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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy non-niversary to the indie survival horror VN Autumn Rail, which was supposed to release on this day one year ago! To celebrate, I'm discounting the game by 87%! (!!!) for ONE DAY ONLY. As in TODAY. As in sale ends tomorrow so go buy it NOW, people, what the hell are you waiting fooooooor!

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Autumn Rail on Steam

A survival horror visual novel. When her train terminates at the strange and sinister Sylvan Station, Tera finds herself entangled in a neverending night of darkness.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Autumn Rail was meant to release one year ago today. In commemoration of the anniversary that wasn't, I thought it'd be fun to make a thread of random A.R. facts. #gamedev #horrorgame Fact #1: I mocked up the title screen twice. You've seen the first mockup; now, behold the version featuring Quin:

From the development vault: a mockup of Autumn Rail's title screen, featuring an earlier version of deuteragonist Quin.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey, but on a related note: if you love horror games (especially PS2-era survival horror games) and if you love visual novels (especially NVL-style visual novels), you should... maybe, you know... consider playing Autumn Rail...

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey, so... If you can help it, plz do *not* buy a copy of Autumn Rail through the Steam Marketplace today. If for some reason you have to play the game as immediately as possible, either borrow a friend's copy, or suck it up and wait 'til tomorrow. Trust me on this. And thank me later.

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Zeph needs a latte and a pizza @rocknrami.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

support your classic and local eroge folks, they need love as much as anyone else does

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Apropos of an article that's been making the rounds: I've realized I want to support and be surrounded by more visual novel devs—especially VN devs who specialize in 18+/eroge. If that sounds like you, please drop a link to your game/s below. We're stronger together, so let's get a chain going!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Someone should make Tera Venger as a fumo... That would be pretty sweet...

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ThePenSword @thepensword.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

GREAT NEWS VISUAL NOVEL FRIENDS After the nonsense with Steam incorrectly flagging my VN and ya’ll help, the absolute HEROES at JAST USA are bringing not just Second Wind, but Escape Velocity to their store front. It’s an honor to be here. <3 jaststore.com/games/pens00...

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Siren's Call: Second Wind – Coming Soon

A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance...

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Watched this interview over the weekend; I was hanging on every word. Propulsive questions, nuanced answers, and absolutely riveting discussion all around from @speedynoelle.bsky.social and AnyButton2Start. Would recommend!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hey! If you're a visual novel critic who's interested in covering my survival horror VN Autumn Rail, drop a comment or something below so I can reach out to ya! I've got a buncha Steam Keys for Autumn Rail just laying around untapped and would love to get them out to as many reviewers as I can!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Survival horror. Visual novel.PlayStation2-era horror meets NScripter. Indie. Mystery. Danger. Romance? 18+! Kinetic VN gameplay. Vivid characters. Industrial OST. Cerebral plot. Haunting themes. Proceed with caution. >2 hours in length; >$10USD. NO AI. In other words? Play AUTUMN RAIL! #indiegame

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Autumn Rail on Steam

A survival horror visual novel. When her train terminates at the strange and sinister Sylvan Station, Tera finds herself entangled in a neverending night of darkness.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The biggest, hugest congrats to @gleamyguts.bsky.social on the ROTTING TO LIVE update, which you can read now! On the official site! Linked below! I had to draw something to celebrate. So here's a very unofficial crossover: RTL's Manako-chan, in a costume swap with AUTUMN RAIL's Tera! #webcomic #vn

Tera Venger (from Autumn Rail) and Manako-chan (from Rotting To Live) engage in the timeless art of the costume swap! Art by Reece R.

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Gleamy Guts🪱 @ Pain @gleamyguts.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

After a long wait I finally have a new update out for my webcomic!! Please read it if you like!! I wish I could work more on it!!!💜 Read here > rottingtolive.neocities.org

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Get on board Steam's Train Fest if you haven't already! What're you waiting for?! The survival horror visual novel AUTUMN RAIL is expressly on sale and this festival's leaving the station in <48 hours! #indiegames #horrorgames #indiedev #vn #visualnovel #trainfest

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Autumn Rail - 13% Off Through Train Fest 2026! - Steam News

We'll share a brand new piece of key art, that's what. w00t w00t!

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Steam Train Fest sale on Steam buff.ly/1ZDzPnN

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Key art time! The Steam Train Fest is here at last, and here to get you in the locomotive mood is Tera Venger herself, pressed up against an upturned train cart. w00t w00t! From now until the festival's end (July 27 10AM PT), AUTUMN RAIL will be thematically discounted by 13%! Be there or don't!

Tera Venger and an upturned train cart. Art by Reece R.
© Calamity Maid, 2026. All rights reserved.

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Steam @steampowered.com · 20/07/2026

🚂Steam Train Fest has pulled into the station!🚂 Live now until July 27, check out all sorts of train games including everything from steam locomotives to bullet trains. Mysteries on a train? Check. Murderous trains? Check. Rail network simulators? Also check! store.steampowered.com/category/tra...

