Animation

Originally the plan was to include 15-20 second 3d animations of spaceship combat and of other dramatic moments rendered in maya. However due to technical problems, all of my renders became unusable. In order to fix the problem, I learnt how to make animated .gif files in GIMP imaging software. This way I could have short animated frames in my interactive narrative piece. This also allowed me to include incidental animation that would of been tricky or time consuming to do in Maya. For example creating a 2-frame animation of lights twinkling on a spaceship.
It also meant I could include frames of text in the animation and special effects by just manipulating the frames of the gif itself and not having to spend time I didn't have learning Aftereffects.