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I helped to co-host Bara Jam 2021 this year and we had a nice turnout with 23 submissions, the largest number yet!

My submission this year was Human Cargo: Whodunit?! 

Based on the Human Cargo visual novel, Human Cargo: Whodunit?! is a mystery puzzle game in the style of Clue/Cluedo.

Choose a character, gather clues, and solve the murder!

Check out the other Bara Jam 2021 games on Itch!

You can play Human Cargo: Whodunit?! on the Web here, or download an offline version for your platform from Itch.io for free.

With the 1.0 release of Human Cargo pending, it’s finally time to preview what’s coming next…

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An American Lamb In Europe has been re-published!

It is now available on Amazon for purchase once again. It is also available as a Kindle Unlimited selection, allowing you to read it “free” with your subscription.

(NOTE: If you own the original edition, there aren’t any changes in this edition.)

Jamie Anderson knows you need to look before you leap, but he forgets it often enough to land in trouble. When his brother and only remaining family member disappears, he doesn’t think twice about quitting his job as a dental hygienist to travel to the Czech Republic to search for him.

Rescued by the sexy, mysterious Tomas in a small city near the German border, Jamie enlists his help in locating Rudy. Soon Jamie realizes the man knows more than he’s sharing. When Jamie demands Tomas tell him the truth, Tomas reveals he’s a vampire. Horrified the man he’s fantasized about is a monster, Jamie struggles with the fact he still needs Tomas’s help to find Rudy.

Jamie never expects their search will land him in the middle of a vampire turf war.

Human Cargo Version 0.96 is now available!

This update adds a new CG during the Kol route. And with this version, all of the soundtrack music is complete!

What’s New

Kol Initiates a Ritual - final CG artworkSoundtrack - final music for Border Station ThemeSoundtrack - final music for Phestur’s ThemeGallery - Fix Interior Diagram CG not unlockingMisc bug fixes

If you’re interested in testing an iOS release for iPad/iPhone, it’s available to Patreon subscribers. (Note that the iOS release has the Censored option permanently enabled, so the CGs and sprites with nudity are not present in the game and censored images appear in their place.)

The rights for my Dreamspinner novellas “The Ranch Foreman” and “An American Lamb in Europe” have been returned to me. They will be unavailable for a bit while I decide what to do with them….

The rights for my Dreamspinner novellas “The Ranch Foreman” and “An American Lamb in Europe” have been returned to me. They will be unavailable for a bit while I decide what to do with them….

My Bara Jam 2019 submission Rogue is now available to download!

It’s a short and sweet point-and-click adventure game in the classic LucasArts style.

Help Rollie solve the mystery of the rogue… and maybe catch himself a man in the meantime!

Download it for free at: https://robcolton.itch.io/rogue

Human Cargo Version 0.90 is now available!

Doc’s story is now complete, and now available to download on Itch.io!

In addition to being able to romance Doc, this update features two new CG events: a second CG for Zed and Yoshi, and a new Nasir and Yoshi CG. (The Nasir/Yoshi CG has two different versions depending on if you choose the “kink” route or not.)

There are two new alternate endings, where Yoshi could meet an untimely demise.

Also available is a new Heat Rating preference. You can set it to Explicit or Censored. Currently, the Censored option will display alternate graphics for CGs that don’t display nudity. Sprites will no longer be naked or erect and will display with their underwear on instead. The next update will also censor some of the more explicit text.

Finally, starting with 0.90, the Mac version is now distributed in a notarized dmg compatible with Mac OS Catalina (10.15).

What’s New

Doc’s route complete!Zed and Yoshi #2 - final CG artworkNasir and Yoshi #1 - final CG artwork plus variantPirate Raider Corridor - final background artAdded two alternate endingsAdded Heat Rating (Explicit/Censored) to PreferencesAdded censored artwork variations for CGs and SpritesMac version now compatible with Mac OS CatalinaMisc bug fixes

Download now on Itch.io!

This past week Human Cargo hit a big milestone. The game has been downloaded over 30,000 times now. I’m amazed and humbled by the success, and I thank all of you for giving the visual novel a try.

Human Cargo is set in the same universe as the Galactic Conspiracies books, so the visual novel and the books compliment each other very well. I think fans of one will enjoy the other as well.

To celebrate the occasion, let’s do a raffle!

The grand prize is the trilogy of paperback books for the Galactic Conspiracies series (The Degan Incident, The Cassini Mission, The Degan Paradox), plus a Human Cargo swag pack, which includes a sticker sheet, two coasters, and a pin.

The second place prize will be the ebook version of the Galactic Conspiracies books plus the swag pack. I’ll be giving away two of these.

Also, I have five swag packs I’ll be giving away.

The raffle is through RaffleCopter. It starts on Sept 23 2019 and will run for a week. See the Raffle widget for ways of entering. Good luck and thank you all so much!

You can download Human Cargo for free at Itch.io!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Human Cargo Version 0.85 is now available!

This update features a lot of new background artwork and a couple of new cut scenes. We also have a new CG artwork for Zed and Yoshi’s final scene, in addition to a second CG artwork for Razix and Yoshi’s love scene.

I’ve also expanded Kol’s storyline, mostly chapter 6, but also chapter 5 and 10.

What’s New

Expanded Kol’s storyline, particularly in Chapters 5, 6, 10Soundtrack - final music for Doc’s ThemeRazix and Yoshi #2 - final CG artworkZed and Yoshi #1 - final CG artworkBarakai exterior - final CG artworkBarakai interior - final CG artworkBarakai/Pirate Encounter - final CG artworkCargo Container - background variant without bedYoshi - Added new sprite variationsKol - Added new sprite variationsFixed issue with Menu closing on rollbackFixed issue with Nasir being too “heavy-handed”Misc bug fixes

Download it for free at Itch.io!