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Trains

Steam Train Fest 2026

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Visual Novel Updates @visual-novels.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Go support indie VN game developers on bluesky! Who else should be on this list? go.bsky.app/BYywqmT #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tomodachi Life put Tera behind the till as if it'd suit her or something. Me, I'll take any excuse to draw Tera's massive eyes—this one was as good as any. #indiegame #autumnrail #art #vn #visualnovel

Tera Venger is the grocer. Art by Reece R.
© Calamity Maid, 2026. All rights reserved.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Calamity Maid is committed to supporting the dick size of all our characters. We will not be nerfing our characters' dicks at this time, or ever, regardless of any clipping issues that may arise. Thank you for your understanding.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Key #art time! I am elated to unveil this—vivid, mesmeric, drop dead gorgeous—portrait of Tera Venger from AUTUMN RAIL, illustrated by none other than the visionary @gleamyguts.bsky.social ! #yamikawaii #creepycute #indiegame #horrorgame #vn

Tera Venger, the heroine of Calamity Maid's survival horror visual novel AUTUMN RAIL, as illustrated by GleamyGuts. All rights reserved.

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · 29/05/2026

The Summer Game Fest edition of Day of the Devs has included world premieres for games like Mixtape, Cairn, UFO 50, and Big Walk. This year we have 20 games + 10 premieres - tune in on June 5th to see what's coming!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It's #ScreenshotSaturday, so lemme show you what Autumn Rail WOULD have looked like had I kept Times New Roman as the in-game typeface. Screenshots were taken of an earlier build and may not reflect the final product blah blah blah. #indiegame #visualnovel #indiedev

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

...have you checked out Autumn Rail? (I should probably find another game to shill.)

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Fashionably late for this year's May #promosky, but whatever. I'm Reece. I make critically polarizing games about danger, romance, and mystery. It's nice to meet you, if we haven't already crossed paths. #indiedev #gamedev

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Stella De @stelladevt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Super excited that we're seeing it happen. A very special thanks to everyone who bought my Smart Barks pack, as the proceeds from it is financing the entire event! We're also looking for more speakers for our lightning talks! If you're interested sign up here: forms.gle/zKUwktgRCbwL...

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It's Golden Week, and I'll BET you have time to kill. Why not kill it by playing AUTUMN RAIL, the indie survival horror visual novel by Calamity Maid? Conveniently, the game is 13% off via JAST all week long! So what are you waiting for? The link's below! There's no time like the present, you know!

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Autumn Rail

A survival horror visual novel. When her train terminates at the strange and sinister Sylvan Station, Tera finds herself entangled in a neverending night of darkness.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

...who says they aren't? I mean, just LOOK at the waist on that thing (right).

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Dear fellow indie devs: consider putting your characters in Tomodachi Life. It's very fun. #autumnrail #indiegame

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

This Lunar New Year, dare you come face-to-face with a clock that looms like the moon? The survival horror visual novel Autumn Rail is 13% off via @jastusa.bsky.social 's Year Of The Horse sale! Dig in your spurs and gallop toward this night full of terror and ero! Time, as always, is ticking...

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you're an adult who—reasonably—doesn't wanna forfeit private information to Discord, you might wanna queue up my survival horror visual novel Autumn Rail! Its themes of sex and violence are apparently so pronounced that itch.io had to deindex it!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Well... just the other night, I dreamt that someone left a review on Autumn Rail which read: "I love Tera's flying fox tits". I don't know what the reviewer meant by that, but I agree.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

...as IF it's been twenty-six years since the last millennium. Feels like yesterday, y'know? Happy New Year, everyone!

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Merry Christmas! I come bearing both an extremely shitty photomanip (see below) AND the news that Autumn Rail festively continues to be on winter sale! So, if you're looking to add a visual novel to your Christmas book flood this year... store.steampowered.com/app/4007780/... #indiedev #indiegame

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thrillingly, the hit survival horror visual novel AUTUMN RAIL is now on winter sale! If it's a night of twisted terror you seek, head on down to @itch.io where the game awaits you at the thematically appropriate price of 13% off... calamitymaid.itch.io/autumnrail #indiegame #visualnovel #indiedev

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Autumn Rail by Calamity Maid

A survival horror visual novel.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Fuck AI with a woodchipper. If I could make my no-budget game with absolutely zero interference from generative AI, I can't see why a studio with staff, resources, and $funding would rely on AI for anything.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

PlayStation 2-era horror meets NScripter in Calamity Maid's survival horror visual novel AUTUMN RAIL—out now on @itch.io! calamitymaid.itch.io/autumnrail

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Autumn Rail by Calamity Maid

A survival horror visual novel.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My survival horror visual novel AUTUMN RAIL is now available via JAST USA! With a 13% launch discount, even! All purchases/downloads through JAST are DRM-free, so. If you want this twisty, twisted game to be yours for ever and ever and ever, you know where to look!

AUTUMN RAIL Header Image.
© Calamity Maid, 2025. All rights reserved.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I don’t know about you guys, but I’d be GLAD to be trapped in an abandoned train station with her. #autumnrail

Deep in thought, Tera Venger crosses her arms and frowns. Art by Reece R.
© Calamity Maid, 2025. All rights reserved.

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Reece R. @reecerose.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

You may be looking for a game to curl up with as fall draws to an end. On an unrelated note, AUTUMN RAIL contains: —Survival horror gameplay in visual novel form! —A train station shrouded in terror and mystery! —A super sexy inventory system! —Tera Venger herself! In the flesh! Time is ticking...

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