Maybe one of the Nick Bounty games?

H-okay, plot summary before I give up:

A ghoul named Mortia pokes around the Carnage-Val with a pet goldfish, trying to find out what the word "alive" means.

...

If no one gets it after that clue, I'm going to have to accept that no one else has played this little game, and...then what?

Sorry Demosthenes. The Carnage-Val?

I take it that the game is not named "Alive"?

No, it's not named "Alive"...

Speaking of which, your pet goldfish is named "Spooks".

*cough*
*hint*
*cough*

An independent game called " Spooks"

The story begins as Mortia finds herself in possession of a goldfish on a day out at the carnival. The prize she won from a game of darts is the catalyst of her adventure to seek the meaning of life.

Developer: The Ivy
Resembles: King's Quest IV, Grim Fandango

That was a tough one D. Hope I go this one.

Cough Hint Cough -- The Game.

Yep Ellimay, that's the one.

Remind me to never, ever choose an independently developed free game that's written in AGS and probably been played by a few hundred people. Even if it IS a fun little game.

LOL I won't . Had to do a lot of searching for that one. LOL
So Becky is that Game over and I don't get too Make you guess a game. After all my work >LOL

Sounds like fun actually, so am downloading as we speak.

We'll have to see if we can get it into Free Games Galore.

Ellimay -- you guessed correctly! Over to you --

Hi all:
Ok first clue:
He's back chasing mysteries. He seems to have made a habit of being late on his first adventure.

Delaware St John I'd say.

Perhaps Vol. 1 as that was the first adventure.

Sorry Looney wrong guess

Clue #2: This time he gets to this location too late to meet with this person. As she has already vanished.

Is it Broken Sword 2, Ellimay?

Sorry LadyKestrel Not Broken sword:
Here's Clue #3

He's Egypt bound at the request of the vanished lady, who has reported strange happenings at an archeological dig.