Fran Bow
What a gem! It will remain one of the most memorable point-and-click adventures I have ever played, and I've been playing for many years indeed.
It's hard to know where to start with all that is great about this game.
The obvious high points of are the graphics and animations. Beautiful, cute, and match the story very well. The music is also good, sometimes very good.
But a pleasant surprise was the story. It's long, carefully crafted, and layered, so that it will keep you thinking without distracting from the ongoing pace. There is good movement between moods, such as truly awful horror as well as many lighthearted, even precious themes. The characters all feel fleshed-out, especially our titular protagonist who you can't help but loving. The dialog and text descriptions (no voice acting) are all meticulously consistent and always delightful. Keep clicking everything again and again to read more!
The gameplay is top notch. So many point-and-clicks get it wrong by providing you with illogical or obtuse puzzles. Pretty much all of Fran Bow's puzzles are solvable if you look and think carefully. I never felt frustrated, only determined. There's no tiresome backtracking or "use everything with everything" necessary. (Well, I might be exaggerating: there are a handful of puzzles that could have been better explicated.)
I thoroughly enjoyed Fran Bow, highly recommend it to fans of point-and-click adventures, and can't wait for Killmonday's next game!
It's worth pointing out that this incredibly rich and detailed game was made by just two people. I can't help but compare it to Broken Age, a similar point-and-click made with a huge team with lots of money and drama and promises that couldn't be kept. Fran Bow is simply a better game despite the lack of celebrity voice acting. Just goes to show that making a good game is about talent and skill, not money and influence.
Finally, thank you, developers, for supporting Linux! Unfortunately, Steam achievements don't work on Linux and it seems that devs don't know how to fix it. :(