We’re almost there!! The Gamer Special Edition will wrap in less than 24 hours. Can we make the final stretch goal? 

Don't forget, if we crack $2.5k I'll be writing a new short story set in the Gamer universe, which you'll get as an exclusive early-release. 

If you haven’t already, it would be fabulous if you could share the campaign and push us towards the bonus short story. Sharing’s really easy, all you need to do is click the "Share on FB" button below!

Now, onto the trivia answers.

I hope you've all had time to check out the last question, and any you might have missed. Remember, for everyone who answers at least 80% of the questions (right, wrong or otherwise) I'm slipping a little something extra in with your pledge, so this is your last chance to get the surprise goody.

You can catch up on any that you missed in the Community Poll section here. 

A motorcycle, specifically a Kawasaki Ninja with a neon-green nose and splash guard called Ximisthus. Now, I'm pretty sure I named the motorcycle after someone from mythology but… I spelled it wrong and now I can't remember which beast or deity it was 😂. If you know, let me know.

No correct answer on this one because honestly, I don't know. 

It probably has something to do with survivor's guilt after surviving the car crash that killed her parents. I on the other hand chose the name Samael because "Lucifer" had already be taken by another of my characters (that story is a WIP).

A necromancer! Why a necro? Because that was what I played in my favourite online game, Guild Wars 2. Mwhahaha!

I love the necro so much, it's kinda squishy (aka, easy to kill) but also not. Kinda like a zombie-raising cockroach. Mwhahaha! Plus, later in the game, you get a big-arse sword and it's like… "tiny badass coming through!!!"

All of the above! It's short for Vladana, shorten it to "Ana" and you will die, and I really, really like to frack with gender expectations.

Nope, she wanted to be a ballerina. Unfortunately, the car crash nixed that dream and not just because of the scars it left on her body.

Lucky thirteen. 

Question 7: How did Vlad's parents die?

A fiery car crash! I spent quite a bit of time researching whether or not the batteries in an electric car could catch fire and the colour of the flames given the chemicals.

Question 8: What TV show was the main inspiration for Gamer?

If you caught the livestream, you'd have heard me drop the name for this one, it's Falling Into Your Smile, a light-hearted Chinese romance drama (catch it on Netflix). Don't let that fool you though, Gamer is neither a romance nor light-hearted.

The other options in the poll also influenced the story to varying degrees, but Falling Into Your Smile was the primary one.

The answer to this one was also in the sample chapters, it's "Never let them see you bleed". 

A fierce woman is Vlad's granny.

Question 10: What real world computer game inspired the game Annihilation in Gamer?

Much like question 8, about the TV inspiration, all of the games on this list inspired the Annihilation in part, but the one that I modelled it after was Guild Wars 2.

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And that is it! If you haven't answers all of the questions yet OR grabbed your copy of the special edition yet, now's your last chance.

Belinda