its own right.
There is no time to lose, so get your passport ready and hop on the first train to Absurdistan!
Glory to the Party!

About the game:
Absurdistan is a partially text-based, side-scrolling adventure game featuring simplistic graphics.
You play as Leszek, a young Absurdani, who, just like his family, is fed up with the regime imposed by the Party. But, dear Adventure Gamer, fear nothing! Despite the seemingly gloomy setting, the game doesn't intend to get you down, as its main goal is to poke fun at many absurdities of the daily life in a totalitarian-communist state. 
The game will feature a whole variety of puzzles, which, unlike the state of Absurdistan, do make sense. Some of them may even require you to grab something to write and figure them out in real life.
The goal is to provide at least 1,5 hrs of gameplay.

Manual:
-You control Leszek with the mouse and occasionally with the keyboard.
-Left mouse click is used to BOTH inspect and interact with objects/hotspots/characters.
-Right mouse click is used only to click out of GUIs, interfaces or deselect active inventory items.


Progress:
Writing: 20%
Puzzles/Story: 95%
Scripting:40%
Graphcs: 20%
Sound: 15%
When: It's a hobby project, so in a very distant future. But a demo is just around the corner.

The screen shots come from a version before proofreading, so they may contain some typos etc.

     

Correct! Frodo you seem to be the only one able guess "my" games, it's third in a row.

No, but SQ is the right series.

No (hahaha), no, and no.

According to the stats this game's been quite popular recently. I guess statistics lie.

I'll try to post another image during the day but if you've had enough of it, we can skip this round.

As per usual I'll let myself out...

For a sec I was really happy to see the video you posted but then I realised it wasn't Jaja Ding Dong...

This must be an AGS game.

It is indeed!

Leisure suit Android? 

That one truly cracked me up : )

Same image, but not cropped:

There were some games that got demakes, which were new versions of them but remade like if it were retrogames. I think some, like DarkVoid the demake was more known than the original game.

Did not know that there is a proper term for that. Recently I've stumbled upon PICOHOT, a PICO-8 version of SUPERHOT, and been wondering how to call it... (unless it falls under yet another category)