We did it!

With your help, we reached over 600 fans on Facebook and Twitter! So here’s your surprise: the final version of “The Day You Were Gone” from The Silver Lining, written by Austin Haynes and featuring the vocal talents of Amy Kurylo, our narrator.

Click here to download and enjoy; you’ve earned it!

We had five excellent entries in our YouTube Comedy Contest, and they really were all excellent! You guys all did some great work and really made us laugh with your entries. But, we are now down to our three finalists! Drum roll please for, in no particular order and listed by youtube username….

NakkyKappen,
kindofdoon, and
lolololhax

Our three finalists! And now, friends and fans, it’s up to YOU to vote and place these folks in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place! Go to the forums to vote now for your favorite, and on August 29th we’ll announce the final rankings of these three! You can make, and change, your vote between now and August 29th, at which point the results will become viewable to one and all.

As well, huge congrats and good work and kudos to our two honorable mention entrees, QFG5 and Marlene55M(and Rudy), as well as portablesupernova for another fun and funny video. You guys all also did an excellent job and should be quite proud of your work!

As of right now, Phoenix Online Studios has 493 fans on Facebook and 427 followers on Twitter. Call us greedy, but we want more!

We have a new goal of reaching 600 fans on both Facebook and Twitter. And when we hit that number? We’ve something special in store for our fans from Episode 2! It’s a surprise, but you can find out what by spreading the word and helping us reach our goal!

The YouTube Comedy Contest is still open to submissions for 10 more days! We’ve got three great entries so far, meaning right now everyone’s a winner–but you won’t make it that easy, right?

Read up on the rules and where to download the video again here, head over to the forums to find some teammates, or submit on your own and have the glory to yourself. Remember, you could win early downloads of all remaining episodes!

You’ve seen the opening video of The Silver Lining: Princess Rosella’s long-awaited wedding to Prince Edgar, a joyous gathering of friends and family…that ends in tragedy when the Princess and her brother are struck by an evil curse, and King Graham prepares to venture forth to save them.

Well, Graham may think he knows how to save his children, but we say laughter is the best medicine!

Announcing Phoenix Online’s YouTube Comedy Contest! We want to see what kind of comedic spin you put on the opening video of TSL! 🙂

Rules for the contest:

Head on over to the forums to get ideas, join a team, ask for technical help, and talk about the contest! Good luck–we’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Thanks everyone for your great submissions! We had a lot of good ones to choose from. So many, in fact, that we have TWO first place winners, and THREE runners up!

First, congratulations to our runners-up and their submissions:
crayauchtin: “The adventurer’s cap is yours again”
Fredtheword: “Family is Forever”
and CCATLCALI: “Time to journey once more”

Great job to all three of you–you’ll be able to download the game tomorrow, July 9th!

And finally, even bigger congratulations go to Enchantermon and Tolin42! Your submissions will both be used for the trailer that comes out on Release Day, July 10th, and both you will get to download the game today!

If you are one of our winners or runners-up, please contact us at pr@postudios.com to learn how you can download your copy of The Silver Lining Episode 1: What Is Decreed Must Be on the appropriate day. Thank you to all our participants in the Twitter Trailer Tagline contest. We hope you’ll all submit again when we have more contests in the future! After all, we do have four more episodes yet to come….

Only 4 more days to get an earlier copy of the game! Look below for your chance to get the game this Thursday!

Follow us on Twitter and participate in our Twitter-exclusive Trailer Tagline contest!

Use your creativity to come up with a tagline for the launch trailer, to be released on July 10th minutes before the game!

Rules for the contest:

*Follow us @postudios
*Tweet your taglines to @postudios
*Taglines should be between 3 to 5 words. For example: The Journey Begins!
*Keep it clean, keep it classy
*Just one entry per user

Entries will be taken starting today and must be received before 12:00 AM PST on July 7th. Winners will be announced on July 8th!

Prizes: The winner’s tagline will appear in the official trailer for the game! They will also win an early copy of The Silver Lining Episode 1: “What is Decreed Must Be” before the release date on July 8th! So be ready to contact us with your email address should you win!

2nd and 3rd places will also receive a copy of The Silver Lining on July 9th!

Get on over to Twitter and start brainstorming!

Also follow us on Facebook!

10 days until Release Day! For most people, that is…. 🙂

Follow us on Twitter and participate in our Twitter-exclusive Trailer Tagline contest!

Use your creativity to come up with a tagline for the launch trailer, to be released on July 10th minutes before the game!

Rules for the contest:

*Follow us @postudios
*Tweet your taglines to @postudios
*Taglines should be between 3 to 5 words. For example: The Journey Begins!
*Keep it clean, keep it classy
*Just one entry per user

Entries will be taken starting today and must be received before 12:00 AM PST on July 7th. Winners will be announced on July 8th!

Prizes: The winner’s tagline will appear in the official trailer for the game! They will also win an early copy of The Silver Lining Episode 1: “What is Decreed Must Be” before the release date on July 8th! So be ready to contact us with your email address should you win!

2nd and 3rd places will also receive a copy of The Silver Lining on July 9th!

Get on over to Twitter and start brainstorming!

Also follow us on Facebook!