@sean I think you might be on to something here. I mean, PuttPutt was like.. uh 90's? People who played it then are certainly adults now, and it might hit them harder. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.
I'd say... please continue with this branch of adventure games. What you've shown so far with just this one gif already looks so great.
But, I've always wanted to do a "grown up" version of some of these games, which deal with subjects like the loss of innocence or the disappointment of the real world.
I'm hoping to make a few really short games that imitate the style while putting Beep-Beep in gradually worse and worse situations.